Surreptitious Radical Maniac

It’s been almost 3 weeks since I have posted in the blog. There have been amazing things happening in my class, and it is equally hard to post all the updates. So, here’s this week's inspiration!!! Firstly, a new admission to my class A new boy sat in my class, and had to find that out when the student count was more than the attendance!! I wondered, a new admission after half academic year…wow, that’s unusual. I wasn’t sure how to make him feel comfortable, but felt that he needed his time to understand the new environment. At the same time, I inquired and found that he was an orphan, admitted by the police in Thara Home. Admitted by police?? That’s unusual again. He lost his parents 3 years back, and also some random grandfather this year who took care of him in the village. He didn’t know what to do, so took a train and arrived at Secunderabad. And, the Ramgopalpet Police Station found him on the road, heard his story and admitted him in the Orphanage. A great thanks t...

It’s Thanksgiving Week!!! As part of my morning meeting, I’ve discussed ‘ Thanksgiving ’ with my class. My first Thanksgiving celebration was in 2013 November which was celebrated with my cousins at Uncle’s house and also friends at Endicott College. It fascinated me for one simple reason. You take time, think about people in your life and thank them. I’ve liked it because you express gratitude to the people who were part of your life, and I wanted the kids to feel the same.  For the last few weeks, they really started to enjoy the board games and puzzles. When I introduced the games and mentioned that they were given by my friends, they were very happy that there are people who know about them, thought about them and also gave them something which they enjoy. After mentioning about Thanksgiving, they were very excited to make Thanksgiving cards to the people who thought about them. And, instead of playing games, this Friday afternoon they made thanksgiving cards.  J...

This post is the first in the series of ‘ Classroom Chronicles ’, which accounts for the curious tales of my 6 th grade classroom at Government High School Bowenpally, Hyderabad. After contemplating for quite a while, I’ve finally settled down to the idea of blogging about my students than sharing about them in the conventional manner. I’ve recently asked people to support my work in the school, and got an amazing response from my friends across the world. I immensely thank them for their generous support, and this is a way I can share the inquisitive talent of the kids with you guys. Anyway, here it is. A first of its kind (from myself) , where I’d be sharing the way the students are learning every day and developing themselves to be people of tomorrow. Starting with Chess Unlocking the skill of students with the classic strategy game. And, here we can see an interesting game between 2 students. An intriguing part is the kid on the right ( Harendra ) has given a challenging...