Story from a Teacher to Students

“Why do we have to learn all these dumb things in School?”

I have heard this question coming from almost all students. I always tell the following story to the students who asked me the above question.


Nomads are a tribe of people who keep moving from place to place in search of livelihood. One such nomad group was traveling.
One day, suddenly they saw some light coming from the sky. The leader of the nomads immediately identified it as appearance of God. He immediately stopped and kneeled down in prayer and enquired God whether there was any message for them.

Yes, there was a message from the sky which said that the nomads may pick up the pebbles as much as they can. And after telling this, the heavenly voice was gone before the nomads could seek any clarification.

Well, any way some nomads picked up the pebbles for them while certain others did not pick up any, thinking that the pebbles would only add to their luggage. They all slept overnight and woke up in the morning.

When they woke up, those who picked up the pebbles were all delighted to see that their pebbles had turned into diamonds. They were glad they had more diamonds.

Many who did not pick up pebbles, were sad they had not picked up more diamonds.’



At the time the students make their studies, all that they gather are uninteresting pebbles, a burden in their journey. But when they come of age and take on this competitive world, they would find that all their pebbles had become diamonds.