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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
ghazal
इश्क़ करने का बहाना चाहिए
दिल को कोई अफ़साना चाहिए
तेरे मेरे बीच कुछ तो है ज़रूर
ज़लज़लों को भी निशाना चाहिए
देखिये तूफां बड़ा मायूस है
आशियाँ हमको बनाना चाहिए
इस कदर मेरी वफ़ा महदूद है
तारीकी में भी पैमाना चाहिए
महदूद:determined.
तारीकी : darkness.
My first ghazal...
दिल को कोई अफ़साना चाहिए
तेरे मेरे बीच कुछ तो है ज़रूर
ज़लज़लों को भी निशाना चाहिए
देखिये तूफां बड़ा मायूस है
आशियाँ हमको बनाना चाहिए
इस कदर मेरी वफ़ा महदूद है
तारीकी में भी पैमाना चाहिए
महदूद:determined.
तारीकी : darkness.
My first ghazal...
Sunday, September 07, 2014
Crows and Eagles
If the crows evaluate an eagle on his flying skills, this is what the report will say "Abnormal values. Outside the reference range. Overreaches and too ambitious. Social misfit. Needs therapy."
Having said that, not everyone who fails the crows' aviation test is an eagle.
But no eagle will ever pass the crows' aviation test.
Be careful where you go to prove yourself. Be careful how you interpret failure.
Failure by itself does not make you a misunderstood genius.
Having said that, not everyone who fails the crows' aviation test is an eagle.
But no eagle will ever pass the crows' aviation test.
Be careful where you go to prove yourself. Be careful how you interpret failure.
Failure by itself does not make you a misunderstood genius.
Thursday, September 04, 2014
How to study right
This post is triggered by a facebook conversation where I had footinmmouthitis and mentioned that its not the duration of study but the technique that matters.
Which got the poster to ask more . And since Gallup says my responsibility strength is strong , I had to explain self.
How to Study Right - Getting more by spending least time at the Study desk.
This is a parent's guide and is based on what my aunt taught me and what was then used on other children of the family by yours truly. I have topped consistently, and so have my other students.
1. Everyday, from Class 1, have a study hour at home. An hour is one hour - 60 minutes. This is the time devoted everyday to studying. This is serious time. If you don't have enough homework to cover that hour, spend the time reading with the child, reading to the child, but it has to be pursuit of knowledge.
2. Some foundational skills are very very important. They have to be taught to the children at the right age, otherwise course correction is very difficult.
3. It is NOT your job to do the homework. It is the child's job, and you are helping them by investing time in that. Make that absolutely clear from nursery. Whenver ur child throws a tantrum abt homework, close the book and reiterate - this is NOT my homework. it is your homework. you are not doing me a favour by doing it. I am doing you a favour by investing time in it. If you make homework your business, you are doing the kid a big disservice because you are taking away the earliest opportunity of responsibility from them.
4. In Class 2, make reading a habit. Every single night. It doesn't matter that the child only sees the pictures and goes to sleep. it doesn't matter that the child hates it and whines. you read your book and let the child read theirs. just before sleeping. end of story.
5. In class 3, start the dictionary habit. The child makes a separate notebook called dictionary and learns 5 new words everyday and writes them down - alphabetically. then they take a quiz from a previous page - guessing the meaning of words from an earlier page. This is a vital foundational skill and if the child does this till Class X, trust me they will need no prep in GMAT, CAT etc for vocab. That's why I call this a foundational skill. Vocab will help the child read more easily with age.
6. In Class 4, learn speed maths and mental maths.
7. In Class 5, learn memory techniques and start using them.
8. By class 7, you should know speed reading and should be speed reading as a matter of course.
9. During the study hour, do the following everyday:
A. Start the hour with pranayama. This carries extra oxygen to the brain and prepares u for the time ahead.
B. Revise everything that u studied at school.This is the time to use those memory techniques. Use whatever works for you - story building, mnemonics, Picture creation etc. Use the technique the first time, so that you never have to memorise or do rote learning. Read the text chapter, understand the concept, and make notes that simplify the concept in your own words.
If you do this, you have achieved the following:
B.1 You have understood the concept and therefore don't need to remember anything.
B.2 When you sum it up in ur own words, you have revised and then written. This commits to brain like few other things do.
B.3 because you have to read ur notes and not the whole book, u will be spending one tenth of time in the pre revision time.
C. After 25 minutes of study, take a 5-10 minute break. For younger children, this break can be used to run around. For older children, this time can be used to do pranayama or meditation. Then study for another 25 minutes. Then break.
D. If you have time left in that one hour, spend it revising something you have done earlier but not revised. But stick to one hour.
10. Find the study time that works best for you, and then study at that time. Not the time that other people tell you to.
