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Read And Lead: The Saturday Masterclass 2026 with Sandeep Dutt
1. I realised that many of my worries exist because I care too much about how others see me. If I stop overthinking people's reactions, many of my problems will be reduced.
2. I understood that my insecurities grow only when I compare myself. Without comparison, there is no reason to feel ‘less.’
3. I learned that I create the meaning of my weaknesses. If I change the meaning, I change my life.
4. I realised that sometimes when people brag or behave arrogantly, it is not confidence—it is pain. This helps me understand others with more kindness.
5. I understood that true confidence never needs to shout. Real strength is quiet; fake strength is loud.
6. I learned that even playing the victim can become a way to feel powerful. But it only locks us inside our own pain.
7. I realised I don’t need to be ‘better than someone’. I only need to be a better version of myself.
8. I understood that freedom means living according to my own values, not based on who likes me or approves of me.
9. I realised strength and weakness depend on how we use them. Real strength is honesty, responsibility, and inner stability.
10. I understood that both inferiority and superiority complexes are prisons created by comparison. When I stop comparing, I become free.
Brewing Knowledge Fridays (05/02/2025): Sandeep and Manisha discussed the importance of Friday sessions and Sandeep's book "My Good School," which celebrates children's strengths and achievements in education. They emphasised the need to shift from rote learning to more active and meaningful learning methods, stressing the importance of empowering students with critical thinking skills and life lessons. The discussion also covered the significance of self-dedication, collaboration, and contribution in education and the importance of building a professional culture in schools and preparing for upcoming reading sessions.
Next steps
• Minakshi to train teachers on meaningful learning, associative learning, and active learning techniques.
• Manisha will share the knowledge pyramid graphic with all participants in the WhatsApp group.
• All participants must type one word they absorbed from the session in the chat box.
• All participants must present their school names in the chat box.
• Manisha or Minakshi will insist that participants share what they learned from the WhatsApp Brewing Knowledge group session.
• All teachers should consider implementing rewards for identity discovery, collaboration, and contribution at their school's annual day.
Summary
Friday Sessions and "My Good School
Sandeep and Manisha discussed the importance of the Friday sessions and the significance of the book "My Good School" by Sandeep. Manisha emphasised that the book is close to their hearts and helps them connect with their experiences. Sandeep then began reading the chapter "Annual Day at School" from the book, explaining the method of reading and using a reading sheet. He also mentioned that the book is interconnected with his other writings and that the chapter they were reading was first published years ago.
Celebrating Children's Strengths and Achievements
Sandeep emphasised the importance of celebrating children's strengths and achievements, notably through annual events like the annual day at school. He highlighted the significance of showcasing creativity, connecting with the community, and building self-esteem in children. Sandeep also stressed the need to involve all stakeholders in these events, including parents and alumni. He suggested that schools should provide opportunities for children to excel in various areas, such as service, skill, study, and sport, and that these achievements should be recognised and celebrated.
Celebrating Children's Successes Throughout the Year
Sandeep discussed the importance of celebrating children's successes throughout the year, not just during events. He emphasised that every teacher should find a reason to celebrate one child each day. Minakshi expressed her school's enthusiasm for learning English, despite not fully understanding the content. Sandeep also mentioned the role of music in their activities.
Empowering Young Minds Through Knowledge
Sandeep discussed the importance of knowledge acquisition in education, emphasising the need to move beyond mere information sharing. He highlighted the need for a shift from rote learning to meaningful, associative, and active learning methods. Sandeep also stressed the importance of empowering young people with thinking abilities and life skills. He encouraged teachers to adopt these new learning methods and recognise the power of knowledge in shaping future generations.
Empowering Students Through Active Learning
Sandeep discussed the importance of individual growth and vision in education. He emphasised the need for schools to change and empower students to think analytically, rather than just processing data. Sandeep also highlighted the need for schools to move away from rote learning and towards more active learning. He used the example of the Fab India School to illustrate these points, noting that the school had faced resistance to efforts to improve teaching performance and was now moving towards more active learning.
Emphasising Self-Dedication and Collaborative Learning
Sandeep discussed the importance of self-dedication, collaboration, and contribution in education. He suggested that schools reward students for these qualities, rather than just academic achievements. Sandeep also emphasised the need for a structured learning program to help teachers become self-directed and collaborative learners. He highlighted the importance of building a professional culture in a school, which is a complex and slow process. Sandeep also stressed the significance of collaborative learning and knowledge assimilation, and encouraged thinking about life lessons and soft skills students should learn in school.
