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“Koffee with Miss. Kasundika”

(By Yong and Vidushi)

Q) When choosing your profession were you sure of what you wanted to be
in the future?

Mrs. Kasundika: I come from a family of teachers and I wanted to become an
educator one day. But I always kept my options open and I am also advising
you guy to keep your options open. You don’t have to focus on one subject.
There is so many things that we have not seen and it will be exiting to stumble
across and find something new.

Q) Noting that you have been to many different parts of the world and
experienced many different things in those countries, what can you say is a
definitive life lesson that you’ve learned from those journeys that you hope

others will learn?

Mrs. Kasundika: I like that question as I have not just been to the developed
countries, I have been to developing countries. The first thing that I saw was
that Sri Lanka is not that bad. If you are someone from Sri Lanka and have
only been to developed countries you would say that this is the worst country.
But this is not the case. From my experience all countries are the same as in
we all share the same core values. Another thing that I learned from my 30-
year experience that is very easy to earn respect as long as you know how to be
respectful towards others culture. It might seem difficult to comprehend this
at first but it is very simple. We, humans share the same core values so it is
very easy to make friends wherever you are.

Q) Can you tell us a time where you’ve felt empowered by something? Be it a
book or an idol or an experience.

Mrs. Kasundika: No, it’s simply you. There is nothing more empowering than
seeing my students being resilient in this pandemic, our economic crisis.
These situations. You guys coming to school and doing your work is my daily
dose of empowerment. Nothing more and nothing less.