Quality and Love - Meena Kukreti

Quality is a measuring scale to achieve satisfaction by doing the right things on time. It depends on others' needs. We all know that education is the backbone of our society. Education not only prepares a student for a job but also develops the overall personality of an individual. So it is necessary to give quality education to the children. Moral values and ethics should be a part of the curriculum to help a child live a good living.

Things to be kept in mind while dealing with students.

● Recognize the reason- when I see that the child is doing untidy work I observe the child and find the reason why the child is doing so. We see some students' words and sentences floating above or below. It could be because of poor motor control. Maybe there is some family problem so the child is not doing homework properly. In some cases, I have seen that the students are impulsive. They may rush through assignments. So they make many mistakes and do sloppy work. Some students have visual problems, maybe they don't understand the concept.

As an educator when I deal with such students I approach them by doing such things.

● Patience- We all know that it is not easy to do in one day. It takes time to improve their work. So we have to be patient. In our school, I sit with small children and help them practice how to hold a pencil and keep notebooks in the proper place while writing. I approach the child with a calm and supportive attitude.

● Proper fine motor skills - When a child has messy handwriting because of poor motor control I teach them proper fine motor skills by giving them tracing exercises, drawing work and paper cutting work. Sometimes we do cooking activities in the school and children help in peeling and cutting vegetables and fruits which develop their motor control.

●Allow for movement and breaks- For the impulsive child, I allow him/her for movement and breaks. I ask to erase the board, collect paper and do other tasks.

● Active guidance- I know that some children do shoddy jobs in classwork so when I give them work I move around the class and check in on their work and correct it. If they have a problem I help them and give individual attention.

● Teach time management- It is an effective method to teach students about time. Poor time management can lead to sloppy assignments. I give them time to complete the work and refuse to accept work before a certain time and it improves their writing skills.

● Include activities and games- Some students don't understand by chalk and talk method. They like creative work and enjoy it. They learn easily through activities and games. So I use it in the class to encourage them to take an interest and avoid mistakes.

● Homework according to students' needs- I give homework according to the student's interests and strengths. If I want to improve their writing skill I give only two lines to write.  Sometimes I give them only revision work or classwork for homework. I consider shortening work so if I want an essay instead of a long essay I give them paragraph writing. 

Love is a strong feeling of deep affection and care that comes from the heart. Love brings patience, respect and understanding. It is a trust we place in someone. There is no space for jealousy and expectations. It has the power to bind the world together and make us happy. It gives us energy and motivation in difficult times. Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another" and its vice representing human moral flaw,  selfishness.

If two underage students are in a romantic relationship I keep some points in mind while dealing with them.

Adolescence or teenage is the most crucial time for a person. At this age, many changes happened in personal life and school like physical, social and emotional changes. It shows in their looks and interest.  They like independence and privacy. They make friends for lifetimes.  Students develop affection for each other because they spend more time together in school. Sometimes they have peer pressure. 

●Understand them- When underage students are in a romantic relationship we have to understand their feelings and emotions. In adolescence, different changes occur in our brain. They seek acceptance and belonging among friends. Hormonal changes occur at this age so we have to observe them quietly and if something bothers them we have to ask if they would like to talk about it.

●Communicate about love and relation-

We have to be open-minded and create an emotionally safe space for discussion, sharing and problem-solving. Talk about love in a general context. Use open discussion, ask their opinions, thoughts and ideas about love. We have to tell them about healthy and unhealthy relationships. Tell them that they must have trust, honesty and respect in a healthy relationship.

So  We have to tell them to focus on their studies and think About higher education and career and not wasting time on unreal affection. Sometimes students are influenced by movies and novels so we have to make them understand stories and real-life situations. 

●Avoid harsh punishment -We have to avoid punishment and encourage them to pursue an interest or hobby instead of trying to break the friendship. They can derive a similar feeling of self-esteem and importance by engaging in activities and less depending on romance.

● Talk about unconditional love- You should love yourself and each other in any condition whether we are happy or sad. We have to forgive when someone makes a mistake. We have to tell them about nature, which gives us many things unconditionally. So we have to care about our environment and do some activities with students like plantation cleaning the school campus or gardening. Explain to them how these actions show love towards nature. 

● Help them define boundaries- we have to tell them that they must make personal boundaries that protect them against physical abuse. They have to understand the other's values and what is right or wrong for them.

-Meena Kukreti @JMMS, John Martyn Memorial School, Salangaon, Dehradun 

Freedom and Peace- Medley DGS

One cannot be at peace if he/she is not free. There are several ways to get peace, but internal peace is achieved when one attains internal satisfaction and happiness.

