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    Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan : Journey of an Educator
    Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan : Journey of an Educator
    Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan : Journey of an Educator
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    Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan : Journey of an Educator

    By Brenda Mohammed

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    Get a glimpse into life in the days of Indentureship in Trinidad and Tobago.
    Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan: Journey of an Educator, is an inspiring and motivational story. The book received four five-star reviews from Readers Favorite.
    The foreword was written by a former Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, Sir Isaac Hyatali, Q.C.[now deceased]
    Do you know that at one time Education was not a priority?
    The young teacher Andrew overcame all obstacles and became a trailblazer in Education in his country climbing the ladder from classroom management to school principal, and superintendent of schools.
    The Government of Trinidad and Tobago awarded him a scholarship to study teaching methods in the United Kingdom.
    School violence was never heard of during his tenure.
    He was God-fearing.
    Later in life, he became the first Presiding Elder in the Presbyterian church in Trinidad and Tobago.
    He preached many sermons, some of which are appended to his biography.
    Teachers will love Dr. Khan's memoir.
    Extract of Review by K.C. Finn from Readers Favorite:

    'Mrs. Brenda C. Mohammed has done a wonderful job in bringing the life, philosophy, and personality of Dr. Andrew Khan to life in this compilation of teachings. 

    As an educator myself, I was particularly interested in Dr. Khan's individualistic approach to students and the humanitarian way in which he achieved success. 

    Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan presents the life of an inspiring man who struggled through underprivileged circumstances to rise to the top of his field, all without losing his generosity of spirit or his creativity. 

    For educators, the book demonstrates how passion and planning can lead to a great many good things in the future, but for a wider audience, the book holds value as an inspiring story of faith and commitment to one's true path. 

    I would recommend this book for biography fans seeking a deep but feel good read.'

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrenda Mohammed
    Release dateNov 28, 2014
    ISBN9781540180933
    Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan : Journey of an Educator
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    Brenda Mohammed

    Brenda Mohammed, a former Bank Manager from Trinidad, is a renowned, multi-award winning, and bestselling author who has published 52 books. Her genres are memoirs, romance, science fiction, mysteries, psychological thriller, children’s books, Christian books, poetry, self-help, magazines, and anthologies. She is Founder of the How to Write for Success Literary Network and is President CIESART INTERCONTINENTAL - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, a legally registered company in Spain. Her superb writing skills won her several literary awards in the USA, Peru, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Nigeria, India, Romania, Argentina, Morocco, Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, and the UK.

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      Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan - Brenda Mohammed

      Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan : Journey of an Educator

      Brenda Mohammed

      Published by Brenda Mohammed, 2014.

      While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

      MEMOIRS OF DR. ANDREW MOONIR KHAN : JOURNEY OF AN EDUCATOR

      First edition. November 28, 2014.

      Copyright © 2014 Brenda Mohammed.

      ISBN: 978-1540180933

      Written by Brenda Mohammed.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Dedication

      Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan : Journey of an Educator

      Sign up for Brenda Mohammed's Mailing List

      Further Reading: My Life as a Banker: A Life Worth Living

      Dedicated with Love to Dr. Khan's children, their spouses, Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren, and all other Relatives and Friends.

      MEMOIRS OF DR. A.M. KHAN

      ––––––––

      JOURNEY OF AN EDUCATOR

      AUTHOR BRENDA MOHAMMED

      Contents

      BOOK REVIEW

      FOREWORD

      INTRODUCTION

      THE SUGAR CANE ERA

      BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS

      ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

      SUNDRY EXPERIENCES

      PUPIL- TEACHER

      CHALLENGES

      TRAINING COLLEGE

      HEADMASTER APPOINTMENT

      OPERATION CHURCH

      AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIP

      THE YEAR IN ENGLAND

      PROMOTION TO INSPECTORATE

      ATTAINMENT OF DOCTORATE

      FAREWELL ADDRESSES

      SUNDRY VIEWS

      EPILOGUE

      ACCOLADES

      SERMONS HE PREACHED

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      COPYRIGHT NOTICE

      BOOK REVIEW

      ––––––––

      Reviewed by Ruffina Oserio for Readers' Favorite: 5 Stars - Congratulations on your 5-star review!

      "Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan: Journey of an Educator by Mrs. Brenda C. Mohammed is a biography that follows the life of a great man while providing wonderful social and cultural commentaries on the era in which he lived.

      It is during the days of Indentureship in Trinidad and Tobago, and readers are introduced to a period in history when few people were interested in education. Against this backdrop, the son of uneducated, indentured immigrants from India, Mr. and Mrs. Sultan Khan, overcame all kinds of challenges to acquire the education he needed and to set an example for his generation.

      Thanks to his assiduity, dedication, and strong values, he was quickly promoted to school principal and subsequently to the superintendent of schools.

      Readers encounter an educator who led by example, a man who would become the first Presiding Elder in the Presbyterian Church in Trinidad and Tobago.

      This biography is well researched and the author allows the subject to speak for himself through the narrative by making references to Dr. Khan's own memoirs.

      The writing is beautiful, journalistic, and it is enriched by the social commentaries and historical references that allow readers vivid glimpses of what life was like in the first half of the twentieth century.

      The setting comes out clearly and while the reader gets a clear picture of locales and places, the author catches the soul of the people in a brilliant way. Memoirs of Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan: Journey of an Educator is a book that will appeal to anyone who loves biographies of great men.

      It is inspiring and hugely informative.