Which got the poster to ask more . And since Gallup says my responsibility strength is strong , I had to explain self.
How to Study Right - Getting more by spending least time at the Study desk.
This is a parent's guide and is based on what my aunt taught me and what was then used on other children of the family by yours truly. I have topped consistently, and so have my other students.
1. Everyday, from Class 1, have a study hour at home. An hour is one hour - 60 minutes. This is the time devoted everyday to studying. This is serious time. If you don't have enough homework to cover that hour, spend the time reading with the child, reading to the child, but it has to be pursuit of knowledge.
2. Some foundational skills are very very important. They have to be taught to the children at the right age, otherwise course correction is very difficult.
3. It is NOT your job to do the homework. It is the child's job, and you are helping them by investing time in that. Make that absolutely clear from nursery. Whenver ur child throws a tantrum abt homework, close the book and reiterate - this is NOT my homework. it is your homework. you are not doing me a favour by doing it. I am doing you a favour by investing time in it. If you make homework your business, you are doing the kid a big disservice because you are taking away the earliest opportunity of responsibility from them.
4. In Class 2, make reading a habit. Every single night. It doesn't matter that the child only sees the pictures and goes to sleep. it doesn't matter that the child hates it and whines. you read your book and let the child read theirs. just before sleeping. end of story.
5. In class 3, start the dictionary habit. The child makes a separate notebook called dictionary and learns 5 new words everyday and writes them down - alphabetically. then they take a quiz from a previous page - guessing the meaning of words from an earlier page. This is a vital foundational skill and if the child does this till Class X, trust me they will need no prep in GMAT, CAT etc for vocab. That's why I call this a foundational skill. Vocab will help the child read more easily with age.
6. In Class 4, learn speed maths and mental maths.
7. In Class 5, learn memory techniques and start using them.
8. By class 7, you should know speed reading and should be speed reading as a matter of course.
9. During the study hour, do the following everyday:
A. Start the hour with pranayama. This carries extra oxygen to the brain and prepares u for the time ahead.
B. Revise everything that u studied at school.This is the time to use those memory techniques. Use whatever works for you - story building, mnemonics, Picture creation etc. Use the technique the first time, so that you never have to memorise or do rote learning. Read the text chapter, understand the concept, and make notes that simplify the concept in your own words.
If you do this, you have achieved the following:
B.1 You have understood the concept and therefore don't need to remember anything.
B.2 When you sum it up in ur own words, you have revised and then written. This commits to brain like few other things do.
B.3 because you have to read ur notes and not the whole book, u will be spending one tenth of time in the pre revision time.
C. After 25 minutes of study, take a 5-10 minute break. For younger children, this break can be used to run around. For older children, this time can be used to do pranayama or meditation. Then study for another 25 minutes. Then break.
D. If you have time left in that one hour, spend it revising something you have done earlier but not revised. But stick to one hour.
10. Find the study time that works best for you, and then study at that time. Not the time that other people tell you to.
Monday, September 01, 2014
Financial Wisdom I got from my grandparents - II
This came to me from my grandparents. But I also found another parallel in Chanakya Sutra. Will cover both.
My grandparents version:
Keep one third of your earning for ur past, one third for your present and one third for ur future. Out of the 33 rs you have put aside for ur future, take 10 rs out and spend it on punya - on doing a good deed.
What this means in modern speak:
1/3rd for the parents: Even though we don't believe in providing financial security for our parents, cultures and families that do, its a very good equation to work out. 1/3rd of the income of the child ensures that there is a steady flow, and also not too much burden on the child, no ad hoc requests etc.
1/3rd for the present means to spend on living expenses et al (imagine what that will do to the McDonalds of the world)
1/3rd for the future, means investment. If we take out 10% for philanthropy, a 23% savings rate is awesome for most households.
Amazing advice, so nicely put!
The Chanakya Sutra advice was in a different way, but roughly amounting to the same things..let me look it up.
My grandparents version:
Keep one third of your earning for ur past, one third for your present and one third for ur future. Out of the 33 rs you have put aside for ur future, take 10 rs out and spend it on punya - on doing a good deed.
What this means in modern speak:
1/3rd for the parents: Even though we don't believe in providing financial security for our parents, cultures and families that do, its a very good equation to work out. 1/3rd of the income of the child ensures that there is a steady flow, and also not too much burden on the child, no ad hoc requests etc.
1/3rd for the present means to spend on living expenses et al (imagine what that will do to the McDonalds of the world)
1/3rd for the future, means investment. If we take out 10% for philanthropy, a 23% savings rate is awesome for most households.
Amazing advice, so nicely put!
The Chanakya Sutra advice was in a different way, but roughly amounting to the same things..let me look it up.
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