Happiness can be attained temporarily from materialistic things we own, but this kind of happiness and peace does not last long if one thinks deeply. It gets somewhere lost, and we feel empty and empty people only influence others to fill their own emptiness; they cover up their own inabilities by manipulating the emotion of others. In simple words, they are at unrest. But if one finds ways to break free from materialism and move in life with that mindset, he finds himself surrounded by a calm, reliable, kind, authentic and peaceful environment.

When I asked a few of my students what does peace meant to them? The answers I received left me awestruck, one of the students said that I feel at peace when I am heard. Another one said when I am accepted, I feel peace. One child said when I am allowed to express myself, I feel peaceful inside. I was moved by the answers as they beautifully captured the essence of being free in terms of expressions and acceptance and connected that with peace- internal, eternal peace.

For a teacher, it is essential to set the right examples in front of the class to make them understand that freedom is not only being able to do what we want to do but to remember that true freedom creates peace for everyone. I was once sitting with our Principal when a few of the students came to the principal’s office; they were sent there by their class teacher as three of them were not finding their notebooks and wanted to issue fresh copies from the stationery store. Very confidently, they walked into the principal’s office and said, “ma’am, we can’t find our notebooks, please allow us to issue new ones; our parents will pay for it”. To this, the principal said, “ok, I will allow, but before that, you have to do an assignment for me; you can use the internet for that. Please find out how many trees are cut to make one notebook and how many trees are cut to create stationery material every year”. Such a simple incident, but it left a mark on me. The next day, I specially went to find out the result of that exercise. The students found few very relevant facts and understood how each of them is impacting the environment at their level; they searched for their lost notebooks and understood that money may buy extra notebooks but can’t buy a whole tree. This incident made me learn how irrelevant freedom is if it is not taken with responsibility and does not create peace. 

जन्म लेती वहां शांति है,                                                            

स्वतंत्रता जहाँ की देवी हो l

इन दोनों के बिना ये दुनिया,

बिन जल, मछली जैसी हो l

        हम हैं दूत महाशांति के,

        न कटु रस्मों का बंधन है l

        स्वतंत्रता है मातृ हमारी,

        उस पग नित नित वंदन है l 

Proud to be Educators From Medley DGS- Anubhuti Sharma, Chandralekha Negi, Kirti Bisht, Mamta Kandpal, Neelam Waldia, Rudrani Ray and Sugandha Ahluwalia

Happiness and Tolerance - Agile Alphians

Happiness comes from good deeds. When we do something good for others without expectations, we get satisfaction; that joy is everlasting. When we behave humbly with all the people around us, we experience great pleasure. We meet numerous people every day, who look happy from outside but they are sad from inside. Many people think that if they become wealthy, they will be satisfied forever, which is not correct. Happiness is a state of mind. If you are at peace with your self, you will be happy.

Happiness comes from the inside; one can buy many things with money, but not happiness. Tolerance is also one of the essential things to live a healthy and prosperous life. But tolerance has a limit. We as a teacher feel very pleased when our students perform well in their studies and Co-curricular activities. We deal with unique students.

Happiness and Tolerance are co-related with each other. If we have tolerance, then we will obtain satisfaction. There was a boy Manoj, he a very naughty. He used to harass his parents and his brother constantly. Manoj was studying in class III. He never obeyed his parents. In school, he used to be very calm and composed. When his parents came to know through Manoj’s friends, they visited the school and informed his teachers about his home behaviour. One by one, all the teachers talked with him and told him to behave nicely with his parents. They told him to respect all the people around him irrespective of their ages. From that day onwards, he started acting well at home also. Thus, this story gives a strong message that tolerance leads to happiness. 

We want to share one more critical and unique example. Nowadays, many people are getting vaccinated. When they take the vaccine, they have pain sometimes and fall ill for one or two days. But they tolerate the pain and suffering, but after two days, when they get alright, they feel happy. This example also shows us that Tolerance leads to Happiness.

Agile Alphians at Alpha Beta School Jaipur - Arti Rana, Shefali Kapoor, Anurag Sharma, Shekhar Ravindra Ghodeswar and Ajay Vijayvargi

Simple Living, High Thinking - Swabhi Parmar

The concept of simple living high thinking is something that every person should adopt. This concept is also called as minimalism, where a person owns bare minimum items in his house. Your lifestyle will be totally different if you own just the essentials. We have seen what is happening around the world when people are buying just the essential commodities. The COVID-19 pandemic has thought us that all we need to survive are the basic essentials like a house, a vehicle, food and medicines. All others are luxuries that we don’t actually need in reality.