Upcoming Reading Session Discussion
Sandeep led a discussion on the upcoming reading session, scheduled for the 9th of May. He emphasised the importance of cross-referencing and asked for any questions about the reading material. Sandeep also encouraged participants to share their schools in the chat box to better understand the group's composition. The conversation ended with Sandeep asking participants to type a word they remembered from the session in the chat box.
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Through this video - SMILE VS FROWN , we have shown how a loss of a beloved puts us into grief and we find a way to come out of that grief.
So at this point of time, if someone shows empathy it helps us to cope up from dealing with this sorrowful time. Sometimes a true companion provide strength and courage during this hard time. The companion could be a teacher, a friend, a family member or your neighbor etc.
It was time for the prayer meeting. Riya, Kushagra and Samarth were all going to speak on
their topics. Kushagra and Riya were very excited about their topic but Samarth was a little
scared and worried. He would read his topic again and again and then start getting a little
nervous. Everyone spoke about their topics one by one and now it was Samarth's turn. As
soon as he held the mike, he became completely blank as if he did not know what to say.
Seeing this, his class teacher came close to him and explained to him that son, you start
your topic with a greeting, you can do it and I am with you, an effort is necessary to learn
dear, no one is perfect in one go. But for perfection one has to start and try again and again,
so you take a deep breath and speak about your topics.
Samarth gathered some courage and started speaking.
Whenever he forgot, his class
teacher tried to remind him. In this way Samarth completed his topic. After the prayer
meeting, his class teacher asked Samarth in the class how he was feeling now. Samarth
smiled and said, thank you! Ma’am, for helping me.
Some children's skills emerge with basic knowledge but some children who are introverts
have to make a little effort to display their skills. For this, teachers and parents should keep
encouraging the children without getting disappointed. Some children take time to display
their skills and when they start performing, they do amazing because gradually their
confidence starts to strengthen. Therefore, instead of giving negative feedback to the
children, they should be encouraged to do better by telling them 'what good they did'.
Shalini Tiwari Chandrani Singh Shilpi Chakraborty Vijeta Wilson Sunbeam School Indiranagar Varanasi
Determination means to stand firmly for what we believe in or support the truth no matter what others think or feel. Determination is one of the most important values that everyone should possess. Even if we face failure, then it is our determination and courage that helps us to try again and achieve our goals. A strong, determined person can meet and overcome any problems in life and provide strength to others.
I recall an incident in my life. When I was in college, my relative's daughter and son were very weak in their studies. Their parents were worried for them. They requested me to teach them. I agreed. When I went to teach them, I found that both of them couldn't read and write correctly. I decided to give up. But their mother pleaded with me to teach them. Then, I made up my mind that I would teach them. I worked hard with them, and in their final exam, they both scored good marks. Their parents were thrilled and thanked me a lot. It was my determination that could make helped me to make it possible. If I had given up at the start, there would be no one to help the children.
So one's determination can help others also to go through life's up and down.
Unity gives us power, strength, courage, a feeling of oneness, a feeling of togetherness. Proximity, similarity, respect, selflessness are some components of unity.
To create a word, we have to rearrange the alphabets. In the same way, to create a number, we have to rearrange the digits. If the letters of a word or digits of a number are far apart, it becomes challenging to read them. Bring them closer to each other and see the magic. Things have become easy to understand. This is the beauty of unity. When you bring certain units in close vicinity, you are establishing a visual unity of those units.
Observe the given image; the dots are scattered, but joining them together in a planned way gives meaning to the image. Unity exists when your units agree. Unity can be seen as the single important goal of any plan. The important elements of our unity are giving respect, care to each other and living together peacefully and happily.
Ubuntu in the Xhosa (an African tribe) culture means: “I am because we are.”
How could any of us be happy if all the others were sad?
People who are caring enter their daily lives with an attentive perspective. They pay attention to what people do when talking to them, and they are sensitive to their needs and feelings. To be a more caring person, one has to appreciate the people in their lives as much as possible. Caring people focus on maintaining a healthy, positive relationship. Caring allows you to develop empathy for others and provide a listening ear without asking for a reward.
