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Session break:Necessity or luxury

Most of the schools have commenced with the new session and the children and the teaching staff must have set some new goals for themselves.  The children got some time to relax and refresh in between the final examination and the new session. We tried to find from the students and some teachers about the excitement and the enthusiasm for the next class and the session. The response was mixed. But the majority of the students and the teachers felt that the gap between the two sessions should be more than what it is presently. Some state boards conduct the final examination in the most of April or May and then the schools are closed and the new session starts in the month of July every year. The teachers are able to complete their evaluation work properly and then the schools declare the result. Many children want this system to be adopted by all boards. The reason mentioned for this is that they get enough time to relax and get ready for the next class. They feel that the children w

Developing multiple intelligences

Man from time immemorial has been looking for more success for self and the society. Though success can be defined in different ways and it has different meaning for different people but, one simple way of understanding success is to look at what one wanted to achieve and how much part of the same has been achieved. This target can be set for an individual by the individual and also by the group of the people or an organization for the growth of the entire group of the people or the organization. Success is a relative aspect and it is difficult to see it in absolute terms. Till a few decades back we had an impression that to be successful in life it is very important to be intelligent. What I mean is that earlier IQ was considered to be the basic criteria for a person to be successful. The next factor considered was the experience of the person. But it was observed that though some people were equipped with high IQ and had enough experience working in an organization yet other people