Disclaimer: This piece has no involvement of generative AI while writing. All em-dashes are added at the mere liking of the author ;)
The story of Learners’ Club starts back in 2016.
A young 12-year-old Mihir was juggling many activities—schoolwork, music, taekwondo, preparations for an art exam—all while struggling to excel in any.
He had just been recovering from a disastrous (not really, but it felt that way) performance at a national level science exam the previous year and was feeling burnt out.
Every day was the same. The same routine. The same outcome. The same expectations.
He’d wonder—” What’s the point of all this?”
In fact, an 11-year-old Mihir, haha!
As 2020 approached, 10th Grade board exams loomed over 15-year-old Mihir’s head.
One’s very first board exams comes with a different stress. This originates less from the individual giving the exam and more from the people around said individual.
One would wonder, even now, as to what the point of all this is.
Be it early school experiences, or even college experiences later in life, many of us would relate to young Mihir in asking this question.
Learning during the pandemic 🙂
I have now been teaching learners across multiple age groups, namely Grade 9 to Year 3 and 4 undergrads, for over 5 years.
Making teaching my full-time profession is a risk; I have been warned about it for ages.
Part of me entered this profession out of an innate need to bring about change. The other part entered out of spite. Both are equally important for Learners’ Club.
Learners are entering a new world. No one knows how any dynamic would function. The systems to prepare such learners, however, is ancient.
There is an immense amount of discourse that takes place on this topic. Everyone is aware of this problem. However, no one works on building a solution.
There are two possible reasons.
Going against the grain creates friction within all the layers of the current system.
Human tendency is to stay within one’s comfort zone, even if there exists something better out of it.
For many within the cacophony of complaints, it happens to be both.
Teachers who have been within the system for years have too much to lose, trying to go against the grain.
That’s where I come into the picture. Being newer to the scene, I do not have much to lose. I don’t have any pride nor recognition to call mine anyway. I just have my learners’ support—that’s all I need.
Fast forward to 2025
Learners’ Club aims to provide signature, personalised learning experiences, to bridge one’s learning challenges and learning goals.
This simply means taking a generalised curriculum of skills and knowledge and applying them into individual cases.
This allows us to achieve: -
Building skills from ground-up, using first principles.
Teaching learners to think critically, and to tap into their creativity.
Enabling learners to explore and build newfound career options.
This is why Learners’ Club exists.