Here I share one of my experiences. It was a sunny day, and class 5 students were playing musical chairs during their study time. I inquired and came to know that this was their reward for doing excellent work in the class. What surprised me, however, was the way they were playing. There was a twist in the game. For the class of 15 children, she placed 14 chairs in the beginning and told them they all had to find a place on the chairs. If one of them could not find a chair to sit on, all of them would be out. So when the music stopped, they grabbed each other and made sure that everybody got a place to sit. In that way, on the removal of every chair, they were helping each other. Their excitement took the game to another level, and without any explanation, the teacher succeeded in sowing the seeds of unity and care in them.
Due to this, everyone took care of each other, supported each other and did not leave anyone alone. When all move forward together, everyone grows, everyone moves forward, and no one is left behind.
“A
smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring and
sharing person inside” – Denis Waitley
Everyone must play a role in circulating beliefs and practices to the youth, giving them a sense of solidarity. We as
teachers endure a unique responsibility as students spend hours in our
classroom. We always devote a lot of time to creating a classroom environment that fosters values that help children work together as a team. Let’s
take a glance at some other techniques we can strengthen personality
development in our classroom. To create a collaborative and caring classroom, we
need to help children promote values like Courage, Patience, Happiness,
Tolerance, Honesty, Unity and Caring. I
tried to incorporate these values into my syllabus to help children learn and
perform and suggested videos to encourage their learning.
(Tap on unity, Click on the right side and open with open hyperlink)
We know that achieving
certain goals are not only the hard work of an individual, but it is the unity
among each member of the group towards their goals. Let us know from our little
ones (Class 4 Students), what they have learned from the videos and
what they have to say about unity?
Ishwar- Unity is strength.
Always help your friends. Never be scared. We may seem weak from the outside but
are strong from the inside. It is said, “United we stand, divided we fall.” We
should travel in groups. Always be kind to others. Don’t bully people.
Swastika Unity is essential for any team or
group. Only when we are united we can enjoy the taste of success. Unity is the
essence of a group’s happiness. We should always remember that “unity is
strength”. Unity means oneness or togetherness. You can’t break a heap of
bricks, but you can break a single brick. A family is called a family only when
the members live together. If we stand together, we can fight any problem.
Aashita There is power
in unity. We can win every hurdle with Unity. If we are united, no one can
destroy or harm us. We can win every obstacle in our life.
Shaayna “Unity is
strength” means stay together in all situations. Unity has great value in every
work of life. Without unity, we cannot do a single work. If we stay united, we
can do everything. The development of our society and country depends on this
spirit. Unity protects us from evil doing.Individual players do not win any match. It is the unity that helps to
get a victory from the stronger team. So, we should always stay in unity.
Srijit This video
teaches us that unity is strength. We need to work together in our society.
Unity gives us courage, hope and strength. When we get support from others,
we can get the courage to fight together. When we are united, we can bring change.
If we stand together, we can fight any problem.Unity is essential for any team or
group.
Rriana-Both the videos
show us that teamwork is essential. If all of us stand together, we can
defeat our enemies. Weak people or animals become strong when they work
together. When everyone helps each other, they feel happy. Ants are such tiny
animals; they defeated a giant pig by standing together; that’s why we should
travel in groups. We are confident when we are together.
Tenzin
Khandu- In the first video,
people try to get food for themselves. They all look hungry and weak. They
fought each other to get food, but nobody got food. When they started helping
each other to get food, everyone got food. This shows everything is possible if
we work in unity. In the second video, a shark attacks a group of penguins. A
group of penguins worked in unity and saved themselves. A giant animal and a
large bird also attacked a colony of ants and a group of crabs. They worked
together, and they were safe.
Chahak- We should help each other. We should be
polite. We should be kind. Unity is essential for our life and strength.
It is always better to work as a team. If we are alone, we can do so little,
but we can do a lot if we are together. Unity gives us courage, strength, and
hope. If we are together, we can defeat our enemies. We should help others in
hard times.
Student can adjust
or give their best in any group when they care for all in the team. So when children enter into a
school, initially they always think about themselves, but slowly and gradually
when they work together in a team, they
start caring about each other. I shared my thoughts, explaining
that respecting someone means taking care to not harm someone's feelings. I asked children
what they think it means to care about someone or something. I told them, if you are caring, you express it by being
cooperative and generous. When you care about another person, you are not harsh
but kind. They expressed
their feelings in drawings. I talked about the ways people show they care every
day. I discussed the things the children can do, such as taking care
of parents and grandparents, looking after helpers, watering plants, feeding a
bird or fish, taking time to listen to a friend, etc. I asked children to make a Caring Card for anyone they care about.
