One chap landed up upsetting almost all our weekend schedules. But we managed against all adversities and got the 2.30 appointment right (though late) ;-))
Folks, this sunday, we were 5 girls at V. Sangeetha came this weekend too. A new girl, Jaya, joined us this weekend. She is doing her engineering @ Suratkal and is in bangalore for a few months to do her project at NAL. Sowmya was, of course, in; Srinka is out of action (slip disk). But the star attraction this weekend was Ami aunty, who was heartily welcomed at V with all 'josh'. (Dharin uncle was also eagerly greeted by the kids when he dropped in to wish us all luck)
Ami asked the kids for a recap of what we did last weekend. And surprisingly, Rani came up with a very succint summary of what we told them!!! She did miss out a few things, particularly those that were mentioned for the elder kids. But, it is still a positive.
This time again, it was a little hard gathering the kids together. Some of the 10th class were absent because they are having unit tests today. A few others were missing too, as they were taking bath etc. (We need to make sure this doesn't happen every time). But we ourselves were late this time, so no scope for complaining!!
We divided the kids into separate groups. Sowmya, Jaya and Sangeetha took the 7th and below kids out to the playground for some fun and games. Ami and myself, stayed back with the reduced number inside the classroom. Ami sort of did a recap of last session asking the kids about the usefulness of our sessions last time etc. The verdict this time around too was that they found everything useful and wanted to continue Spoken English, Grammar, Quizzes etc.
Our discussion veered (deftly manuevered to, would be more correct ;-p) on to Shyamala's marriage and the dangers/risks of child marriage and the appropriate age for marriage etc. Keerthi showed a good level of maturity when she said above 25 and below 30 is what she feels is the appropriate age for marriage. May be following her lead, the majority agreed on ~25. Ami did some math (finishing acads etc.) and showed them that 25 to 27 is what they should ideally be looking at as an age for marriage. The dangers of 'misplaced affections' were also touched up on. Keerthi, Jyothi and Urvashi translated the discussions into Kannada just to make sure everyone is on the same page.
We agreed to meet again next weekend and start off on our regular activities. Composition/Grammar, Spoken English, Quizzes are what emerged as the kid's demands.
Out of the room and into the playground. We found Sowmya, Jaya playing with a bunch of kids, Sangeetha chatting up with another bunch etc. Sowmya would shout out a color and all the kids who have it on them are to jump up and down. Ami and I joined them for sometime, but when the drizzle started getting a little harder, we dispersed, saying bye-bye to the kids.
That's all for now, from All India Radio.
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