A NEW THING LEARNT

Ii was the Relief Teacher for a Form 4 class this afternoon and had called the students to the library.  I found out that the boys and girls of that class were very interested in the exhibition on Traditional Herbal Baths that was put up in the library and asked me a lot of questions.  They also busied themselves reading the information about the different types of baths.
One of the boys, Hafiz (pictured above) helped me to replace the herbs that had dried up with new ones.  He also told me that the leaves of the Guava plant is a herbal remedy for gastric.  One needs to chew on the leaves to get relief from the gastric pains.  According to Hafiz, he learnt about this cure from his grandpa. Hmm ... that is something new that I have learnt.  It is sometimes from my students that I learn new things. What I am getting at is that knowledge is something that should be shared and it is not only the teacher who is imparting the knowledge all the time.