Is Your Child Ready to Face the World?

Reflection as a Student

The book- Is Your Child Ready to Face the World?

Has changed the way I look at success. The stories taught me that dreams, compassion, purpose, resilience, and happiness are not just lessons—they are life skills. I realised that true education is about becoming a kind, confident, and responsible human being, not just scoring marks.

 As a teacher 

This book reaffirmed that our greatest responsibility is not only to educate minds but also to shape character. Every story reminds us that children need values, empathy, courage, and purpose to thrive in the real world. Our role is to inspire them to become capable individuals who make a positive difference in society.

Regards
Shweta Morolia
Sunbeam Suncity, Varanasi.

Unity and Caring - Aspiration JMMS

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

Humility and Appreciation - Flyers DGS

                                                             विद्या ददाति विनयम,

विनयम ददाति पात्रता।

Humility means being humble or grounded. It means putting others’ needs before our own and acknowledging that I am not always right. Humility enables us to stay open to new learning.  It prevents us from judging others, serves others and wins people. Humility makes us real & hopeful and gives us peace. Humility doesn’t mean to think about yourself, but to think less about yourself and more about others. It is the foundation stone of all the virtues. We cannot have a good personality if we are not humble. It helps us to think wisely. It means to appreciate others’ strengths and accept your mistakes or weaknesses.

Humble people do not try to impress others with titles, money, achievements, in fact, they just pull out the best in others. They are more responsible and handle stress more effectively.

Appreciation is a feeling of gratefulness. Appreciation makes us feel valued, responsible and acknowledged. It gives us confidence and motivates us to work hard. The word “appreciation” fills us with joy and zeal. It is difficult to work wholeheartedly in the absence of appreciation. Somewhere in the corner of our heart, we crave appreciation, it’s like medicine. But appreciation that is not real or honest loses its value. Only a real critic can honestly appreciate you.

One of our member shares, “Humility is the only virtue that can be practised in both success and failure. When I meet someone who radiates humility, my shoulder relaxes, my heart beats a little more quietly, and something inside me lets go. Why? Because I know that I'm being heard, fully seen and accepted for who I am. It allows my protective walls to come down. The same treatment I would like to give people who meet me or are in my circle. Humility allows us to make real-world. I accept the strengths and limitations of other people and of my own as well without defensiveness or judgement.

Appreciation has magical powers. I often appreciate things, behaviours and deeds that I want the person to repeat till it becomes his/her habit.  If there are some vices that I want the person to change, I appreciate his other qualities but remind him/her that his qualities are bigger than the small vices he/she has."

Another member writes, “A newly married girl once cooked a crooked shaped parantha for her father -in law for the first time she went inside the kitchen knowing deep inside that it was not as it should have been ... she apologized to her father-in-law while serving the same and also reassuring him that he would be served a perfect one next time as she did not know much of cooking... her HUMILITY! The father-in-law was all appreciation for the taste of parantha saying it was filled with love till the brim and he never had a better one till then ever...*quality of appreciation*!!

Today, the daughter -in law is the finest cook for family today.

प्रोत्साहन एक ऐसी चिंगारी है जो जीवन की निराशा, हताशा, नीरसता को एक ही शब्द से दूर भगा देती है ।जब व्यक्ति इस परिस्थिति से बाहर आता है तो वह समझ पाता है कि प्रोत्साहन देना ,प्रोत्साहित करना, प्रोत्साहित होना कितना बड़ा गुण है , कितना बड़ा सहारा है, संबलता का प्रतीक है। किसी भी सफल जीवन में विनय तथा प्रोत्साहन चोली दामन का संबंध रखते हैं। एक ही सिक्के के दो पहलू हैं।इन्हें समझना, संवारना तथा उपयोग में लाना मनुष्य के लिए अति आवश्यक है।

