Posts Tagged St. Teresa’s
How much money is enough!!!
Posted by Anupama in Volunteer Files... on January 26th, 2009
hands on!!
At times i feel, my 9th standard children in St.Terasas are budding philosophers. I have often sat open mouthed at their remarks. Quite often i feel that this is because of their life experiences which have made them think in depth about life.
My inspiration behind this post is actually yesterday’s class at St.Terasas. My language function for the day was describing situations. i thought about a situation which was “What would you do if you win a 10-lakh lottery?”
The kids first thought of what they’d buy with all that money. Ideas like car, a house, and many other materialistic items came up. But after a point of time, they realized that the amount won is not sufficient. For a second i thought that this was quite bad, i thought they should be satisfied with what they have. But i dint tell them this thought of mine. Instead i asked them why they felt so??
Their answer was amazing…
1. They have a lot of dreams and aspirations, which a 10-lakh lottery cant satisfy
2. It is not their hard earned money, so they’ll use it up fast
3. Money is not what they want in life….
And finally they told me, they have only one answer, WE DONT WANT MONEY!!! and money is not a solution to problems……
I felt their reasons were quite realistic though quite unacceptable…
No one denies money these days except those with exceptional willpower and strength of character….!!!
Do these kids have these qualities or was it just a philosophy without any thinking… I dont have an answer to that….
The Santa Hats
Posted by Rose in Volunteer Files... on December 20th, 2008
Due to popular demand… i am about to tell you how to make Santa hats in easy steps..
This is one fun activity I did at St Teresas last week…
me and the girls
the materials i used are
- chart paper( actually its kinda one shade thinner than chart paper..but lets call it chart paper)
- colour paper (RED)
- cotton(i only had to use one packet)
- gum
one chart paper can be used 4 two kids..but one kid will need one whole colour paper
STEP ONE
make a cone out of the chart paper…and stick it(using the gum..duuh)
making the cone
STEP TWO
now u wrap the cone in the colour paper(plz dont forget to gum this too)
wrapping the cone in red!!!
STEP THREE
decorate your own hat using the cotton any way you want
the girls with their new hats!!
and folks..as i promised you..in 3 easy steps..u have your very own santa hats!!
An Early Christmas at St. Teresa’s
Posted by Anuradha in The Classroom Docs, The Student Corner, The Things That Happen... on December 14th, 2008
This about my lil angels at a place called St. Teresa’s …….
Every Saturday I wait for the time that I go and teach them English….
And in return they also teach me something….
How to smile through a lot in life……
For being a part of MAD i have Pooja n Natasha to thank…
In the beginin of second year MAD was all that they would talk about ….
Thats when i talked it over with Ma….And she was touch wood supportive from the very beginning….I have to thank my Ma a lot 4 her support…..
This time around I thought of getting the kids to do something rather than learn something…
With christmas in the air I thought of basing the next two classes on Christmas and the legends behind it….
i took a chart paper and the three regular girls Ashwini, Archana and Nimmy were ready….
I gave them them the paper and asked them to draw anything that came to their minds about Christmas…..
And this is what they drew…..
And these are the kids who drew it..
Christmas is already in the air at St. Teresa’s… 
Reflections
Posted by Rose in Volunteer Files... on December 9th, 2008
There used to be a time in life when things were all about me..
I still remember my 10th, I had a ball of a time at tutions and in class with nary a worry but the distant boards…
And then when the results came though there were no flying colours; though none of them was black either…
And so i continued with my happy go lucky life..i was so happy and believed myself so lucky that i nearly flunked my 11th… If not for my pristine record as a good student(yea i was a good student in the distant past) i would have had to do a repeat performance..
And unlike movies..i really dont think one should do a repeat with ones 11th…so now u would think i learned my lesson…
Oh NO !! 12th was yet another round of merrymaking..involving myself in all the ego clashes with the worthless set of boys( yea they r still worthless as far as i am concerned)and what nots…
Looking back I see a life most of you must have led…great parents,cool friends and superb school the only downs would probably be, that flunked maths paper(for me it was quite frequent)……
And college for me was no different..and yea I got rid of those boys by going to an all girls coll..yet again it was more fun and games for me..during the first few months in college I realized that there was more to the city I was brought up in than I realized….aaahhhh..those were the days…yet deep within me..i knew…despite everything, I am but a selfish product of my upbringing..OH NO, my folks did the best they could..made me go to church , taught me right from wrong..the works…
when did I change?? what made me look into myself ..i dont know..but I do remember the day Jithin came to coll with his long talk and even longer presentation(yea..he used to do it then too)and now u might think I joined for the heck of it..but here guys, you are wrong..
MAD just was there when I most needed it… The fact is by the second year, I wanted more out of life and I dont mean more of window shopping and hours at coffee shops gossiping..
I wanted more from life..and more importantly..i wanted to do something in life…and MAD helped me take that step..
The more I have thought of my family and the way I was brought up..i was more aware of how much those kids on the streets missed out on…
And time and again I have thought..and still think ,it is our duty and responsibility as human beings to give them a helping hand..
Its not through any virtue of ours we are born to our folks, nor their fault they are born to theirs..its perhaps the quirk of fate(if u believe in such drivel)..but the point remains…we should do what we must..my question is…are you doing what u should?
Oh I wont say I am a great person now..i am still that selfish girl who loves to have fun and hang out .Yet along with all this I am aware and I am doing my duty..
And this gives me peace..and hope ..hope that some day I shall be a better person than now…..
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