05/09/09: My famous IPR course at ILS! No class.


06/09/09: Zarna conducted this one. I'm at some family engagements. Tried to give my ideas regarding that class, asked her to conduct some activity related to teachers day, etc etc etc. But Zarna, being Zarna, was already upto something super creative!!






Terrible days. Long break to the class.






03/10/09: Simply chatted with kids for some time. Catching up, you see... Told them the story of the edible things within me, which came out one fine day in reverse gear, while I was on a plane, and then how I disgusted the 'apparently smiling' air hostess with the surprise package in my hand... They were all laughing out loud. They too talked of varied things and made me feel left out by discussing some bollywood shots!

Decided topics for each one. They're supposed to teach something for 20 minutes in the class, whenever possible. Poonam was the first one to choose.  She'll be teaching 'Tenses'. Pooja- anything in Math that others find difficult. Settled on 'nitya samaantaa'. Asked Sham to tell us about assembly elections. Very relevant topic! Priti jumped from Marathi to Geography to Maths. Finally settled on Marathi grammar. Akshay- Chemistry, after some confusion about the right choice.

The guys outside didn't seem to be in a mood to cooperate. Were constantly knocking at the door. I went out and told them that they could come inside and attend the class if they are so very much interested. Duh. No use. After a moment, knocking starts again! Finally left the door open and conducted the class. Now no one could knock!

We studied the world atlas today. Earth, then the watery world, then continents, then countries, then Maharashtra, then Pune! Studied the differences between political and geographical maps. Sham wanted to check out Goa all the time!! Also studied 3d projections. Asked them how'd they draw a mountain. They drew the usual front view with the rising sun. Now asked them to draw the top view. They couldn't... Then asked them to observe the maps carefully and they pointed out that on a plane paper, height differences can be pointed out using different colours!