Let us see how these little hands have tried to present their ideas through drawings.
Unity gives strength to fight any big problem. Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. Strength grows when we dare, unity grows when we pair, love grows when we share and relation grows when we care. Care does not need powerful eyes or a cute voice, or a lovely face. It always needs a beautiful responsible heart with affection forever. When you truly care for someone, their mistakes never change your feelings because it's the mind that gets angry but the HEART still cares.
Aspiration JMMS at the John Martyn Memorial School. Renu Raturi, Sandhya Thadani, Asha Devi, Sonali Sharma & Shalini Gurung
The right to act, speak and think freely can very well define freedom. Freedom allows us to be ourselves. It is the state of not being controlled by somebody else.
Peace is a situation in which there is no war or violence. It is the state of being calm and quiet. Peace is the quality of being Absent from disturbance.
This is the story of freedom and peace. It is the story where the child realises his strength with the help of a teacher.
Achievers JMMS @John Martyn Memorial School, Salangaon, Dehradun
Responsibility means to accept that I am the reason and
result of what I have done and what I am doing. The moment we take the
responsibility of our own deeds in our lives, we can change the things in our
lives. Because no one can live our lives and how much we try to blame others for
our mistakes or deeds, it’s we who have made such choices or making such
choices.
Cooperation means knowing or understanding one another.
It means joining together to help others believe in something they
might have just thought but could never have done. Cooperation is a joint
effort that nobody can get in until unless everybody gets in. It is always
observed that a group is much stronger than an individual.
जिम्मेदारीऔरसहयोग, एकता की मजबूत यह डोर
असफलताकीराहकोरोक, संभवकायहपुरजोर,
चारोंओरहोतायहशोर, जिम्मेदारीऔरसहयोग,
अभ्यासकरेंइसकारोज,सफलताकायहसंयोग,
सहीमंत्रकासहीउपयोग।
Responsibility and cooperation go hand in hand, and it's
evident from birth to death. With the responsibility of Parents comes
cooperation of child instinctively. The same in a class when a teacher is
teaching and similarly in any relationship or work life. A person learns to be responsible when he or
she completes a task and gets a sense of achievement. Our environment plays a vital role
in shaping our values. I believe a child gets a sense of responsibility when
there are mutual effort and cooperation between the parents, the teachers and
the child himself. A parent asking his child to take care of the younger
sibling or organising his own cupboard. Likewise, a teacher assigning a small
duty of distributing notebooks in the class or making the child a monitor for a
day starts filling a child with responsibility. A responsible and cooperative
person is admired by everyone. No individual has sufficient experience
or education to achieve his aim without the co-operation of others.
A child is not born being a responsible one. Yes, exceptions
are there, as some people are very responsible by nature, so definitely their
children will also have some of their qualities. So, some children may show
responsible behaviour in their childhood, but that will come in practice over a
period and with some events & observations. The children and even we
experience and observe many situations or events that help everyone become responsible individuals. Many times we observe others and our observations
help us to become a responsible person. We experience many situations every
minute, and it is we, who take decisions to be responsible for the consequences.
Sometimes others experience help us to be more responsible in future.
Responsible people know that they have to take their duties seriously and cater to the world's demands, environment, society, country, children, family, and self. We can see an example of this right in front of us- the moment we were assigned the task of creating blogs, each month, we knew that it was our responsibility as a group to give our best and co-operate with each other. The JOL program is inculcating both responsibility, cooperation and a sense of team-spirit amongst us. Therefore, it is rightly said "Alone we are smart, together we are brilliant" - Steven Anderson.
Written with co-operation by FLYERS DGS - Vijaya Jugran, Nandini Arora, Urvashi Uniyal, Vandana Goel, Bhumika Vyas & Ritika Tyagi - at The Doon Girls' School in Dehradun.
Exercise is a part of our daily life. Everyone should do exercise every day at a regular time. It reduces fat and increases the flexibility of our body Exercise improves muscle strength. Exercise can help you to maintain a healthy weight exercise. It improves brain function.
It also reduces the risk of developing several diseases in our body, it improves your quality of sleep. Morning walk is the first and most common exercise and is suited in almost all constitutions. Diabetic patients should do morning walk regularly as a morning walk is very good for their health.
