“Minding Trains vs. Training Minds: A Wise Teacher’s Insight”

When a student at Oxford University asked Dr S. Radhakrishnan, “Sir, what is the difference between a Station Master and a School Teacher?”—a question posed to a man who was himself a celebrated teacher, and in whose honour Teachers’ Day is celebrated on September 5—he calmly replied with a profound statement: “A Station Master minds the trains, while a School Teacher trains the minds.”