Being Invisible in Class

As a Teacher my job ranges from teaching to organizing to inspiring to motivating to counseling to much much more.

I have to cater to the emotional,educational and social needs of 30 brains and beings in a 40 min time slot.
Every year i am handed over nearly 120 new souls to educate and improve.It takes me nearly a week and a half to get to know most of  them.Once i know them I remember them.
Well, most of them.

The invisible ones,they are the ones I find difficult to remember.
It takes longer to get to know them and it is harder to remember them.

They are the ones that tend to shy away for a number of reasons like

• being introverts
• having low self esteem
• being sensitive to being ridiculed by peers
• having language issues
• not doing their lessons properly

But sometimes the reasons are so insignificant, we fail to realize that they might hold a child back from expressing his/her potential fully.Little things at home that keep a child occupied at school.The way parents interact with each other.The way they are their siblings treat with them.I believe sleeping patterns and favorite TV shows have a great influence on how a child behaves at School as well.

Many of these factors may not be proven scientifically to make a child shy but I personally have observed and experienced all these factors are involved in keeping a child from interacting much with peers and teachers.

If you are parent ,Talk to your child's teacher.
Being shy may be a painful personality trait passed on genetically, but sometimes just simple tweaks to lifestyles might be able to help a child interact better with peers and teachers and perform better at school.

I would love to know your opinion on what other factors make a child shy at school and how a teacher may help.

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A little piece of the outside world

After staying in for too long,I had started missing the outside world.I also got sick of how many screens surrounded my family.Introvert I may be, but I was longing for human contact (from a safe distance of course !)

So I logged in on my faithful 'Rusty' and checked for any activity where I could be surrounded by human warmth from a distance.It turned out there was an exhibition of various household and food items (Just in time for grocery ! )

We set out at late afternoon to the exhibition at the fair grounds.The entrance wasn't as crowded as I had expected,maybe because it was the fourth and second last day of the exhibit or maybe because we had got there as soon as the hall opened .

What ever the reason, this gave us an opportunity to check things out conveniently.There were stalls from a number of local and international companies but what really caught my eyes were the stall with all the traditional stuff.

Handmade Clay Plates,Pitchers,Glasses,Vases ,Casseroles

Traditional Moroccan Pottery

Traditional Vibrant Dresses

And Matching Footwear to go with them !

Mounds of Condiments and Spices

Traditional Lanterns

Although most of the stuff was overpriced and we didn't buy anything but it turned out be a worthwhile visit. The colors, tradition, spirituality, everything was so overwhelming in a warm way.

So my craving for human contact was quenched along with a bonus treat for the eyes !

Now i can happily have 'Rusty' roast my thighs while i conveniently 'slouch on the couch' and daydream about all the crafty projects i have in the pipeline  :)

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Cooling down a bit !

The sweltering heat is taking its toll on my household.

Rising tempers.Lazy kids.Constantly running ACs. 

So we thought of going back to the basics and making some good old ice lollies. Bought a new mould and lots of juices. 

My daughter wants to make tri-color lolly. She's expecting some fancy commercial-ish results. Yikes !!!

My six year old anticipates the results to be bright n cheery. Me - not so much! I just want something cool and citrus. 

This is how they turned out. 

Any good ideas on how to make bright colored lollies???

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Now I know why I Dally !

I complained in my previous post how I have been collecting lists of all the different activities I would like to do this summer, but haven't done anything yet.After posting I was a little flustered about how I had written a whole post about me not doing anything worthwhile and not trying to get to the root of my lethargy  laziness.

Last year I got my thyroid function tested because I had constantly been under the blues and never felt like getting out of bed,except  the times when I really,really had to do something like going to work or cooking food. I managed to find ways to escape these essential chores some way or the other.

But last night I was trying to gather why it was so.Then I realized i just needed to look around my room for the answer.

SCREENS !

EVERYWHERE !

4 different types of smart phones
3 different laptops
A tablet
A TV

I just have way too much entertainment,information,comfort around me that keeps me pinned to my couch.
The only motivation I have are the motivational pins I see on pinterest.

I really need to do something about this.And it's not just me,it has got my family as well.

I would really love to hear your experience with the latest surge of smart phones and how to keep things under control.


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All my favourite lists

This summer I had planned to stay back home and not travel.So obviously I had a lot of plans of

1. creating
2. repairing
3. improving and 
4. sorting stuff at home that had been lying in need of these procedures for a long time.

And just as we all do,I had plans of making these vacations the most productive ones ever.But turns out after exactly half of my vacations vaporized into thin, air i'm still on square one.
I had prepared for all my activities very well though ! I had scrupulously copied and prepared lists of things i had to do with and for my daughter.Although I can safely say all is not lost yet, ( I have another 4 weeks before the vacations end :(  ) but a little motivation can go a long way.I really need a push

So here's a list of all the lists (of activities) I had planned but still haven't gathered the enthusiasm to start :

1. List of  indoor games when it gets too hot outside
2. List of mod podge crafts
3. List of paper crafts
4. List of homemade clay crafts
5. List of  things to draw daily for a month
6. List of things to capture with a camera daily for a moth\
7. List of things to sew
8. List of things to crochet
9. List of make up that can be made at home
10. List of books to read with your kids 
11. List of snacks to teach your 6 year old to make
12. List of things to write about
13. List of places to visit
14. List of people to get in touch with ( Family and friends )
15. List of topics to blog about
16. List of stuff to prepare for Back to school activities

and of course

   17.List of exercises to get hard rock abs

I might have touched a few things here and there , but still not the hardcore way i had planned.

So now after I make this list public,I am assuming I will feel the compulsion and urge to at least pick and perform at the least one activity from each list.

Hope the couch will set me free !

Wish me luck people :)

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