 विनम्र होने का मतलब होता है, दूसरों के प्रति लगातार ,बारंबार कृतज्ञता का भाव प्रकट करना। दूसरों के कार्य के प्रति सदैव आदर का भाव रखना। प्रोत्साहन वह चिंगारी है जोछिपी हुई, दबी हुई, शक्तियों को उजागर कर एक ऐसे स्तर पर ला लाकर उसे प्रज्वलित कर देता है कि कि प्रोत्साहित करने वाला व्यक्ति प्रोत्साहित होने वाला व्यक्ति अनुमान ही नहीं लगा सकते हैं असीम आकाश अब उनकी मुट्ठी मैं है।

संक्षिप्त में यह कह सकते हैं कि जहां हतोत्साहित करने वाले अपनी कल्पना में हारने वाले व्यक्ति के नुकसान को देखते हैं वही  विनम्र तथा प्रोत्साहित करने वाला व्यक्ति भावी भविष्य की उड़ान की परख रखते हैं।

Our humility teaches us to appreciate others’ qualities. One cannot appreciate anything until and unless one is humble. That means humility and appreciation go hand in hand.  Our Humility makes us approachable and Appreciation helps us to win hearts.

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.

Responsibility and Cooperation - Achievers JMMS

RESPONSIBILITY 

Responsibility is something that we are supposed to do. It is something related to trust. A person is responsible when he is honest and if he has the courage to do something. It is responsible for something you are expected to do.

Responsibility is promising someone about the task, duties or anything. It means to be confident and have the ability to make decisions. Responsibility is being prepared from mind about handling the situations. When we take responsibility, it allows us to prove ourselves. When someone has trust in us that he or she can do it, then only we can be responsible. 

For example: In school, a teacher's responsibility is to treat her or his students equally. A teacher is responsible for teaching the students in the best and simplest way so that each child can understand. 

Similarly, the students are responsible for completing the given work to them by the teacher on time.

COOPERATION 

Cooperation is something similar to collaboration. It means putting efforts together to gain the same motive. It is working together with others to achieve something. When we work together to achieve good results in everything or work, we need cooperation to complete that work.

It is the process of groups working together for the benefit. Cooperation is respecting everyone and building friendship.

For example, Children and teachers work together to take out the best from the students. In the same way in any function in the school teachers and students can say the whole staff of the school co-operate to gain the same motive.

Giving responsibility to someone makes them responsible, and they also gain the courage to do the work.

This is a story of one boy who used to be quiet in the class. He used to feel shy about talking to the teachers as well as his peers. He has the habit of doing all his work all alone. Seeing him like this, the teacher thought of distributing the class's little task to the students. She divided the work of the class to each and every student. The teacher asked all the students to do the survey of the school. For this, she made the group by dividing the class. She trusts that boy that if I give him some tasks, he would surely come up with good results. Keeping that child in the group help that child to gain confidence and made him responsible. And with the help of the team members, they come up with the best results. They cooperated with each other and did the survey of the school.

"Alone we can do little, but together we can do so much. "

Achievers JMMS 

John Martyn Memorial School

Salangaon, Dehradun 

- Sweta Thapli, Jyoti Joshi, Meena Kukreti and Nisha Pundir 

Responsibility and cooperation - Tarang JMMS

What is Responsibility?

Responsibility is the ability to respond and accept that you are the cause and the solution of the matter.

I am responsible for my words, my behaviour, my efforts, my mistakes, my ideas, my actions and the consequences of my actions.

Being responsible is something that is important because it allows you to be depended on even if others can’t be. When we are responsible it means that we are capable of making moral decisions on our own and we are ready to be answerable to others for our behaviour.

Responsible people are the ones that many look up to. Responsible people are always the ones who help out. This quality helps people to find a fondness and trustworthiness towards those who are responsible. Each step we take towards being responsible helps to raise our self-esteem and our relationship with others.

Cooperation on the other hand is also an important value because it allows people and groups to work together to achieve a common goal. Cooperation allows us to gain and exchange knowledge, ideas, thoughts and workload.

At school the children learn to cooperate through activities like playing together in teams, doing project work in groups and even simply building puzzles together enables children to learn how to work together. Part of cooperation is learning how to overcome challenges together.

