Responsibility and Cooperation - Preeti Mahajan

Responsibility

Taking responsibility is a commitment to your own life, self-leadership, growth and freedom.

Being responsible is an indispensable trait. Each step we take towards being responsible helps to raise our self-esteem and relationships with everyone around us. Being responsible pays enormous dividends. Responsibility is an ethical concept that refers to every individual's obligations and duties to society. As educators, we are responsible for instilling this virtue in our children.

Responsibility at school

 • Completion of class work and homework

 • time management

 • participation in learning activities.

 • attending classes and the school regularly

 • preparation for the exam.

Responsibility at home

 • Helping parents with household chores.

 • making their beds. 

 • making their small meals. 

 • laying the table.

 • cleaning the room or house.

 • saving money.

 • save water /electricity.

Being an awakened citizen, one must have a responsibility toward society also.

 • Saving natural resources

save electricity, fuel, water 

 • extending help to the poor and needy

 • protection of women, education of children

 • Helping elders and senior citizens.

Cooperation

Cooperation is always more potent than the competition. Great discoveries and improvements involve the cooperation of many minds. Cooperation is the ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse people or teams and value the opinions and contributions of every individual.

Cooperation makes a group, organisation or country attain their goals in a better way.

The following activities can be done in the classes to instil the virtue of cooperation among the children.

 • Jig saw puzzles 

 • class board decoration

 • weaving a story 

 • role play

Ms Preeti Mahajan
Ahlcon Public School
Happy Teachers JOL Cohort 2022

Happiness and Tolerance: Swabhi Parmar

Happiness is a sense of contentment and joy. Yes, it is not permanent in life but we cannot

say it is temporary either. Happiness is something which is obtained from inner peace. Now, How do we inculcate this value in ourselves is the question of the hour. This can simply be accomplished by developing the quality of tolerance in us. If we are tolerant, then this quality will be reflected in front of our children. I would share a small story of how tolerance led to happiness in The Fabindia School, Bali.

It was a happy day in the school and everyone was excited because the school was going to organise a night camp. Children were very happy and excited to join the night camp. All of them started planning what things to get, what clothes to wear and so on. Finally, the day of night camp arrived. The chilly wind blew because it was the month of December. Educators and children were distributed in teams for various activities. 

The classrooms were converted into restrooms and the students were distributed class wise. But there was one issue which Priya faced. Priya was a shy girl. She didn’t speak too much with anyone. She was excellent in studies but not good at communicating with friends. She also joined the night camp but soon she felt alone. All her friends seemed excited about sharing beds, food and so on but Priya was a little bit uncomfortable and then she started crying and she wanted to go back home. 

The students of her class rushed to the class teacher and said, "Priya wants to go home and she is weeping continuously." The teacher took this situation as an opportunity to make Priya friends with other girls in her class. She went into the room and told all the girls to gather in front of her. The teacher told the girls to be friends with Priya and made her feel comfortable. All the girls followed what the teacher told them to do. All the girls went to her, they asked her to play games, gossip about favourite movies, cartoons etc. After the persuasion of the teacher, all the girls became friends with Priya and they altogether enjoyed activities which were carried forward in school.

This small incident of Priya taught all the girls the value of tolerance, acceptance, cooperation and kindness. This tolerant behaviour of other girls led Priya to happiness. By a small act of motivation, every child can be benefited. This is how Priya attained her happiness and she enjoyed the night camp.

Swabhi Parmar

The Fabindia School