The bond of a win

I attend a school in the suburbs of Mumbai to help the students and teachers into changing their approach to studies and learning ways of education in a holistic approach.

On a normal day, I was greeted by students who were smiling with joy and we're holding a trophy.

The teacher introduced the students and their accomplishments of winning an interschool event on debate, elocution and writing.

The students who earned their prizes were all stars for the given day they were showing their accomplishments at every classroom and the other children were cheering their achievement too.

In the midst of all this I noticed a few students were sitting quietly and not really sharing the joy of the peers. On the first glance, one may assume that they were jealous of the winning or may have had a grudge with these students.

But not all that you see is the truth!

These students were saddened that they were not able to participate in the competition, let alone win it and were always thought to be of a lower calibre. The teachers would also not pay heed to these students and they were left in the corner of the room.

These are the examples of society where we forget to nourish the weak and give them an opportunity to excel in life. Maybe, they need a nudge or even a strong push but how are we to know their ability when we do not pay attention to them?

The feeling of winning is always nourished with pride and enthusiasm and the feeling of loss is the opposite. But have we measured the feeling of isolation?

Most Psychologist would term them as the weaker part of society because they have a learning disability or are introverts or have not been able to cope with the education system and the stress related to it.

I have a different perspective to these children.

They are the force of nature that is waiting to exhale. These are the children who will make a huge difference in society and it's functionality. They need supervision and support in their strides, what they will achieve is only left to our imagination.

How do we go about it?

Read the blog on parenting to learn more of the how....

Roshan DSouza
The Class AKT

Of money or love

I was always on the cross roads to understand what life is about.

At the start of life, there is a lot of love and attention that we get showered from our parents, siblings, relatives, friends. Love becomes a need for us.

As we grow, the need changes to relationship, and in our adolescents we learn the ways of love with the opposite sex. The heartbreak, the emotional turbulence, the joy, the sadness and all in between.

Then we enter the phase of career and jobs. The act of relationship changes to Association. Love is measured by the amount you earn, relationship are forged not by the person but by the lifestyle we keep.

In India, we work very hard in getting married and we have to maintain social norms by getting married. The association is again not by the values a person has but by the lifestyle we lead. We choose a life partner not by their values but their Association of religion, caste, creed, colour of skin, lifestyle and sometimes we choose to break the line and do something different.

But in the end of the day, we lead our life by the dreams we had as a child. We create the life from a thought to the reality. In all this the question does arise. Was it for love or for money?

Only time will tell when we choose to make a difference in the lives of the person in the mirror and the truth. Life cannot be measured by love but by money. There is no love without money.

Harsh, as it may sound this is the truth of life. Not a single human soul exists without being judged for the amount of bank Balance they have or the property they manage.

It took me 37 years to learn this, I hope it helps you to learn it faster than me.

A Sad story of hate!

v  A boy winks at a girl in public

v  Girl is angry with the actions of the boy

v  Boy smiles and winks again at the girl

v  Girl is getting more angry at the boy

v  Boy approaches the girl

v  Girl is staring at the boy with anger

v  Boy reaches out and hugs the girl

v  Girl tries to free herself from the boy

v  Boy says something to the girl

v  Girl hugs the boy

v  Girl looks up to his face and smiles

v  They continue to hug

From the distance you hear a shout,

“Mommy, Daddy, look at me!!!”

Do you judge events in your life?

We are often faced with a lot of data that comes in front of us and we tend to assume the answer more quickly than should be.

These data have to be converted to information for it to make sense, more often than we can assume we choose to believe everything we read from sources that we may trust. This leads to problems of belief and understanding.

The information that we have is that there is a boy and girl who are not really friends with each other but then through the events, we realise they know each other and also have a child together. What does it convey?

Do we have a hate towards someone based on the data received or have we verified the information for us to love or hate someone?