      Mrs. Brenda C. Mohammed does a great job in bringing to readers a work that will inspire them and compel them to consider their own contribution to history."

      FOREWORD 

      Mr. and Mrs. Sultan Khan, the parents of Andrew Moonir Khan were indentured immigrants. Both of them, unknown to each other, arrived here from India in separate ships and served their respective periods of Indentureship in different sugar estates – he at La Fortune Estate in La Romaine and she in Caroni. 

      Following their liberation, they met for the first time at La Romain and married each other soon afterward. Although they were both entitled under their respective contracts to opt for repatriation by ship to India, they decided instead to make their home in the colony of Trinidad and Tobago as it then was. They chose to do so at Rousillac in South Trinidad, where their first child, Andrew Moonir, was born on 30th November 1905.

      For many long and weary years after the release of his parents from the gruesome bonds of Indentureship, the environment in which they lived and the society, in general, remained constricted by hostile forces and circumstances.

      It was a forbidding society, which young Andrew had to face and move in, and the fact that he was the son of indentured immigrants, albeit liberated, helped little to relieve his difficulties; on the contrary, they exacerbated his dreadful burdens. However, employing the courage, determination, and indomitable temperament, which he inherited from his forbears, he progressively conquered the forces that defied him and achieved success after success with incredible frequency and distinction.

      Dr. Khan surveys the evolution of indentured immigrants from bondage to freedom in his memoirs, but only very briefly, because he intended as he stated therein, to make ‘the basic principles of the East Indian Indenture System the subject of another book." 

      Dr. Khan, who had actually seen and experienced in his lifetime, the demoralizing effects of the dehumanizing conditions of labour, and living in the fields and barracks of the sugar estates, was eminently qualified to write such a book and but for his untimely demise on April 5th, 1975, he would have undoubtedly accomplished that task with the flair and skill of a seasoned educator, which he undeniably was. His premature death robbed him of the opportunity of completing it and in the result, his friends, admirers, and progeny have been made poor indeed.

      Dr. Khan eschewed ostentation and employed humble words in short sentences to give expression to his thoughts, experiences, and admonitions. The effect produced is one that makes memoirs interesting, informative, and stimulating.

      His memoirs reflect the style and character of a man who ensured that his home and family were ceaselessly nourished and sustained, by the love of God, the love of learning, the virtue of hard work, and consideration for others. As the head of such a home, he came to be singled out and respected as an exemplar par excellence in the many places where he served, succeeded, and soared.

      Within its pages, will be found a striking summary of the seven stages of his ascent from disappointment to fulfillment, verbatim reproduction of glowing tributes paid to him in farewell addresses, a perceptive pen-portrait of him by a young reporter of a daily newspaper, a parting and most touching letter to his wife and children, a selection of his views on sundry subjects, the texts of three eloquent and stimulating sermons which he preached as an Elder of the Presbyterian Church of which he was a loyal and devoted adherent, and finally, two beautiful Odes reflecting the undying love, respect and devotion of his daughter Florabelle and his grandson Ricardo Cleghorn.

      These items all speak in glowing terms of a man whose attachment both to the eternal verities of Truth, Justice, Pride, Honour, and Loyalty and to his chosen life’s work – Education, stamped him in his lifetime as one who never grew old. Indeed, he must have been one of these rare individuals of whom the Bard of Avon stated:

      "Some men never seem to grow old.

      Always active in thought, always ready to adopt

      New ideas, they are never chargeable with fogyism.

      Satisfied, yet, ever dissatisfied, settled yet ever unsettled.

      They always enjoy the best of what is, and are the first to find the best of what will be."

      It was for me, a privilege to have known Dr. Khan.  I gloried in the opportunities I had to converse with him and listen to his oratorical skill. 

      I followed his career with admiration, and I confess, with unusual interest and curiosity, since it was similar in so many respects to my own, namely, moving forward step by step against forbidding odds in a hostile environment, from the lowly station of a rustic sugar estate environment at Retrench in South Trinidad to the most exalted seat in the Hall of Justice in the capital city of my country.

      I have read Dr. Khan’s memoirs compiled by his daughter Brenda C. Mohammed with admiration and pleasure. In my respectful view, they record with precision and sincerity the reflections and sentiments of a gifted and cultured mind. 

      SIR ISAAC HYATALI T.C. K.B - Former Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago [Deceased].

      May 1989     

      INTRODUCTION

      Dr. Khan started writing his memoirs a few months prior to his death in 1975, but unfortunately, his call by his Maker prevented him from publishing it.  In 1989, the author of this book compiled a book from his diaries and other handwritten papers.  The Foreword was written by the former Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago Sir Isaac Hyatali [now deceased].

      The finished product was made available to friends and relatives and was not published for the wider public at that time. The book you are now reading is a new and revised version. 

      Within these pages we discover what it was like to be born more than one hundred years ago, in an illiterate society, with no electricity, and no modern amenities. 

      There were no telephones, cell phones, radio, or televisions.

      How would you have managed to travel to work without motor- cars and any form of transportation? Could you have survived on an income of two dollars a month? Would you have taken a menial job to supplement this?

      The purpose of this book is to record the life of a great Educator – Dr. Andrew Moonir Khan who rose to great heights from a humble upbringing despite several setbacks in his life, and the primitive times in which he lived. 

      Dr. Khan was one of the pioneers of Education in Trinidad and Tobago. He believed in Education and because of his dedication and devotion as a teacher and Headmaster at

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