I’m sharing some thoughts (which are not mine, rather is a compilation of thoughts/quotes) about ‘The relationship between student and teacher’….

In earlier days…this was considered as Guru-Shishya relation in India… Some common elements in this relationship include:

* The establishment of a teacher/student relationship.

* A formal recognition of this relationship, generally in a structured initiation ceremony where the guru accepts the initiate as a shishya and also accepts responsibility for the spiritual well-being and progress of the new shishya.

* Sometimes this initiation process will include the conveying of specific wisdom and/or meditation techniques.

* Gurudakshina, where the shishya gives a gift to the guru as a token of gratitude, often the only monetary or otherwise fee that the student ever gives. Such tokens can be as simple as a piece of fruit or as serious as a thumb, as in the case of Ekalavya and his guru Dronacharya.

Some good quotes about this relation:

*”Teachers do not look for one who performs the appearance of work, but a student that one can truly depend on who will be a great asset to accomplishing the goal.”

*”To be a good student takes as much wisdom as it does to be a good teacher.”

* “Any true student or teacher in this age will not depend on lower psychism for guidance, but will test all things against their own soul and that shall be their guide.”

*”To follow is a virtue if you are following someone who has something real to teach.”

Students who share a healthy relationship with their teachers and schools tend to have higher success rates.

According to a research review co-authored by Christi Bergin and David Bergin, the University of Missouri, students with positive attachments to their professors and institutions display higher grades and higher standardized test scores.

So I just say only that student-teacher relationship must be healthy, friendly, based on cooperation, mutual understanding with a little bits of strictness (not cruelty, but to improve the student for the betterment and bright future)

- Monika Singh