The urge of a human being to gain materialistic wealth is beyond control and has a significant impact on our economy. Companies market products that are actually not needed and add no value to our lives but the branding of the products is done such that it is made to create an illusion of value addition in our lives when in reality, all it does is add problems to our lives.

The concept of simple living high thinking is not just about a clutter-free closet or a cleanroom. To have peace of mind and live a truly blessed life, we need to follow this simple living high thinking theory in life. Some of us have money, some of us don’t, and some of us have that in plenty, and still, our peace of mind is not as much as that worker who sleeps on the footpath with no worries. We, as a society, look at them in wonderment and pity, but in reality, it is them that should pity us.

The sense of joy, fulfilment and satisfaction you get when you help someone in need is far more than the joy you get when you buy a branded shoe or a costly phone. The COVID-19 pandemic has thought many life lessons to us and one of which is the joy of helping others. It is not just about the joy, we should do it as a responsibility and gratitude towards our privileges that God has granted us. The entire economy of the world is crumbling just because all of us are buying only the bare minimum and essentials. More than 90% of our economy is surviving because of the consumer’s spending on things that they don’t really need.

Minimalism is a term that is used to refer to a lifestyle which is minimum in materialistic point of view, but maximum in peace of mind and tranquillity point of view. We are always frustrated and agitated whenever we come home looking at a closet full of clothes, a kitchen full of utensils, a refrigerator full of food and a table full of useless things. Get rid of it all. Yes, the minimum lifestyle will give a sense of direction and purpose in life. Instead of spending that one lakh rupee on iPhone, buy a phone that is cheaper and use the rest of the money to feed the poor and the hungry. Try this one day, and you yourself will be addicted to that joy. The smile that you see when you feed someone who is in need is enough to have a sense of purpose in life.

Swabhi Parmar
The Fabindia School
spr@fabindiaschools.in

Happiness and Tolerance - Achievers JMMS

Happiness is something which we can’t describe in words, it can only be felt from someone. It is the feeling that you have been honest with yourself. Happiness is the feeling which satisfies our within. Small things can make us happy. I think a child should understand the value of happiness so that he or she makes a happy society. Every day we see or meet someone who is happy and tries to spread happiness in his or her surrounding. The things that make a teacher happy is seeing their students happy and sharing their problems with the teacher. A teacher and student have a relationship where a child tells about his problems and a teacher tries to solve it. Teachers and parents are the best guides for the child to put the value of happiness and tolerance in the child. And to make him live in an environment where he has to face different things.

Tolerance is important which helps people to live together peacefully. It means patience, understanding and accepting anything different. Tolerance is the attitude of openness and respect for the differences that exist among people. For example teasing, bullying and disrespect are the negative behaviour in children so it is important to teach tolerance from an early age. In students life, tolerance is necessary because when a child learn to be open-minded and learn about various cultures, food, people and faith surrounding them, it will be easier for the child to accept them when they get younger. 

Tolerance a Path to Happiness    

 

In the middle of the term, I got an admission of a girl who likes to stay all alone in the class as well as outside the class. She was not able to mix up with the class. It was in her that she doesn’t like to share her things with others. In the recess time also she uses to sit alone and eat her lunch. she was very quiet. She was not able to make friends. 

We as the teachers tried to find out the problem that girl was facing. We decided to take the survey to her house and talk to her parents regarding their child. When we met the parents we found that a child got affected with her surrounding where the neighbours don’t even talk to each other neither the other children like to play together.

We decided to put the value of sharing in the girl as well as in the students who are a bit similar to that girl and arranged the little potluck lunch of the class where every child got something from their home. They all shared and enjoyed. By seeing this the girl also shared her lunch and enjoyed with everyone. She now made new friends in the class. This is how the tolerance of the class, as well as the girl, change into happiness.

 “ It’s within us to change tolerance into happiness."

The story is on the experience of all the members that they have gone through. And the pictures in the story are taken from Google images search, including Shutterstock and are not drawn by the teachers.

- Achievers JMMS @ John Martyn Memorial School, Salan Gaon, Dehradun - Sweta Thapli,  Jyoti Joshi, Meena Kukreti and Nisha Pundir.

Happiness comes from within - Sharmila Vijayvargi

We every day come across many quotes on happiness. But, we actually don't know what happiness is.