Trust is the foundation of cooperative behaviour.

 In our school we always see the children picking up the dry leaves from the ground and putting them in the dustbin before the assembly. It has become their habit even the little ones help in cleaning the campus. As a part of the institution, it is our duty to keep it neat and clean. As teachers, it is our responsibility to teach the children these little responsibilities from a young age. When the little ones watch their elders even they try to contribute by cooperating with them.

 We all have our own Responsibilities.

As teachers, we are responsible person in society as we build the future of our nation. Other people can point it out to us but we can't point it out to anyone.

 It is believed that teachers are the epitome of knowledge. They have solutions for every problem. But what a teacher has is other teachers. Every teacher has her own perspectives but only by collaborating with each other we grow together and discover new areas and gain more knowledge.

Even the students help the teacher in the learning process. It's the responsibility of the teacher to impart knowledge. A teacher has the knowledge but the learners cooperate and collaborate and carry on the learning process.

Cooperation is not always an easy thing to achieve in the workplace, but the effort is worth it because it leads to a harmonious and productive space. Cooperation can make the difference between success and failure. When people dedicate more time to their duties in a cooperative manner, they are more productive and things get done more quickly and efficiently.

 'If we all don't grow, the boat won't go'

Tarang JMMS@John Martyn Memorial School, Dehradun- Neelam Bhardwaj, Dolly Pharasi, Shalini Gurung

Happy Teachers' Day - Manish Jaiswal

The birth date of the second President of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 5 September, is

celebrated as Teachers' Day since 1962, the year when Dr Radhakrishnan assumed the post of the President of India.

He was the country's former President, scholar, philosopher and Bharat Ratna awardee.

Teachers' Day is actually a celebration to acknowledge the hardship, challenges and the unparalleled role that the teachers play in our lives.

On this day, teachers and students report to school as usual but the usual activities and classes are replaced by activities of celebration, thanks and remembrance.

Qualities of teacher towards students

Sensitive 

Responsible

Forvision

Punctual

Inspiring/Motivating.

Qualities of a student towards teacher

Attentive

Disciplined

Active

Ready to follow

Hard work

Eager to learn

No doubt, a teacher always saves the effort of a student in gaining success.

We should always follow the teachings of our teacher because the teacher has already gone through the way at which we want to run.

Using his experience we can protect our self from unnecessary failures or daily encountering confusions in our daily mode of working.

By following our teacher our destination seems to be more near in less course of time without the wastage of our efforts.

Manish Jaiswal 

The Fabindia School

mjl@fabindiaschools.in

Unity and Caring - Monika Vaishnav

Unity is togetherness or the feeling of oneness.  When we help, listen, support and cooperate with each other, we can easily achieve our goals.  Unity is where, when we have different opinions about different things but still, we understand the differences and respect and appreciate it and stand by each other. 

Unity gives us the strength to do any task, it doesn't matter how difficult it is. When we get something by doing it alone, that will make us happy but when we achieve something in a group or team, that makes us happier. Our happiness and joy of success will be increased as we can see the same smile on everyone's face in a team and even if we fail to get something we worked for, unity decreases our sadness and develops hope among us.  A person can work hard and gain his personal goals but when we want something for the whole community or country, we need to be united and deal with the things unitedly. 

Unity helps a person to think more as we instead of I. It helps us to become more polite in life and let

down our egos. It is easy to make decisions when we are united. We need unity everywhere whether it is about a family, school, class, hospital, country etc.  Unity leads to cooperation, understanding and coordination and without it, we can't work together. We must have a strong connection and trust to be untied. It belongs to equality which makes us stronger and gives equal opportunity to all. 

Caring is one of the purest forms of expressing love and respect.  Whom we love or respect, we care for that person without expecting anything in return.  It is the willingness to do something happily for someone not by force. If we care for anyone whether at home or workplace, we will also be looked after by them but we can't ask anyone to care for us as it is an internal feeling that makes a person help or do something for someone. Caring makes us more humble and kind towards anyone. It gives energy to any relationship and makes it stronger.  A caring person is more responsible and satisfied in life.