If you will do the exercise you will be healthy, fit and fine. In most of the schools, teachers make students do exercise that keeps children fit and fine.
Patience is the trait to accept delays, problems or suffering without becoming angry or annoyed with anyone.
When you decide to do something different, it is only patience that gives you an inner strength to move on and stand against all odds. It brings an inner peace into your life. It makes you an optimism person and above all, it helps you to deal with stress and difficult situation. It helps you to remain healthy and stress-free.
Patience is that value that helps us to stand or remain calm in all situations in spite of any difficulty or problems. It helps us when we are trying to overcome our fears or maybe we trying to do something different from others. Patience is one value that has a positive influence in your life and helps you to achieve success in life.
I would like to end with a quote by Joyce Meyer “Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting”.
Unity is strength is the famous phrase that represents the power of strength. Unity and care are very important values for our survival. A caring person is kind and gives emotional support to others and can make people united by care and respect. A common example to explain the same can be a family situation. If all the members in a family stand united and help each other with their tasks each one of them will benefit in all events.
If we look around, people respect and take care of each other are happier. The children there get a healthier environment which is essential for their all-round development and the adults in the family also live a good life. They depend on each other and take it as their responsibility to fulfil all their duties with joy. They do not crib or complain against each other. On the other hand, the families where people don’t stand by each other and are busy trying to put the others down do not only ruin their own life but also that of their coming generations. People belonging to such families often feel lonely and end up in depression.
Life of a human being is full of ups and downs. So, on each stage of life, everyone needs someone who can care and understand with no expectation. Those special people are called truly caring people. Caring people have always their special place in anyone’s life and give emotional support to other.so the people who are caring and United can get freedom from all kind of negativity.
Unity is a very important value in human life. Doing any work United for completing any special
work or goal is called unity. It means being together or well connected to everyone. We all know that a common phrase is " Unity is strength". It means standing together in thick and thin. I remember when I was a child, this value was explained by a chapter in my textbook. This chapter had a short story which is based on the importance of unity. It explained that one stick can be easily broken.
On the other hand, to break a bundle of the stick is really difficult or impossible. So we recognize the power of unity. It has great value at every stage of life. So Our first duty is to maintain in our life. Unity is the root of success in every great work. It gives us the strength to face the difficult situation without becoming weaker, mentally or physically. Unity is the teamwork of players which help them to win matches and bring pride to their school, country and yourself.
It helps us in enjoying every moment. On the other hand, Caring is when you do a good deed for someone because it is the right thing to do. When you care for someone, you make a difference in the world with kindness. I believe that caring for others is beautiful and noble. Great teachers care about their students. They want them to succeed and are committed to helping them achieve their goals.
Moreover, teachers care about their students’ happiness, well-being and life beyond the classroom.
A student is far more responsive to a teacher who cares, and is, therefore, more likely to learn and engage. Connecting with your students establishes trust, which is important to the students’ learning because it makes them comfortable enough to participate, ask for help when needed, and pay closer attention to advice and encouragement. It is being compassionate and supporting people as they go through tough times. It is a good trait for everyone to have and the world will be a better place if we care for one another.
Hope is the feeling of expectation and a strong desire for a certain thing to happen. It is
a belief that a positive thing will happen out of the harsh circumstances and situation in someone’s life. Hope is the strong feeling that is desired and expected out of circumstances will be that things will turn up for the best. Hope is the essence of life. Many of us could not even live a life of peace without having hope deep inside the heart. Life is unpredictable and goes out of our hand and beyond our control many times. Hope helps us keep the fight on and improves the chances of making our life better.
It helps to keep our eyes wide open for an improved future. I know it’s very hard keeping up with the inner faith during the most critical times, but, those who never leave hope, actually make it till the end. Hope not only gives you the strength to overcome pain, but it also makes the journey for the future easier. Let’s not worry about the fact that today is bad. Hope keeps us telling that tomorrow will be better than this.
Hope keeps us to stay positive. As you know, our mind has lots of effects on our actions. If your mind tells you to stay strong on a path and not to lose courage, you will do so. Hope gives a positive mind power.
Hope will always be the essence of life. It helps us to ignore the sufferings of the present. When we stay positive about our future and feel that we have to fight to win the problems, our probability to succeed increases.