It is different for everyone. Today, staying home is making me happy but it is so possible that tomorrow going out and enjoying it might make me happy. At times, we keep running behind things thinking that having it will make me happy but when we achieve it, our level of happiness changes! Hence, it is very important to decide what we want in life. Material things will get us happiness for a limited time and so it is the inner satisfaction that will make us happy. It is important to realize what we want and once we know that, happiness would follow. 

Let us understand this through an example: Having a big house, a fancy car is something we all aim for! But tomorrow if we don't have time to enjoy any of it or have a family to live with, these objects will just be there as our asset in the financial books but in reality, we will be all alone. So, that's where we know that it is family which makes us happy and the satisfaction derived from it, will make us more confident and happier, even if we don't own a big house or car!! 

Being happy makes one more efficient as we synergies all our efforts towards delivering the best. It is a virtue. Happy people also make their surroundings relaxed and work as a catalyst in reducing stress. Thus, avoiding the unnecessary hustle and rat race and trying to be content knowing what is important is a ladder to being happy and once this inner happiness is achieved, there's no stopping success! 

Stay happy always!

Sharmila Vijayvargi

The Fabindia School

svi@fabindiaschools.in

Unity and Caring - Byju Joseph

Our life is full of adversities. So survival becomes more complex. There are many circumstances in

our life where we need to stand together to achieve certain things. Sometimes we may think that we are capable of handling the situations ourselves but that may be much easier to accomplish in collaboration with others. Thus comes the feeling of togetherness which is unity. It means to be joined with each other having the feeling of oneness.

Unity is very important in a family, in a society, in a workplace or in a country. Each human being is entirely different from each other in belief and opinion. This makes it more difficult to be united. But there is a chance to be united if different people have common aims. Friendship is a factor which helps different people to remain united. We all need to have the acceptance of our differences and more understanding and love for others.

In our country, we have different languages, different religions, different cultures and different traditions. Even though we are Indians and that spirit is our strength. If we are united no one can defeat us. We should work together for the betterment of our citizens and our country. This unity must be properly utilized for the development of the country in all areas. 

We know that Britishers came here for trading only. But gradually they came to know about the lack of unity among the kings who were ruling here. They utilized that occasion tactfully and they started to engage in politics. Finally, they succeeded in achieving their goal. They carelessly utilized our resources. Later on, the dedicated action of our leaders helped to keep the Indians united and that unity only helped us to send Britishers back to their country. Dedication and caring nature of our leaders as Indians helped to build unity among people and thus their attempts lead to success.

Caring is a feeling of concern, an act of protection and an expression of love. In fact, it is an emotion that we carry in our mind and heart. We care about others, anything that really matters to us or something we value. It can be a good or a bad thing depending upon the circumstances. For instance, caring about a person to help them out is a wonderful thing that gives us satisfaction. Caring connects different people to each other. As a parent, we do care for our children. As a teacher, we take care of our students. We take care of others as brothers, sisters, friends, doctors, nurses etc. it is entirely divine that always provides positive energy.

Being educators we are familiar with the unity among students. The unity among students is very strong because it is formed from deep affection and friendship. Parents, teachers and students should always be united and do caring for each other to create a better learning atmosphere. All educational institutions aim for maximum possible learning outcomes which come in reality by hard work, dedication, unity and caring. All educators have the responsibility to make understand the importance of unity and caring among their students and promote them.

Byju P. Joseph

The Fabindia school

bjh@fabindiaschools.in

Freedom and Peace - Nikita Rajpurohit

Freedom is when we have a free mind and we are not the slave of any other decisions. It helps us to

act without any fear or constraint. It means the liberty of opinion, expression or the power to act, speak and think freely. Every individual has the right to express freely their opinion on all the questions which are concerned with his or her life.

Peace is a value which helps us to stay calm and silent in an adverse situation without getting panic. True inner peace is independent of external conditions and circumstances. It confers tranquillity, inner harmony and balance. Peace is a very necessary part of humankind because it gives us the capability of good decision making and keeps us relaxed even when the situations don't turn up well. A state of inner peace eliminates anxieties, fears and worries. It also removes negative thoughts, stress, lack of satisfaction and unhappiness. 

Peace and freedom can be said to be interconnected with each other. Let's take it this way, if a person has a freedom of expressing himself, he would be in a peaceful state of mind because there's nothing hammering him inside. He can let everything out. So it is very important to give freedom to our students to express their opinions or views to have a peaceful mind, which would help them to explore their talents without any pressure and make good decisions. 