Children learn how to care for others from their surroundings, so we should take care of them when they are with us and make them understand how important it is to take care of our dear ones and our surroundings because that is necessary to create a healthy and happy environment for us.  Looking at this modern era, we must make our children understand how much they are looked after by their parents  and they should take care of them when they really need it. We all can't ignore nature, we must care for the animals and the environment around us for a better world. We can say caring is another word for humanity. 

Monika Vaishnav

The Fabindia School

mvv4fab@gmail.com

Responsibility and Cooperation - Jitendra Suthar

When we say a person is responsible and very cooperative, it means that a person has the quality of

being kind to others. With the aim of helping everyone and not making others feel any kind of pressure is said to be a responsible person.

We all have two such unsung heroes in our life, who are responsible and kind at the most. First is the person who works hard to fulfil our dreams keeping all his dreams aside. That’s our father. Another one is the person who works hard to make us ready for the future, ready to fight any situation we are in, who always stands by us, who can never be biased. Yes, that’s our teacher.

Our both these heroes take our responsibility to shape us for the upcoming challenges. No matter what situations they are, they will always be cooperative to us. Even if situations are not in their control, they won’t let us feel so, wearing a smile starts working in a normal mood. 
  

A father, who always stays with the thought of how he can give more to his child or his family, never stops working with all the responsibility. A teacher goes through a lot of pressure but never ever let these things affect teaching in the classroom and he is the most polite person we ever meet in our education time. 

It is said “After your parents, it is your teacher who always thinks good for you” – Truly being in such a professional will be a proud moment for everyone.

Jitendra Suthar

The Fabindia School

jsr@fabindiaschools.in

Freedom and Peace - Ajay Vijayvargi

India won freedom by Peace (Non-violence) and now it is maintaining peace in Kashmir and

in other states with freedom by democratic ways (abolishing Section 370 and 35 A) – passing a bill in the Parliament.

Freedom is important for all humans; we have numerous examples in History where nations and races have struggled to win Freedom – Freedom movement of India, and freedom movements of South Africa – apartheid. All these struggles were led by great leaders who had a vision for the nation.

At individual level freedom can have different perspectives- freedom from orthodox beliefs, from habits that are harmful and evil practices in the society. Good habits are hard to form but easy to live with whereas bad habits are easy to form but are hard to live with; one must free himself from bad habits.

Peace at the micro level – when children are small parents show concern, care and love for them and when parents are old grown-up children show love, care and concern for them, so as an end result wherever these relationships exist peace also exists. Peace is important for an individual to become responsible. An individual if at peace at home will be at peace with the outer world.

If we are free we will be peaceful and if we are at peace with ourselves we can plan our freedom at all levels – individual, social and spiritual levels and this will help us to grow freely with peace.

Ajay Vijayvargi

The Fabindia School.

avi@fabindiaschools.in

Responsibility and Cooperation - Swabhi Parmar

“When you do what you have promised, people see you as a responsible and reliable person.” This statement

is the true definition of responsibility. A responsible person can be trusted more than any other person. A person who shows the attribute of real responsibility is the most reliable person and we can believe them easily. Any individual who is responsible has the quality of cooperation. The term cooperation itself comes with a lot of responsibility. Being trusted is a good feeling. Any individual whether it is adult or child, all love to get trusted and this can be attained only if you are a responsible person. Responsibility means nothing if you constantly over and under-do it. This means building schedules and routines for yourself. So you should be consistent in your work and never stop no matter what.

Responsibility is taking full accountability for the actions you have made and never claims that it is anyone else’s fault except your own. By doing this, you are actually giving the world a message, that you’re in control of every part of your life. A responsible person admits the real reasons why they haven’t done anything so you should never give any excuses. If you have the responsibility of everything in your life then you can get cooperation from others. This cooperation can lead to good results in life. When everyone is working together, things can be done more quickly and efficiently. By increasing cooperation among employees, you can make their workplaces more welcoming and inviting, which increases the enjoyment of the time spent on the workplace. 

