“I have been associated with business of educating young minds right since my high school years. The journey started at home helping my youngest sibling with Chemistry lessons and writing speeches for him. At the Engineering college I had helped collegemates to understand and be successful in their computer language course. There is this one instance that really stands out in my mind even after 30 years. I was a second year Computer Science student who stayed in the hostel with some seniors. A third year Civil Engineering Senior, Muthumari, had trouble clearing her Fortran Computer Language paper multiple times and she had only one chance left to clear it or else she would not be able to proceed further with the course – Dreaded Break System of theEngineering Program. She was quite nervous and worried about what her family would say or do to her if she failed another time; having come from a very humble background it was a ‘do or die’ situation to her because her scholarship would be suspended. I worked with Muthumari for few weeks and helped her to understand how a computer language, its logic and syntax worked; guided her to write mini programs boosting her confidence. Within weeks she was showing progress and ready to take up the dreaded final attempt. Months later we were delighted to find out she not only cleared her Fortran language paper but scored a whopping 70%. This was a remarkable life enhancing achievement for Muthumari Akka and me. After college my first job was in a computer institute. During my three years stint I realised how being kind and patient helped students to develop a love for even the most difficult of subjects. This was true even with the older corporate clients; a lot of times they were first time users and were intimidated by the thought of using computers for their work. During my time as a Reading Teacher in the USA I had practised and witnessed how ‘the love and logic based teaching approach’, practised school wide in the American school system, changed students’ lives for the better. Now, It is my number one approach to extracting the best from my students. My longing to incorporate it in the Indian schools has proven fruitful. Equipping my classroom sessions with the ‘Love & Logic approach to teaching’, I have facilitated students to take up a tough international curriculum board exams. One incident stands out. This particular student, also a lone student, transitioning from CBSE – where he was not academically thriving – to International board was allowed to settle in his new school through the ‘love and logic’ approach. The student found the system overwhelming, when it came to gaining English language skills to take up the international board exam. My sessions were focused on what student liked, there by making the experience fun; made it easy and enjoyable for the student to gain the necessary skills and succeed. The whole school going experience can be made memorable through a school wide love and logic approach. Any difficult learning experience can be overcome through this. I request every teacher to practise this method and every teaching moment be filled with ‘love and logic’ for those young minds.”