I haven’t written in a long time....was just busy and at times keeping myslf busy...over the last 1.5 months or so alot has happened...moments where I felt lost..moments where i felt i cant take somethings anymore..moments where i felt proud...moments i felt strong....moments where i felt vulnerable....so here are snippets describing those moments....
What if....???The most painful moment last month was when Kaif in my class fell sick...one day, while my co-teacher was taking the lesson, i saw Kaif crying and took him out of class...he said there was some insect coming out of his body...and it turned out to be true...a 6 inch long red coloured worm came out of his body...tht was the first time i felt scared and panicked...wht if it had been somethn major?wht if i hd lost the child? Iv never felt such an emotion before...somethn i cant expln......thankfully kaif is all fine...
A night in the slum...Have u heard of dharavi? The biggest slum in Asia? Well not only have i heard of it and seen it..i have lived there for 2 days! In order to figure out what my community project should be for next yr i attended a workshop called empower india conducted by 2009 fellow at TFI. The workshop was held at a school in Dharavi and I had to stay there during a weekend. I really don’t understand why is it the biggest slum? I actually saw apartment buildings there! I mean i seen worse conditions around my school! Anyway, now i can say iv stayed day and night in school!
The fun moment...the most fun time in school were the last 2 days before the winter break...we had an art competition for all the classes – the theme was “Christmas”.....the kids sat in the corridors on mats and drew and coloured....it was great to jst watch them go all out and let their creativity flow...the winners were announced next day at the Christmas assembly...this was the first intra-class art competition! Sameer Shaikh from my class won in class 2:)
And now about the highlight at the end of every 6 weeks that my kids look forward to – the Parent-Teacher meeting! This wasn’t a usual one...we had had a Christmas party just before the meeting! The kids came all dressed up! The funny thing was they all called Santa Claus as Jingle Bell! Hardly any kid from class 1 to 7 knew that it was Santa Claus! They all called it Jingle Bell! My class was decorated...and we got plum cake, juice and chips for everyone!
The PTM wasn’t a crying scenario this time..but the winners were absolute surprise! Kids who never thought could do so well actually won! Some of them had moved from 30% to 80% in math! Sameer Firoz’s expression actually shows he wasn’t expecting this! Unfortunately his parents weren’t there....the only thing he said to me when i congratulated him was his parents didn’t come...i was unable to say anythn....
And then we broke for Winter break....
Believe me i havnt slpt as much as i did during these vacations! A frnd of mine can vouch for tht!
Thats why this email is coming late to everyone! Besides I thought of keeping it short...so i don’t have to write a separate executive summary!
Hope you all had an amazing New Year! Thank you for standing by me during the last year! If it weren’t for you guys i wouldn’t have been here and doing what i wanted to.
What if....???The most painful moment last month was when Kaif in my class fell sick...one day, while my co-teacher was taking the lesson, i saw Kaif crying and took him out of class...he said there was some insect coming out of his body...and it turned out to be true...a 6 inch long red coloured worm came out of his body...tht was the first time i felt scared and panicked...wht if it had been somethn major?wht if i hd lost the child? Iv never felt such an emotion before...somethn i cant expln......thankfully kaif is all fine...
A night in the slum...Have u heard of dharavi? The biggest slum in Asia? Well not only have i heard of it and seen it..i have lived there for 2 days! In order to figure out what my community project should be for next yr i attended a workshop called empower india conducted by 2009 fellow at TFI. The workshop was held at a school in Dharavi and I had to stay there during a weekend. I really don’t understand why is it the biggest slum? I actually saw apartment buildings there! I mean i seen worse conditions around my school! Anyway, now i can say iv stayed day and night in school!
The fun moment...the most fun time in school were the last 2 days before the winter break...we had an art competition for all the classes – the theme was “Christmas”.....the kids sat in the corridors on mats and drew and coloured....it was great to jst watch them go all out and let their creativity flow...the winners were announced next day at the Christmas assembly...this was the first intra-class art competition! Sameer Shaikh from my class won in class 2:)
And now about the highlight at the end of every 6 weeks that my kids look forward to – the Parent-Teacher meeting! This wasn’t a usual one...we had had a Christmas party just before the meeting! The kids came all dressed up! The funny thing was they all called Santa Claus as Jingle Bell! Hardly any kid from class 1 to 7 knew that it was Santa Claus! They all called it Jingle Bell! My class was decorated...and we got plum cake, juice and chips for everyone!
The PTM wasn’t a crying scenario this time..but the winners were absolute surprise! Kids who never thought could do so well actually won! Some of them had moved from 30% to 80% in math! Sameer Firoz’s expression actually shows he wasn’t expecting this! Unfortunately his parents weren’t there....the only thing he said to me when i congratulated him was his parents didn’t come...i was unable to say anythn....
And then we broke for Winter break....
Believe me i havnt slpt as much as i did during these vacations! A frnd of mine can vouch for tht!
Thats why this email is coming late to everyone! Besides I thought of keeping it short...so i don’t have to write a separate executive summary!
Hope you all had an amazing New Year! Thank you for standing by me during the last year! If it weren’t for you guys i wouldn’t have been here and doing what i wanted to.