Cooperation is important because it allows people and groups to work together to achieve a common goal or derive mutual benefits. Cooperation also means taking turns and helping each other out. The two most important ingredients to get along in this world are sharing and taking turns. As a leader, you must set the tone of how complaints are registered, and you must develop the wisdom to respond appropriately instead of reacting to anyone’s negativity. So we should be cooperative and responsible for our own actions always in life and in any circumstances. We should be supportive of every individual of our community and environment. 

 Swabhi Parmar 

 The Fabindia School 

 spr@fabindiaschools.in

Responsibility and Cooperation - Innovators BHIS

Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness.  -Sharon Salzberg 

Vraj, a student of grade 7, was the most active child in the class. He could not contain his energy and was simply unable to sit anywhere, at a stretch, even for a little while. The teachers were at their wit’s end, as they attempted to make Vraj focus in classwork. It seemed there was nothing that could calm him down during the class hours. The class monitors always had his name in the trouble makers’ list. Despite the warnings, nothing made him behave well in class.

His peer, Rahul, was a complete contrast.

     

Rahul, a specially challenged child was timid, quiet and sat in one corner of the class, the whole day. Other students, including Vraj, often bullied him. Some were not even willing to go near Rahul, leave alone help him cope with the class. A unique idea struck the class teacher and she announced in the class that she knew Vraj to be a responsible child, who could be trusted upon to help Rahul study in class. Saying this, she changed Vraj’s place and made him sit beside Rahul. She gave Vraj the responsibility of helping his buddy Rahul with all the class notes and finishing his work on time. Vraj felt very strange at this decision of the teacher as he had never thought that any teacher could ever find him capable of shouldering responsibility! 

Vraj was determined to put his heart and soul to prove that the teacher had made the right decision! He realised that in order to help Rahul, he too had to focus on the classes. He became very serious about school, dutifully sat beside Rahul every day, and ensured that he had completed his own work before he could begin to help his buddy. Rahul too started co-operating with Vraj and tried his best to grasp how he could work in class. All the teachers noticed the sea change that had come over the boys and appreciated them a lot. This further encouraged them to work harder! On seeing that both Vraj and Rahul were being appreciated for taking up responsibility and co-operating with each other, their classmates unconsciously co-operated with them to do better. The bond between the classmates was enhanced. The teachers were proud of the huge change that they noticed in the class. Responsibility successfully changed the personality of a child for the better and they also learn co-operated with each other in the process.

Innovators @ Billabong High International School, Thane
 - Bhumi Punjabi, Vaishali Phatak, Krishnakshi RaviShankor, Smita Bhobate

Responsibility and Co-operation - Penta BHIS

Co-operation

                                                                 
          
               
        


Out of the blue, the task arrived!

The teachers were told to host an assembly for the newly promoted 10th graders. A task, not at all looked forward to, and with a day's notice!

First reaction: Teachers in the staff rooms are aghast.

By midday what comes out, shows a deep understanding of each other. Teachers who sing well volunteer to train others, good speakers move forward to deliver a word or two; the more animated ones have already devised a 5-minute skit, with teachers offering to act or help with the costumes and music. What is heart-warming to note is that - teachers do not want the limelight themselves.  Each one eggs the other with words of encouragement and offer of support.

 In between schoolwork and getting the classrooms decorated, the teachers find time to have a round of trials (where they laugh more than any meaningful practice!). They even manage to decide on the dress code for the next day! The messages and discussions go on well into the night.

The actual assembly is very well received with the fifteen-year-olds pleasantly surprised at seeing unexpected aspects of their teachers.
Their teachers had collaborated to divide a task and multiplied its success.

Interestingly, at no point did anyone wax eloquent about being responsible for such and such, or indulge in a show of one-upmanship (or one-upwomanship, in this case). No one was consciously thinking of Henry Ford's words -

"Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success."

