Mumbai is the weirdest city to live in!! every now and then there is a strike or it pours down badly! recently there was a transport strike which means no autos and taxis....i had to go 15 kms to city fr attending a training....thnx to the amazing bus system i was saved bt it poured so badly tht i ended up geting soaked by the time i reached school!
We also conducted our first parent-teacher meeting! out of 160 kids, some 53 parents turned up....al concerned yet hopeful tht we might b able to help change things...here are some of the stories i heard from parents:
My children dint study a word last year cos they dint have a teacher last entire year
When we told them to ensure 100% attendance they said the teachers had told them last year nt to send their kids to school if it rained hard...
My 6 yr old daughter and 10 yr old son both are in ur class cos one gt admitted late and also missed a year...
My daughter has a mental disorder...
My son has never seen his father and is sensitive abt it
and many more.....these might not seem a big deal from an adult perspective bt are deeply concerning issues...
Another one of my first time evers last week was tlking to kid and explaining that there is nothn as failure, when he scored less on a paper....
Another interesting bit was meeting writer - Subroto Bagchi.....(his book - Go kiss the world)...was interesting...here is his definition of Change = Pain+Vision+Roadmap+Action...any comments on tht??
Mumbai rains can drive anyone nuts...im attaching a few pics of wht happened in school wen it poured non-stop yesterday...my class was flooded so was most of the school.... We had an attendance of 50 combining the whole school!!( 7 out of 87 in my class) so we made the kids draw their hand impressions and watch taare zameen par....
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