Nikita Rajpurohit

The Fabindia School

nra@fabindiaschools.in

Freedom and Peace - Monika Vaishnav

Freedom means the absence of restrictions. Freedom is where you can think what you want, you can do what you want without harming others, you can go where you want to without stopping others, you can speak what you feel and you can live the way you want.  Freedom makes us fearless and confident in life. It gives satisfaction and peace to mind. 

Freedom in life makes it cheerful. Freedom gives wings to our thoughts which are in our minds. But we all must respect the freedom we have and we should never take advantage of it to take away others freedom or rights. As we must remember that our rights end where other people's rights begin. Freedom should be within ourselves. It should be in mind and soul. 

Without freedom, our life will be like a puppet. If you want to be yourself and explore things, you must think freely.  We should never misuse the freedom we have. Freedom should be to make people live their lives happily and spread peace.  Freedom should be taken in a positive way which helps people to explore themselves and create new opportunities in life.  It never gives us any right to create noise or disturbance in other's life. 

Peace is essential to living a happy and healthy life. Peace is the state of relaxation or lack of anxiety. We must have patience and tolerance to spread peace. Without peace, our life will be restless. Our desires have no end, so we should learn to be happy with whatever we have and keep trying to fulfil our wishes with patience. 

Monika Vaishnav

The Fabindia School

mvv4fab@gmail.com

Responsibility and Cooperation - Monica Vaishnav

It is very important to be responsible in life. Responsibility means duties or the work. It can be official or non official. We have responsibilities towards our family, our work, our friends, our country and the whole community. We should fulfill our responsibility with honesty and willingness. 

Responsibility makes a person punctual and dedicated towards his work. Sometime we see people becoming irresponsible in life, it is because either they are over pampered or people don't give them responsibility thinking that they won't do it properly.Giving responsibility is the only way to make someone responsible. 

They may make mistakes for once or twice but slowly they will become responsible in life. The one who takes responsibility at the early age, becomes stronger and more successful in life. We should make children responsible by giving them small tasks according to their age. They should be taught to take care of their own things, do their work by themselves and take care of their dear ones and surroundings where they live. When they are in school, they must take care of school property and when they are at home they should help their parents and take care of them, how much they can. Fulfilling our responsibility, gives us inner satisfaction. 

Cooperation is the essential part of any task or work to be given as a team. Without cooperation we can't achieve our goal. When we work as a team, we all have to help, support, guide, listen and understand each other. When a person becomes successful in life, there are many hands who support him to reach his destiny. None of the institutions could work properly without cooperation of the people working there whether it is school, hospital, company etc. For example, school is the true example of cooperation as to run any school properly, the teachers, Principal, children, management, parents, support staff, driver and admin staff cooperate with each other and work together to achieve a common goal which is overall development of the child.

Monika Vaishnav The Fabindia School mvv4fab@gmail.com

Responsibility & Co-operation - Harmony BHIS

We can lead the world

                     “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed”

                                                                                                                     - Maria Montessori

Children learn to do basic things at an early age and these learning experiences provide them with an enormous boost to their self-esteem. They learn the art of becoming independent, day by day.  It is important to raise responsible, capable adults much sooner than we think. Giving responsibility to the children for their actions, their belongings and the environment that they stay in helps them to fight the plentiful crawls of entitlement so evident in much of today's society. 

A group activity is the finest way to inculcate values such as responsibility and cooperation among children at a very young age.

Like every day the class was engaged in their usual routine when the teacher came up with an announcement, "Children, today is a day to do an activity on our national animal." 

"Tiger" was the shout echoed among the tiny toddlers. 

"Perfect!!!" exclaimed the teacher, "We shall make charts for the project 'Save Tiger' wherein you have to colour the picture of a Tiger and stick it on the chart paper. Each of you will be responsible for making the chart by working in a group. ”

The teacher asked, after a pause, “Children, what will you do to save your endangered national animal?"

The little children came up with creative ideas to express their love and care for ‘Tigers’. The teacher engaged her students in a brainstorming session and encouraged them to bring out their ideas on charts to save Tigers. Every child shared ideas about the same.                                                                The teacher then announced, “The class will now be divided into two groups and each group express their creativity on the chart paper.”

At once, the children were absorbed in bringing out their ideas on the chart paper in collaboration with each other.

The teacher observed their enthusiasm delighted. They performed their tasks while co-operating with each other in order to complete the task. She felt that she had attained her goal by involving all the kids and making them work together. She noticed that two groups were drawing forests to show the need for afforestation. Some of them drew food items for tigers, logos that displayed love and care for their national animal and so on. The charts of the groups revealed the ingenious ideas to exhibit a sense of responsibility towards the project 'Save the Tigers'. 

