HOW'S AMRITA DOING?
“Start with a ‘Yes’, and see where that takes you.” Tina Fey W hat excites me may not excite you, and what excites you may not excite me. But, in life, we all are excited by some things or the other. Let me apply this excitement factor in a student’s life. As a teacher, I get to interact with students who just walk into their first-year junior college, and, those who are in their final-year degree college. Typically, a Commerce student has six subjects to focus on. After weeks and months of teaching, I ask my students this question: “Do you love this subject.” It is interesting to find the answer… ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ are like black and white – the two extremes. The depth of ‘Yes’ matters a lot… Especially, for students. “The day you say ‘Yes, I do’, you start finding a career out of this subject,” I remind my students, “The early that happens, the better for you.” “Catch them young,” it is said. So, the best time to give that career advice is when they are just ...