Can Humour Teach What Serious Teaching Sometimes Can’t?
Every educator’s goal is to get their students interested and engaged in the class. And if it needs a little bit of humour, then it’s worth the effort.
Every educator’s goal is to get their students interested and engaged in the class. And if it needs a little bit of humour, then it’s worth the effort.
Humour need not just be a tool for entertainment. It can be also used to develop cognitive and creative skills in children.
If you need to write something, use the doc file. And then save it as doc or txt or xyz. It sucks the joy out of writing. And it fills me with dread. My mind goes blank. Instead of words, it’s cold sweat.
If there’s something that’s difficult to do, it’s to be happy – just plain, simple happy. Yes, as simple as it may sound, being happy is one of the most difficult things to do. And ironical it may be that it is an easily achievable target. It doesn’t need pots of gold or fame or fancy clothes or fancy houses. All it needs is a few changes in the way we do things, minor tweaks in our attitude and more importantly, the will to try them out before we get all cynical or brush it off as new-age pish-posh. No harm trying it out, what say?
The excitement was not about the school year coming to an end but the anticipation of the summer vacations looming ahead. Summer vacations meant endless hours of playing in the garden, eating freshly plucked mangoes, swimming, reading endlessly, and most importantly going on the train trips. Yes, the train rides were the highlight of the…
“So many books, so little time.” ― Frank Zappa
Time turned it’s wheels really fast and here we are in the next year. Welcome 2019! I wish everyone, near and dear, real and virtual, a wonderful and adventurous year ahead. I wish them good health, peace and lots of time with loved ones – this is so important in these times of hectic schedules and deadlines.
Gathering of any sort, where there are more than a few unknown faces, is certainly not for me. I prefer the comfort of friendly known faces where each one is stripped of his or her mask. I enjoy and cherish the time spent with the few friends I have.