Eventually, the teacher called out a student from each group to explain the work done. The little child could comfortably illustrate the effort that manifested cooperation between the children of each group. The keenness and satisfaction that the children derived while working on the project together - was a noticeable bonus.

 Cooperative learning results in remarkable growth in the social well being of preschool children. It refers to learning to work in collaboration with their peers to achieve a common goal, rather than doing activities that emphasize competition. It results in remarkable growth in the social well being of teeny weenies. When children begin to learn in cooperation, it provides opportunities for sharing ideas, they learn how others think and react to problems. While working with others in small groups a child also enhances linguistic skills.

     
Cooperative learning in early childhood can promote a positive attitude towards school, teachers and peers.

'What works in the real the world is the responsibility towards cooperation'. Consequently, we can give-

Two Gifts to Our Children: The Roots of Responsibility & the Fruits of Co-operation.

Harmony @ Billabong High International School, Thane 

- Abira Chakraborty, Pooja Khona, Bhumika Ailsinghani, Rajshri Rane, Soniya Kuril, Poonam Choudhary, Kavita Shetty

Honesty and Respect - Prerna Rathod

Honesty means telling the truth and fighting for the right cause. A person who is honest will stand for truth in any situation. Respect means having due regard for everyone i.e. elders, youngsters, environment, teachers, etc.

Here comes the situation of my class. Ram and Shyam were best friends. One day, Yash, their classmate, brought an expensive pen to the class. He was showing his pen to everyone. Shyam liked the pen a lot. When the whole class went to play games, Shyam went to the class and stole the pen from Yash's bag. Ram was following Shyam and saw everything, but he quietly went back to the ground to play.

After the game lesson, everyone went back to the class. Yash could not find his pen, so he complained to me as I was having my lesson.  I asked everyone if they could find Yash's pen. All the students said no. I told them that, if anyone had taken it by mistake, then return it. If you can't give the pen in front of the class then quietly keep on my table. While going back home, Ram told Shyam that he had seen what happened during the game's lesson. Shyam told him that he liked the pen but couldn't buy it. So he took Yash's pen. Ram told him that stealing is not correct and if someone finds out then no one will respect him.

Next day Shyam quietly gave the pen to me and felt really bad for what he did. He even asked me not to reveal his name to his classmates, otherwise, he will be humiliated in front of the class. In the class, I gave the pen to Yash and told everyone that I was happy that Yash got his pen and my students knew the importance of honesty. I even told them that we should respect what we have and should never do bad deeds for our satisfaction.  I was also happy that Shyam realised his mistake and honestly accepted his mistake. I even felt happy that Ram motivated Shyam to accept his mistake.

Prerna Rathod

The Fabindia School

Honesty and Respect - Byju Joseph

Honesty is one of the most important moral values to possess and practice everyone. It helps to develop discipline, respect, kindness etc. Being educators what is our role? What are the things that we can do to inculcate the moral values in the present and coming generations? Education does not mean acquiring knowledge in a certain field. It means the all-round development of an individual. At present, the educational system is value-based. By education, a trustworthy, and honest, a dedicated and respectful generation should be evolved. The new generation thus coming out should be able to face the world fearlessly and should be able to solve the issues in a sustainable manner. 

There is a proverb “HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY”. It makes clear that honesty is the best way to achieve success. People often say that the truth is God and that only honest men are entitled to heaven. Even if a person does not believe in God he should be honest, if he wishes to succeed in the world. If a man is honest people will trust him and will be willing to have dealings with him. Honesty is, therefore, the best policy. Honesty makes a person free of all troubles and fearless and it leads him to mental satisfaction and happiness.  

Honesty and Respect are related to each other. If we are honest in all aspects, others will respect us. ‘Respect is the reward for being honest.’ It is something that we cannot buy or cannot take from others forcefully. It naturally comes as a result of our behaviour. As human nature, it is deeply existing in our mind that everyone should respect us every time without thinking whether it is deserved or not. If we want respect from others, we should respect others more. We should respect not only other people but also their properties or belongings. Self-respect is very important in this regard. 

