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Anike, Aakash and Bobby joined Sikhya last month...the initial few days were very tough for them as well as for me ...i was nervous that they would not get up on time so I would call their Uncle (Anike's Uncle is one of the smart members of their community...he is responsible and is working diligently with us on making bags and luckily, he also owns a cell phone) early in morning and ask him to wake the kids and then he took the responsibility of dropping the children to school on a cycle rickshaw that we rented.
The first day was the toughest...the kids came back and called me that they would not go the next day...and gave me various reasons...it seemed that they had a fight with some other children of their class and they also felt quite alienated with the whole environment...the problems were simple - they didn't know that after the bell rings, a new teacher would come to teach a new subject. So after each bell-ring, they would think that it is time to go and so they would rush out and get scolded by the monitor as well as the teacher. The other issue that they are still struggling with is that they are not able to sit and focus for such long durations...they are in the habit of sleeping anytime and that is what they did the first day....they would just lie down and sleep in the class and thus, invited the wrath of their teachers and their classmates made fun of them.
Anyway, i was able to convince them to go for a few more days and i also talked to the principal and the teachers and started meeting them everyday during their lunch break. Anike and Bobby have adjusted quite well...they do have issues but are willing to continue school but Aakash has given up. On hind sight, i think i should not have sent Aakash to school since he has some learning problems and he feels very left out and gives up very easily. So we have decided that we will not persuade him any further and will try to give him some coaching at Chhotti Si Asha.
The first day was the toughest...the kids came back and called me that they would not go the next day...and gave me various reasons...it seemed that they had a fight with some other children of their class and they also felt quite alienated with the whole environment...the problems were simple - they didn't know that after the bell rings, a new teacher would come to teach a new subject. So after each bell-ring, they would think that it is time to go and so they would rush out and get scolded by the monitor as well as the teacher. The other issue that they are still struggling with is that they are not able to sit and focus for such long durations...they are in the habit of sleeping anytime and that is what they did the first day....they would just lie down and sleep in the class and thus, invited the wrath of their teachers and their classmates made fun of them.
Anyway, i was able to convince them to go for a few more days and i also talked to the principal and the teachers and started meeting them everyday during their lunch break. Anike and Bobby have adjusted quite well...they do have issues but are willing to continue school but Aakash has given up. On hind sight, i think i should not have sent Aakash to school since he has some learning problems and he feels very left out and gives up very easily. So we have decided that we will not persuade him any further and will try to give him some coaching at Chhotti Si Asha.
Currently, the school is off for summer vacation and Bobby, Anike are back with us. Their school re-opens on 4th July.
posted by Gagan (Liza) Chawla at 8:01 AM
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