Folks, this update is late... but better than never...
Ami and I'd spoken and settled on a composition cum grammar session for the kids. The idea was to get them to write a paragraph or so on some topic. Multiple aspects - we get to see how their writing is, we read it on the spot and correct the mistakes, if any, using those live examples to drive in the grammar fundaes...
I was supposed to go earlier and help Akhila with MS Word and Excel, but couldn't manage to do it because of poor commitment and poor planning and poor will power. Anyway, i landed up at 2.30 and after usual 'hi and how are you's (met Geetha as she was leaving, more on her in the next installment) sat down with akhila trying to understand on what all she needs help (with an SOS call to M in between for translation services), consoling/pep talk on the results, checking her LABS notes etc. Ami joined around 3 or so and she too, after the routine stuff, sat down with Rekha to chat about her plans. I think I'd discussed the concerns out of both discussions in an earlier mail (the thread on Akhila's results. Reminds me, anybody got any update on Ammu's results? Can anyone follow up??)
Jaya and Varsha were already there, engaging the younger ones. Sowmya had messaged she wouldn't be able to join (more on her too later). Srinka joined us soon. It was quite some time (3.30 or so) before we could get ourselves to the classroom. Ami was leading the session, Srinka and I joined the kids. It didn't really look like we could go ahead with our composition plan. Discussions touched up on summer holidays (which was what we thought we will ask the kids to write on), moved on to keerthi's new watch (a cool one), TV, football, italy, idli, food etc. Kids were not in a mood to do anything much, they were in one of their moods of vivacious abandonment. Finally, the discussion settled on Ami's height. (It is 5' 6", btw) I should say, Ami expertly put a full stop to idle banter there. By asking the conversion statistics for inches, feet and cm, mm, etc. Ami finally got a hold on the kids. Then on, though elementary, the discussion stayed around the conversion factors and units. Got the kids to do/learn those elementary conversion fundas, converted Ami's height into cms, later Prathibha came and converted one more feet, inches to cms and then Keerthi's height was converted from cms to feet etc. There was lot of energetic participation from the kids the whole time. Ami didn't forget to remind the kids, though, that what we did was really 4th class maths or something at that level. We ended the session (aptly) with some nursery rhymes and a directive to the kids to be ready on time next week.
Maria came to the class room, prompting cries of "Sonia Aunty" from some of the kids. After a short hi, bye etc., we proceeded to Wilson garden. While leaving, Varsha was seen teaching a bunch of kids (yes, acads!!) Wilson garden and the rest of the story, refer D's minutes (which I'll upload here too).
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