Do not link your students’ self-worth to anything

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Question: I am a Maths teacher and I feel like I am forcing the students to learn something that they probably don’t choose to learn. Also, I feel that should I just give away this identity of a teacher because I have a feeling that this doesn’t suit me and I am feeling like I am forcing things…