Hope is a belief. You believe something good will happen. With its help, you can make an impossible possible, or win a war. Ask yourself – what you believe. If you believe to have something good in the future and expect it to happen, that is hope. When you keep telling yourself that there will be no more pain and suffering soon, you hope for it. Hope will give you the courage and inspiration to stick to your dream as long as you breathe. If you have a strong aspiration, hope and faith, nothing can bring you down. It let you aim at the sole purpose of your life.
Friends make our life joyful and hopeful True friends do not only share things but also share feelings, emotions, love, etc. Good friends are always there to help us no matter what happens. Sometimes they risk their lives for us. They make us feel comfortable with them. We cannot choose our relatives but we can choose friends. Good friends are great pillars of our lives. It can make us or can break us. Their support can lead us to success or doom.
Fear is natural in human beings and even adults sometimes get this feeling. But we should all understand that fear is nothing to be ashamed of. The same should also be explained to young students who have various kinds of fear like the fear of scolding, fear of losing friends etc. This will encourage them to confide their fears to someone and to find ways of overcoming and dealing with them. Stories prove to be very effective when trying to rid students of their fears. Anecdotes of how successful people overcome their fear of public speaking or meeting new people are both entertaining and inspiring. Students should be told about our personal examples relating to things we, as teachers were afraid to do and how we overcome those fears. This will help them understand that it's not shameful to be afraid.
Students should also be told that:
*There is a difference between good and bad fears.
*Everyone has fears, they are nothing to be ashamed of.
*Fears can stop us from having fun.
*If we try, we can get over our fears.
*People who love us can help us get over our fears.
*We make ourselves and our families proud when we overcome our fears.
While courage is an important trait, patience also goes along.
Plato was one of the greatest philosophers the world has ever known. He was famous for his learning. People respected his wisdom. When Plato was told that the boys in the street were making fun at his singing, he said, "Ay, then I must learn to sing better! That was patience. He did not get angry at the Street boys who made fun of him, nor, did he react badly to the action. Rather he tried to improve himself, accepting his limitations, in spite of what he was.
Patience is the ability to bear sufferings, troubles, hardships, tools, etc. calmly. It helps us to achieve self-control and enables us to stand up to people troubling or upsetting us. It is strength in difficult and trying conditions.
Patience is reflected through calmness, bearing up and firmness. Patience makes no expectations; it greets all, speaks to all, serves all and is kind to all. It forgives, is generous in all giving and kind in fraternal corrections. We have to practice patience with everyone. Both courage and patience go hand in hand and are very important traits in an individual and as educators while we have demonstrated these traits, we should also try to inculcate these in our students.
Sharmila Vijayvargi
Everyone praises good manners but few can practice them. They are medicines which
are good for every disease. Good manners are the sign of all progress in the world. They are the beauty and glory of our actions. Other qualities do not affect us so much as good manners do. Bad manners create evil beings. The wicked people who insult us are never liked by us. We must have regard for the opinions of others. That is a sign of good manners.
Man is the maker of his own date. He has a key by which he puts himself in dark or in light. If a man follows the evil things and becomes loose charactered he cannot improve his life and would be a burden on society, but if a man possesses good qualities, he can improve his life, society and the country and he can achieve his goal.
Good manners are the backbone of our life. They exert the greatest influence on the career of a man. A man of character is the key to the progress of society. Physical strength is nothing when compared to moral strength. We should build our character because it is a source of pleasure to others. Behaving well with others means having regard for their personality. Wealth gives us temporary luxuries but good manners and strong characters give us permanent happiness. Everybody in society will be happy to know us if we have a good character.
Courage refers to the strength of overcoming a fear. It is very important as it helps the child to grow bold. It boasts a child's confidence. Whereas, patience refers to staying calm in a situation and waiting for your turn to act. Every child is different in their own way so we can say that some children are naturally more patient than others. But we can teach patience to children by taking the same simple steps like teaching them self control, having purposeful delays and making them wait for their turns. These strategies could help the children to make patience a habit. I remember an incident 7/8 years back when an adventure was organised for our school students in the school. It was paragliding. Everyone was excited about it because most of them had never seen it or experienced it. It was happening for the first time in our area. So they all were eagerly waiting for it.
When the day arrived, all the students were taken to the nearby ground. They all were getting impatient and wanted to do it first. Then the teachers advised them to patiently wait for their turn saying that everyone would get a chance to do it. When the trainer showed them how it's done, many students got excited but some students got scared on seeing him flying in the air. When their turn came, they got very nervous and frightened.
