Super 30

Driving away the demons, within

A teacher, is a teacher, is a teacher.

Are we really good at a subject or do we assume we are not good at it?  The latter is a significant possibility.

Good teacher's kindle your interest, get you involved, and help you experience goosebumps as you start understanding and expand your understanding of the subject. They invoke curiosity and enable a framework of  learning, sometimes perpetually, for the rest of your life.

Super 30, a biopic, based on Anand Kumar, a teacher, a true torch bearer of the downtrodden, makes you wish there were innumerable teachers replicated like him. 

I think the magic of Anand Kumar, did not lie in Mathematics, but a Himalayan empathy, that helps him understand the student's psyche and drive away the demon's within.

In a knock out ' Masala' sequence or moment, a high point, the student's rise to the occasion to dispel their doubts within and conquer their minds. I hope this sequence is played out in every education institution and corporate outfit. As a recruiter and somebody who has inducted a significant number of students from Premier institutions(Tier 1), Self Doubts tend to linger despite stamp of premier institutions.

Anand Kumar's experiment is very important in a country which is obsessed with reservations. Anand Kumar, empowered students  from the economically backward, with knowledge and armed them to be the first amongst equals. Reservations encourages a culture of entitlement, which does not foster competence.

How about a huge network of schools for the underprivileged, early on in their life, and unleashing them into the open competition without reservations. The true objective of making them competent and self reliant would have been achieved. 

More importantly a significant quotient of self respect is induced into the person and the system.

Would I want a free lunch, Probably Not!!!

This is a must watch for every one from all walks of life. The movie is made in an easily understandable format which can be enjoyed by everybody. Go for it. 

Thanks to Sridhar Sattiraju and Baradwaj Rangan for their reviews. I may have just missed watching this.