it up into segments being kid teeth and
kit rappers kid
I want to talk a little
about me as a kid I mean when I was
younger I was pretty energetic and
friendly and creative but one thing that
I could just never get right was school
I could never understand how all of my
academic friends were acing tests after
barely studying well I had to put in
hours to get a good grade and while this
may be very disappointed
there was one subject that would prove
to be the death of me again and again
and again and I'm talking about none
other than math lesson after lesson when
I finally thought I understood something
the teacher would bring up a new type of
topic that we would be encountering that
our dreaded test my dad aware of my
struggles tried his best to help me
understand whatever we were learning
however although he had the best
interests in mind the study sessions he
held were usually for the worst
his frustration that I couldn't
understand his ancient methods of
solving the problems and my general
hatred for math he usually caused a
clock bottom line I did not learn
anything from I would complain to my mom
that even though I was not very strong
academically if I was teaching something
I would actually check that the other
person's understanding when I was there
he's such a good teacher my mom
naturally got fed up with my complaints
and she said if you think that you can
teach so well why don't you start now to
find a group of kids and help them with
whatever they find talent it's got me
thinking if I was a teacher with fins
who would I even teach all the kids who
I know don't really need my help I
thought about this Birdland
and an idea finally occurred I told my
mom why don't I teach kids who cannot
receive a quality education already and
so it began which brings me on to my
next thing
teeth before the summer of fifth grade
in addition to the preparation for my
annual trip to India I called my
grandparents living in Ahmedabad then we
discussed who I would teach well I would
teach and where I would take became the
but the most impactful yet convenient
option was to teach the underprivileged
kids living near my grandmother's house
how to speak English in the backyard as
the trotty is my first language I had no
problem communicating with these kids
only spoken trunk and I felt that it's
important to teach them English as it is
the most international language usually
a common method of communication most
people don't speak nonetheless at about
the age of nine managing 20 to 25 kids
some even my age proved to be tedious I
couldn't I could prove to be tedious the
lessons would usually start off with an
attentive group of students but they
would end with numerous games and I was
forced to play with these kids just to
hold their attention these kids were
interested in the learning experience
but teaching them and don't come easy I
finally understood how my dad felt when
I'm interested in understanding that was
not able to learn something supposed to
be monotonous each of you I was
frustrated it was clear that I had to do
as a teacher I had to adapt to my
learners I surveyed this situation these
kids were learning in the evening they
must be tired they were with all of
their friends making them more likely to
goof around they were learning in the
backyard a place that one's mine when
commonly since you went somewhere to
play considering all the factors I
changed my method of teaching to make
the learning experience more fun the
next summer that I visited I began to
integrate the lessons into the daily
games that we play for instance the game
that we would play a lot was free stance
being the facilitator I changed the
rules a little and made it so that
before a kid gets out they can redeem
themselves by answering a vocabulary
question the kids love this and other
games such as these and I was so glad I
finally found a way to engage my
students
and from there they kept getting better
after the students found out a way to
really enjoy learning they look forward
to seeing each other and seeing me every
day the classes became more organized
and through all of this we started to
become a family and I think that what I
learned from this is that in order to
teach anybody anything you must connect
with them first understand their
strengths and weaknesses
customize your lesson to fit them the
best the closer you are with the learner
the better that they'll retain
information because I I'm a kid who
simply teaches kids this worked out
pretty well let's move on to the next
segment kids I want to talk about not
only the kids who learn but also those
who could potentially teach and do you
want to know a secret
basically any kid can teach if they do
it right my younger brother has always
been my assistant through all of this
and he helped me under kids with the
alphabet while I was occupied with the
older kids
my friends have also come and helped out
my friend Toby offer in Birmingham
England had visited and we taught the
kids how to draw Christmas trees because
it was Christmas Eve recently my friend
sandy came and she taught the same batch
of kids yet independently we're even
making efforts to make this into warm an
international project
in stockholm in los angeles the fact
that kids are now taking more of an
initiative to teach kids is truly
incredible kids who learn from people
like themselves will be much more
receptive they will be able to
understand subjects in new ways that
then what has already been presented to
them essentially expanding their
boundaries they will be learning from
role models as they're willing to look
up to kids who teach who they can relate
to it's an amazing experience for the
teachers as well believe me when I
started this out one of the first things
I talked to one of my students was the
ABCs and it took about two weeks but
when she was finally able to recite the
order and the sound that each letter
makes I felt a surge of happiness
satisfaction that I was finally able to
teach her something which she was
completely unfamiliar with about two
weeks ago about two weeks ago teaching
these kids has also made me better in my
own academic journey understanding the
infrastructure of teaching has made me a
better learner I can definitely
contribute my current are grades to the
teaching which I have been doing at the
end of the day I began to realize that
as a teacher of these kids I had taken
on the job of a role model I was not
only responsible for teaching these kids
English but I have also had the
responsibility of teaching them how to
set goals and work to achieve them these
kids are underprivileged meaning that a
lot of their time goes to contributions
in the household not enough time to
think about their futures I want to show
these kids that the son or daughter of a
maid does not have to grow up to be a
maid that anybody can do anything at the
end of the day teaching even passively
can be very rewarding and I strongly
encourage that no matter your age go
ahead and teach somebody something new
it could be learning your sons or
daughters curriculum and helping them
with whatever they're finding
challenging in school
obviously please don't make the same
mistake that my dad did at least try to
understand how they learn for all the
kids watching this go ahead and help
your younger sibling
their math homework if you have enough
time and gab gather up a group of kids
and facilitate a reading so I could go
on the possibilities are endless after
all it is up to you all that matters is
that you try to make a difference in
somebody's life consciously large scale
or small scale before I leave you all
today I want you to really think of a
world where in addition to today's
education kids can teach kids thank you