Grace In The Classroom

So nicely put, Marks does not decide an individual’s worth. But since childhood we have been known through our marks/grades. I also lived that childhood, I was looked down for scoring low grades and failing at exams by my teachers, parents, extended family members. My worth was not by how kind or helpful i was but how my grades were. No one was being Graceful to me or to the children who scored less marks or failed. This impression stayed with me for really long. Where my confidence was dependent on the grades i get not just in exams but in life - by people i meet, people i teach, people i become friends with, everywhere. My worth was not in my hands but in the hands of others. Before saying anything before doing anything i would think 10 times. The fear of ‘What if I am wrong? I will be humiliated?’ Stays with me, even today. But now when I understand how marks are not everything. It is difficult for me to make that shift in my mind for myself. But I, for sure, make that shift in the teachers we train and the children we interact. Grades are numbers that doesn't define a human.