The initiative to take up roles, support each other to achieve the larger goal and attain the bonus of enjoying themselves in the process- shone out on the school courtyard, that sunny spring morning.

Penta @ Billabong International High School, Thane
- Jeeji Sanjeev, Sanika Joshi, Arpita M.G., Muskaan Menda, Radhika Anand, Supriya Naravankar & Bhavani Swamy.

What is Conscientiousness? : Kavita Devda

Conscientiousness is the motivation of being responsible, careful and diligent. Conscientiousness implies a desire to do a task well.

Conscientious people exhibit a tendency to show self-discipline, act dutifully and aim for achievement.

The following are the examples of conscientiousness:-

Diligence: Committing attention and effort to a task.

Persistence: Continuing with a task until it is completed.

Honesty: A desire to tell the truth and avoid to be dishonest.

Responsibility: Taking responsibilities seriously and doing what it takes to deliver to commitments.

Self-Discipline: An ability to control feelings and thoughts to focus on a goal.

An ability to focus on a task and work extended hours until a task is complete.

Why is it important to be conscientious?

Conscientious individuals also are more likely to succeed because they tend to have higher levels of organisation ability. This bides you more time to focus on what's actually important and to complete what actually needs to be done.

Kavita Devda

The Fabindia School, Bali <kda4fab@gmail.com>

Conscientiousness: Work to be Worth: Monika Vaishnav

As I believe in the quote 'Work is Worship' because work is the most important thing in our lives. Everybody does some or other work to earn and for their self-satisfaction. There is a thing which brings quality to our work with the time called conscientiousness.

Conscientiousness makes a person more responsible, punctual and honest towards his work. When we work hard and practice for a long time, it gives perfection to our work. Though setting a target and working hard for it is not easy but the result will always be fruitful. We all have some difficulties in our lives but how we deal with them, overcome them and manage to do our duty honestly, show our dedication and integrity towards our work. A teacher should set an example before children because they learn whatever they see around them.

A person must have patience and self-motivation to see improvement in his work. If we want to develop consciousness in our children, we must give them a task or work which makes them responsible and punctual. We should give them a chance to learn things from their own experiences. It will help them to learn things in a better way. There was a cooking activity in our school, where children of class V made sandwiches. In which they learnt how to chop vegetables. They came to know about the ingredients we use and how to make it. I was glad to see how happy they were doing everything.  Whatever they learnt during that activity, I think they will never forget it.

Monika Vaishnav

mvv4fab@gmail.com

The Fabindia School, Bali

Conscientiousness: The Key to Success : Bharti Rao

Conscientiousness means to do something well and the purpose of practising it is understood. It is a long process of learning but the reward and achievement that we get through it is always enjoyable.

The system of Education according to the parents and students is to obtain high grades and get admission in the best colleges. This is not conscientiousness. Those who are conscientious are the people who are responsible, passionate, risk-takers, fearless and ambitious. To be conscientious you need to be efficient, organized, neat and systematic.

We as Educators need to help our children to be conscientious. We need to help them not to be dependent. They should be able to overcome their disability and take it as their advantage, and then they will surely become creative. Educators or parents should help the child to learn to embrace their disability than letting it rule his life. Every problem should be taken as positive learning and try to overcome it.

Conscientiousness comes when one takes the responsibility to achieve the target that he has set. In school we should help our kids to be focused, spontaneous by motivating them constantly. We should give the kids such tasks which will help them to be risk-takers and responsible. We should help them to plan their work and be punctual and disciplined towards work. This will help them to be systematic and conscientious.

You need to be passionate about your goal. An Educator should motivate his students to be conscientious by inculcating in them the traits of being dutiful, faithful, self-controlled, punctual, disciplined, steadfast and responsible.

Bharti Rao

TheFabindia School, Bali

bro@fabindiaschools.in

Responsible Icons: Caring

#22Values 

The Value Of Values CARING

Responsible Icons - Concern, Empathy, Responsibility and Kindness

PLP @The Iconic School, Bhopal 
29th April 2019