Then they stepped back saying that it's not their cup of tea and they ended up refusing for the event. After that, a few teachers called the students and asked their reason for the refusal. After listening to them, the teacher called the event officer and informed him about the situation. Therefore the officer went up to the students and told them that it's not at all a risk for any one of them and they supervise each and every second of the event and they guarantee students' protection. This gave a major relief to the students and they started their way back to the event.
This shows us a scenario where at a moment, students were impatient and had great excitement for the adventure but then they lost courage and patience and how the teacher and the adventure officer made it a successful adventure trip. This was just an example of a single scenario, but there are numerous scenarios where the teacher can preach students about the lesson of courage and patience.
Courage is not about having the strength to fight and win or let down others in front of us.
According to me, courage is inner strength which inspires us to do the right thing, it doesn't matter how difficult it is. Courage is to raise voice against wrong, courage is to stand by the truth in any situation even if you are standing alone, it is when you can forgive someone and on the other hand, you also can apologise for your own mistakes. Courage is to have the confidence to face any situation in life and be with the right things.
Patience is to handle things calmly without being aggressive or showing our anger. Patience helps us to control our emotions or reactions which can be harmful to us in future to deal with different circumstances. Patience also helps us to gain our goals in life because without patience people may lose hope and give up. It makes us stronger internally and reacts wisely. It brings peace and relaxation to our minds. If we have patience, we can stand up and start the work even after the failures in life. In other words, we can say, it creates a second chance for us to get success.
How it is possible that we can express courage without patience. One must have the patience to show courage in the right way. An educator should have the patience to manage the student's behaviour in the classroom. Sometimes, the situation is not as we want in the classroom, it can be the poor academic performance of students or disrespectful behaviour. But in such situations, we must talk to them calmly and have the courage to show them the right path. It is very important to inculcate these values in our children. They would need the patience to achieve what they want and to improve their skills slowly with time. They should have the courage to face and overcome their challenges and show their abilities.
We can explain these values with the real exam of what we are going through these days. Everyone is going through different situations due to COVID- 19 pandemic. In this situation, especially the Health and Police departments are the true examples of courage and the people who are at home, not going outside are showing their patience to fight against this worldwide disaster. Monika Vaishnav, The Fabindia School
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”― Corrie ten Boom
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, lived a man who had complete faith in
God. One night as he slept soundly, a loud noise woke him up. When
he opened his eyes, he saw that his room was filled with light. Just then God
appeared before him, showed him a large rock outside his house and told him to
push it with all his might.
Next morning when the man woke up, he
remembered his dream. He went outside and was surprised to find the rock outside his door. Obedient as he was, he pushed it with all his
might; but was not able to move it. However, the man did not give up; instead every day he would push the rock with all his might.
For many years he toiled from sun up to sundown, his
shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of that large rock,
pushing with all his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin, sore
and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain as the rock did not seem to have moved the tiniest bit after so many years. Not seeing any progress, the man started
to feel discouraged. Just then devil showed up in his dream and said, “ You
have been pushing that rock for a long time but it hasn’t moved! Why do you go
through all that pain? It’s impossible to move that gigantic rock. It is better to leave it at this and live an easy life", saying this the devil disappeared.
The man was disheartened but did not turn away from his beliefs. He decided to pray to
God and tell Him about his troubled thoughts. He prayed, “I have laboured long
and hard in your service, putting in all of my strength in what you have asked me
to do. Yet, after all this time, I have not even made the rock budge by millimetre. What am I doing wrong?? Why am I failing?” Just then God appeared and said, “My child, I asked you to serve me and you accepted it unquestioningly. I told you to push the rock but I never said that I expected you to move it! Your task was to push and after all these years, you think
you have failed. But is it really so? Look at yourself, your arms are strong and
muscled, your back sinewy and brown, your hands are callused from constant pressure,
your legs have become massive and hard. Facing opposition you have grown and your abilities now
surpass those you had before. You haven’t moved the rock, but your calling
was to be obedient and to push, to Exercise your Faith and Trust in My
Wisdom. This you have done.”
Moral: At times when we face difficulties in life, we
should just trust in God and Push. By all means, exercise the faith that
moves mountains but know that it is still God who moves mountains. - BLOOM BHIS@ Billabong High International School, Thane. Priya Wagle, Manisha Joshi, Rinku Lapasia, Savita Rane, Ranjana Solanki, Sharanjeet Kaur, Manjit Kaur.
