Now, working from home has become new norms for me and my wife. I can understand that my job is more of connecting to our colleagues and clients that can be possible over phone and laptop. So connecting with them over Microsoft Team and phone was easy for me in lockdown working from home.
On contrast my wife, Sweta is a school teacher in NPS Rajajinagar, Bangalore. She has experience of teaching in different schools at multiple locations over more than 15 years. Over the years she has been very comfortable in teaching in class with blackboard and chalk within four walls.
Post lockdown, she was asked to teach online. She never thought that she may need to teach children online ever. Even in pre covid, she was not very conversant and used to of using computer frequently as I have been. But post one month of lockdown, she was started getting target to start the class as soon as possible by school management. She was asked to make work plan and innovative teaching methods to meet the standards of the school.
She had two options. Either quit the job and just manage the home without having domestic help and take up this challenge and find new ways to do it without compromising work at home. She has shown her willingness to take up this challenge and prove herself that she is not just good at class at school but also at online class. She attended the training, discussed colleagues and put in the best of effort to come with more interesting and innovative ways to start the class. She tried and prepared herself and in her demo class with the Principal she stood apart. She was highly appreciated by management and she set herself an example for others. Now, she is very comfortable in teaching class on Microsoft Team and she comes with new ideas and enriching the teaching experience further for the students. She also managed the home nicely with the change of new norms.
This is possible because she strongly believes that 'there is a will, there is a way'
~K.K.
