Fearless Generation

There have been so many incidents/thoughts that I have wanted to post for past few days but unfortunately the busy schedule for past month has not allowed me to do so. But today what I experienced was too good to be lost in my memory. Today I experienced the exuberance of today’s school going teen – my ASSET Ambassadors.

The times when I was in school and if was asked to introduce myself I was like most of other use to be Conscious and always Ensuring to Say the Right Things about myself, my friends, family and of course teachers. But today when I meet a generation which is just decade younger then me I was just taken back and impressed by the way they would speak their minds out. 18 ASSET Ambassadors who introduced themselves today in front of more than 30 people were not at all conscious, not fearing to say what they like, what they DON’T Like, and absolutely no sugar coated words – just honest opinion.  Some of the introductions like ‘My friends call me saddy, cause they think I am always sad’ – I could atleast not say something like this in front of people I don’t even know. I might just get too bothered about what they would think of me, but I believe that’s not the case with these fearless teenagers of today, they don’t bother to bother of what others think. Or something like that My friends think I am very good at everything and so do my teachers, but I don’t really believe it and I feel I need to improve – the desire to improve and set your own benchmark was unheard of during my school days. 

And I am also sure that all what I am posting would not relate to you till you be in the company of this fearless generation. Spend just 2 hours with them, hear them, know their thoughts and all of us who are in 20’s would start feeling that this generation is far more fearless and clear headed in their thoughts and actions.

Who is the Greatest Teacher of the World?

This video is part of the campaign we did for 'Who is the Greatest Teacher of the World?', wherein more than 500 students participated with different opinions in a form of an essay ranging from mother to nature, spider to dog, sachin tendulkar to swami vivekanand. However mother and nature seemed to be an obvious choice for most of the students. It was really interesting and fun to see the amount of effort kids put in even for a simple thing like writing an essay, many students decorated their essays not only with words but with beautiful borders, pictures of their greatest teachers - mainly their parents. Never thought we would get such an overwhelming response and like everytime the kids and their energy keeps on surprising me. It also infuses some high energy in me! Winning entries can be viewed on EI India Blog

Je voudrais avoir un bon professeur

When you turn 25 and go back to the class to learn something new, you expect things to be easier then when you were in the school, don't we? Atleast I thought so when i decided to take up french, but I felt no better then what I felt when I was in class 6-7-8......feeling of being not sure, thought of being ridiculed for asking a question and proving myself stupid all came back to me. I tried to analyse the situation on what is going wrong and why am I finding it difficult to learn with ease. Was I not paying enough attention? Was I not gaining interest? NO, the problem is that I am not understanding completely what I am learning. But who is responsible for it? Is it Me or my Faculty? I might sound biased but it is surely my faculty and I have a strong reason to say so 1) The faculty is moving at a pace to finish the course in time and not to ensure that all the students learn 2) Asking questions / doubts seems to be banned - cause when you do your faculty goes on a different trip and starts blaming everybody around. After this experience, I have totally realised that it is so important to have good teachers who teach you for understanding. I would like to thank all those teachers who have helped me understand and would like to gift a book on How to teach effectively to my French teacher (I might actually do that at the end of the course). But there is a silver lining in this too, I have started believing in EI's vision of Learning with Understanding :)

Perfect Day

'You know you are going to get a surprise, and if you still get surprised then it is truly amazing surprise'

I knew my friends would come and greet me at night on my birthday, I will get some gifts from my parents and friends, will have a nice dinner. All this i knew. But what i didn't knew was how AMAZING this all will be and how excitement with grapple me throughout the day.

Cake on my face. Loads of Gifts (30). Having all the people who matter most in my life at one place. Really good food and lots of pics. It was one of the best days of my life. I have never been so excited since i crossed my teens. Thank you everybody and thank you god for blessing me with such a wonderful life and great friends and family.

Bye bye powerpoint

I have always believed that Presentations are Performances, more you engage your audience better are the chances for them to listen to you carefully and understand what you want to convey.

Prezi - www.prezi.com is one such powerful tool which allows me to enhance my presentations by creating outstanding visuals and transitions just through zooming effect!

This is my first ever presentation on Prezi and it is about Personalised and Adaptive learning.

Mindspark - adaptive learning on Prezi

Je ne comprends

Je ne comprends - I dont understand, that was my state of mind in the class today. Day 1 when i learnt about 14 words/sentences i thought its gonna be easy, but today when things got more intense with more than 60 sentences/words/numericals coming my way i realised this is not going to be so simple and easy. I am hoping for things to get better from here and I use less of google translator after my 100 hours language course.

Awesome gaana hain Pervez Quadir ka - sung by Nitin SING(h) - Captured from my Phone