If we consider the life of a human being we can understand how he develops the quality of respect. At an early childhood or before schooling, he learns many things from his parents. Parents usually tell their child to wish and get blessings by touching feet or by other ways when relatives or elders come to their home. When parents take their child to get admission in the school, they tell, ‘This is your teacher and this is the principal, wish them.’ The child obeys and at the same time, he observes his parents and others what they are doing. By these small things or happenings, gradually an admiration towards parents and others germinates in the child. This admiration towards others slowly changes to respect and develops in the child. Further nourishment he gets from the school.

Byju P. Joseph
The Fabindia School

Happiness and Tolerance: Richa Solanki

Happiness is satisfaction comes from inner self which makes you feel good and happy. It can be helping someone who is in need and finding pleasure is happiness, experience a new things. When you choose happiness,  then you are attracted to all the happy things as well. You can't wait for circumstances to be better, you have to create your own willing.

School is place where students build strong interpersonal  relationships with the  teachers and learn to be  happy with their studies. Happiness plays a pretty important role in our lives, and it can have a huge impact on the way we live our lives. Happiness can be either feeling or showing, it means that happiness is not necessarily either internal or external experience, but can be both. Happy people are more productive and more creative, and its effect extends  all the positive emotions. To be happy, we should have tolerance also. 

Tolerance is to accept others with their different qualities and views. We must respect and appreciate diversity we have to create a happy environment because without it, happiness can not be achieved. 

Teaching tolerance is one of the best practices that helps people to live together in happiness . Teaching tolerance, peace, human rights, respect, cooperation, understanding, appreciation and human values have been one of the main educational and teaching activities of many educational systems.

Students always practice what they see, hear and they are taught in the class. It is important to make them learn to accept others who they are , instead of making differences and also correct them when they speak negatively about the people or other child because they are different from them. This will be helpful to make them think positive thoughts about themselves and others too. 

Richa Solanki

The Fabindia School

Happiness and Tolerance - Byju Joseph

Tolerance is the quality of possessing a positive attitude towards everyone. As social beings, we all need to be tolerant with other people who are of different races, cultures, languages, religions and nations. They have different opinions, beliefs and ideas which may not be familiar with us. The depth of tolerance lies in the ability to make our mind broader enough to accept others ideas and thoughts. This approach really helps to expand our knowledge and understanding level. It is the positive energy of humanity.  The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision of reality.

As educators, we must have tolerance, respect, and equality in our learning community. We must be ready to listen and accept the ideas and opinions of our children. It creates a deeper understanding of their views and beliefs. Former American President John F. Kennedy once said, ‘Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs, rather than it condoms the oppression or persecution of others’. Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength. It is the ability to endure pain and hardships. In another way, having tolerance is a good ability to overcome certain circumstances but it depends on how we handle the situations. It helps us to overcome challenges and accept things in our lives.

Happiness is something that we can't buy from anyone or from anyone. It is a feeling that comes from within. We live our lives trying to find happiness without realizing it is within ourselves. We need to realize it and embrace it. We can make others happy only when we are happy. There are many occasions in our life that provide a lot of happiness to us. It is a mental satisfaction that we achieve when we accomplish something or when our mind fulfils or satisfies with something. We all do several things which we like and from all those, we get mental satisfaction which makes us happy. There are moments of happiness that we cannot control sometimes because of the fruitfulness of hard work and proper planning behind such events to make them successful. Such feelings arise within us and thus they provide more and more occasions to enjoy our lives.

School being the second home of children, it must be a happy place. Educator's duty is to teach the values and practice them among students and thus to make the school a place of happy learning It is important to develop the values like tolerance and happiness in children which are very essential for the successful completion of tasks in their learning process. These values help them with their mental and social development. They help the children to understand each other in all aspects which will lead to better social bonding and relationship. Possessing these values to help the children to become good citizens of our country. So, let us work together to achieve the goal.

Byju P. Joseph

The Fabindia School

Ten Formulas of Success - Manish Jaiswal

I hope each one of you will be quite happy and healthy when this article touches you in this

period of lockdown everywhere.

See the positive side of lockdown & take this state of being at home full day as a challenge for yourself to increase sitting hours of study. In the normal days, we have a lot of distractions from a study like friends, outings, outside works etc. These distractions are absent nowadays except your TV & mobile. So starting with a 72-hour challenge (except your online study), break your attraction from these two as well.

Experience new things in your increased sitting hours. As soon as we increase sitting our speed of understanding and grasping the concept increases to many times in the later hours of study. Scientifically it is due to an increase in our concentration /focus in later hours of study. In the early hours of study, our mind is full of outside happenings which fade with time. This proves the importance of increased sitting hours in the life of students of secondary and senior secondary classes especially. Some of the board toppers and merit achievers have also revealed this experience in their interviews.

