GANDHIAN THOUGHT AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

.. A Day of revelation about Gandhiji for us..

Our college has arranged a class of Dr. V. Raghu, HOD of Mar Theophilus Training College. He has achieved a lot of prestigious awards oncludiin UNESCO Award, Excellence Award from University of Kerala, Sardar Patel Award,etc.

He beginned by saying that Gandhiji as a person was born in Porbandhar, Gujrat. But Father of our nation, the great 'Mahatma' was born in Pietermaritzburg railway station where he was thrown out of the train for being Indian even if he had a first class ticket on 1893.

In 1930, TIMES magazine glorified Gandhiji as "Man of the Year". 

He then continued talking about Gandhiji, his life, contributions and how we, the Indian and the western people consider him. For us he is just the father of our nation. But even if Gandhiji was their enemy, western people consider him as a great person of extraordinary personality.

Then he get deep into the subject of Gandhiji and Women Empowerment. First, he showed us a scene from the movie "Gandhiji" which reveal his attitude towards women. Gandhiji reapected women and believed that women is more powerful than men. 

Then he shared his views of women empowerment, women subjugation, oppression and objectification in our society. I personally feel that, he was not afraid to bring out the reality to us. We were so happy that atleast he is supporting women. Then he divided us into groups and gave us different extracts of Gandhi's letter to Kasthoorba Gandhi, Gandhi's letter to Sarojini Naidu and Gandhi's thoughts on role women in society and women empowerment.

He winded up the class concluding that Gandhiji is a person touched all fields of society. And in present situation Gandhian studies and Women Empowerment is very relevant.

For us, thus class was a revelation which gave so many new valuable informations. We never heard these sides of Gandhiji. The class was really good.

A HEART TOUCHING POEM

..I Felt Like Its Talking To Me..

CLASS ON ORATORY SKILLS

Today all of us were so excited to meet Dr. Joju John, Assistant professor of Mar Theophilus Training college. He is a motivational speaker and he is now doing a programme(Subhachinda) in Akashavani, his research was in 'mind power development and subconscious power programming, his educational video in "Invest Inside" was really helpful for us during our BEd exams.

He reached at 9.45 and the session started at 10 after the official functions. His beginning made us be energetic. He started with a puzzle to make us think and to make class interesting. Then talked about oratory skills proposed by the great orator "Sukumar Azhikode". He said that only the peak experiences can lead us to legendary. 

Then he pointed out, 

 Fundamentals of Public Speaking

• Appearance
• Smart beginning
• Use your total person
• Super ideas should be given
• Humour
• Puzzles
• Energy
• Passion
• Self confidence
• Content knowledge
• Authenticity
• Practice for speech
• Voice modulation
• KISS - Keep It short and simple
• Connection with audience
• Repetition of main points
• Should have a shock in it
• Should be clear of what to do

What should be avoided in public speaking

• Should not exceed.
• Need to avoid standing still and should bring variety
• Should not use inappropriate influence
• Self boosting
• Should not divert from the topic
• Should not be lazy or unexcited.

They are the major points to improve. Then he gave us certain oratory skill practice. Then divided into groups and from each group one or two should be selected and need to present a two to three minutes speech. Me, Nanda, Athira Sreekumar, Ankitha, Keerthi, Nibin, Fathima, Jackcy, Mary Jaya, presented the speech which sir has recorded.

It was an amazing experience.

At the end Archa thanked to Joju sir for making this class interesting

As a student teacher, we should have excellence in oratory skills to make teaching learning process effective. This class made us understand its value, effectiveness and applicability. It was a great session

SCIENCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Alumini association conducted a talk about"Science in Everyday Life". The class was taken by Adarsh A.O from Kerala Mineral Development Corporation.

First, he gave an idea about what is Science? And then continued that,

A scientific facts should be,

✓ Repeatable

✓ Universal

✓ Falsifiable

Every scientific facts should have objectivity. It should be the truth about the natural world. 

Then he went through the false beliefs of society that Parecetamol is harmful. But he argued that it's not. Then he talked about false beliefs about Broiler chickens, Alcohol, Ajinomoto, Mobile phone, etc.

Then he said that each medicine is going through different process to reach people. They are:

Drug discovery -> pre clinical study -> Formulation -> Standardization -> Clinical trials -> Regulatory approval -> Pre medical study. 

Then he talked about IARC classifications of carcinogen. The class was good.. At the end Aawani expressed our heart felt thanks to him as well as our college..
As a student teacher this class made us understand the value of scientific discoveries. We understood how the word is manipulated. With the help of scuensc we can wipe out certain misconceptions. As a teacher we are the guide of future generations, so we should be aware of all these.

STRESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

Today we got an opportunity to attend the class of Dr. S. Gopakumar, RMO of Government Ayurvedic Hospital, Trivandrum on the topic " Stress Management"

He started the class by saying that, he us going to tell us how we can tackle stress beautifully. The class was divided into three sections.

1. What is Stress
2. Stress Assessment Test
3. Remedies or strategies to tackle stress

First he said that,

     Stress is a state of affair involving demand on physical or mental energy. It is a perturbation of body's homeostasis.

He nade us understand that if the important three domains: Attitude, Skill and Knowledge fails , then the stress will arose..Then he made us understand classification of stress, mindfulness,etc.

On the second section he conducted a "Stress Assessment Test" which contains 15 questions with 5 options for us to fill. Then he evaluated the test and found that the majority among us have moderate as well as high stress.

Then on the third session, he dealt with the remedies to tackle stress. They are:

1. Positive Attitude
2. Role of Yoga and Pranayama
3. Time management

Benefits of the class

1. It helped to develop positive attitude
2. It helped to improve concentration
3. Helped us to tackle stree effectively
4. Improved self-esteem and self-confidence

His class was really interesting and helpful. It helped us to look into the beautiful bright side of life. I am sure that this session really inspired each one us and this will be helpful to become successful in life. As a student teacher we are going through a lot of stress..so this class made us happier as well as hopeful.

BE HAPPY

Try to find happiness even in small things. Live your life to the fullest.. 

FLOWER OF HAPPINESS

..Happiness is seeing a flower..

" Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful: they are sunshine , food, and medicine for the soul"

                                              -  Luther Burbank

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.. our college garden also has such a beautiful soul of nature.

OATH TAKING CEREMONY

Today was the oath taking ceremony which was a grand success. I am sure that all of them are really talented.. I am happy and is looking forward to see a better union which may provide us great memories.. Life is too short.. So I hope all Memories I receive from this college will be beautiful.. 

Leadership is a way of thinking, way of acting, way of behaving, way of understanding and above all respecting everyone.. 

"Coming together is a beginning,

Staying together is progress,

and working together is success."

                                                      - Henry Ford

I Wish All The Best To All My Friends..