Furthermore, Today I want to give you 10 point study values to ensure success in your ambition.

10 FORMULAS OF SUCCESS:

1. Self Discipline (A student should set a target for himself & keep chasing it)

2. Serenity (He/She should be fully serious towards aim & work calmly)

3. Synergy (Good Communication with teacher & own classmates)

4. Steady (Regularly/Nonstop work for aim)

5. Stamina (Patience in efforts because F.A.I.L means First Attempt In Learning)

6. Succinct (Make your own brief summary notes as memory is limited )

7. Sensible (Use your mind to decide the priority of more importance topics)

8. Share (Sharing resources increases knowledge)

9. Satisfaction (Daily achieving target bring satisfaction & keeps motivated)

10. Self Reliance (Keep in mind that no one can better

So, stay at home, remain motivated, keep studying, fulfil your dreams and come out with flying colours.

Of course, the future is yours……This is what I think is important for your success. 

Manish Jaiswal

The Fabindia School

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

पूर्णता पाने की कोशिश करें

पूर्णता का अर्थ  है समपुर्ण होना । हमे हर तरह से पूर्णता पाने की कोशिश करनी चाहिए । पूर्णता प्राप्त करने के लिए किसी भी कार्य को पूर्ण रूप से ग्रहण करे । हमे किसी भी कार्य को इस प्रकार पूर्ण करना चाहिए कि उसमे समर्पण का भाव  हो । बिना समर्पण के किसी भी कार्य को पूर्णता से नही किया जा सकता है । आपको अपने अंदर ही नही बल्कि अपने सहयोगियो मे भी पूर्णता लाने का प्रयास करना चाहिए । पूर्णता लाने के अपने भीतर उपस्थित जानकारियो और तर्क शक्ति को बढाए । पूर्णता पाने के लिए नए- नए  तरीको का प्रयोग करे । नई- नई तकनीको का प्रयोग करे जिससे की पूर्णता को पाया जा सके । हमेशा मन मे सकरात्मकता का ही भाव होना चाहिए । पूर्णता पाने के लिए सकरात्मकता से ही चिन्तन करे । अगर हार की सम्भावना नही तो जीत का कोई मोल नही। किसी भी कार्य को पूर्ण करने मे अगर हार का भय न हो तो जीत की खुशी भी न के बराबर है । इसलिए हार का भय होना भी अति आवशयक है और तभी जीत की असली खुशी मिल पाएगी । हमे हर पल पूर्णता पाने का प्रयास करते रहना चाहिए।

 हमारी  सीख "आइसक्रीम  मेकर" से सुबीर  चौधरी 

शर्मिला विजयरागी  , भारती राव  , ऊषा पँवार & कृर्तिका राव - The Fabindia School

गुणवत्ता के लिए हर व्यक्ति जिम्मेदार है |

1. एक छात्र की अध्ययन  प्रगति का आकलन करना शिक्षक की प्राथमिक भूमिकाओं में से एक है |

2. कक्षा में छात्रों के नियमित और निरंतर मूल्यांकन से अभिप्राय बच्चो और माता-पिता को प्रतिक्रिया देना और बच्चो के बीच  अध्ययन समस्याओ के लिए हल निकलना |

3. विद्यालय में शिक्षण विधियों में नई तकनीक प्रदान करना तथा शिक्षक को कक्षा में पाठ्यवस्तु को तथा कक्षा की गतिविधियों को रोचकपूर्ण बनाना शिक्षक की जिम्मेदारी है |

4. बालक का प्रथम विद्यालय उसका घर होता है घर में उसको किस तरह की शिक्षा प्रदान की  जा रही है यह कर्त्तव्य माता-पिता का होता है |

5. जब बालक विद्यालय में प्रवेश करता है तब उसके शिक्षक का प्रथम कर्त्तव्य होता है की वह उसकी आंतरिक चेतना को किस तरह उजागर करे |

6. सभी बालको में कोई न कोई गुण होता है शिक्षक का काम है उसके  गुणों को उजागर करना |

7. यदि किसी छात्र को पढ़ने में रूचि नहीं होती है तो यह शिक्षक की भूमिका होती है की वह उसका मार्गदर्शन करे तथा  शिक्षण भी रोचक बनाये | 

हमारी सीख - आइसक्रीम मेकर by सुबीर चौधरी

अजय विजयवर्गी , कुसुम डांगी , तरुण मिश्रा & उस्मान गनी - The Fabindia School