practical visit 2

Hi everyone... This is about the next practical visit we are planning.

Shekhar has taken appointments from the contact person in samarthanam (at 2pm) and sneha sadan (at 3.30pm) this tuesday the 1st of september...

And he'll confirm about the appointment with nightingales and victoria hospital tomorrow... He is trying to cover as many institutions possible in one day...

As far as i know, a group (of 10-15 members) is allowed on that day... So i request the group leaders to co-ordinate with their group members and shekhar.

Regards,

Sooktha

Please Note

Team,

I have been adding posts like the Classes Schedule, Assignments - Individual, Group Assignments etc, as a ready-reckoner / reminder for all of us. Especially me, who is lazy to remember all the details.

You should be aware of the following:

• Individual assignments are personal and hence please do not share them on the blog.
• Since Group assignments are for the group, we can all share our thoughts on the blog more easily than multiple emails circulating. I believe it will be hard for the co-ordinator to consolidate all the thoughts if they are in separate mails. Hence blog is a nice place where we can find all thoughts/comments at the same place.
• Blog is on the Internet space and hence Please do not DISCLOSE your personal details such as Credit-card numbers, Mobile numbers, Email addresses etc. Since it is available for all to see, some malicious person can misuse this information. Such personal details can be shared on mails.
• That said, any other feelings, thoughts, comments are welcome. The more we update information, the better it can get. Probably, I can organize the notes etc in a better way going forward.

Feel free to disagree and comment :)

~dinesh

Group Assignment 2

Group Assignment 2 (only one answer to be submitted per batch)

1. In the modern world, is it better to have a small nuclear family than a large joint family?

2. How has the role of the housewife changed as the anchor of the family in the last one or two generations?

3. Divorce rate in India is about one-tenth of what it is in the USA. What does it tell us about our family structure?

4. Will a single child grow up to be different from a child with brothers or sisters?

5. How do the needs of today’s child differ from children of the twentieth century?

6. What are the 3 most important factors that make a happy and harmonious family?

7. How does behavior (role-modelling) of parents affect long term behavior of their children?

8. Is concept of family relevant at all in future, or will it have to be completely overhauled?

9. What is the significance of communication in the bonding of family members, and how can communication be improved?

Please do nominate a Group leader for this assignment.

~dinesh

Assignment 2 (Individual)

DCS-10:: Assignment 2 Last Date: 12^th Sep 09

Make a list, in descending order of importance, of 5 qualities that help to build a good relationship, and another list, again in descending order of importance, of 5 qualities that destroy a relationship. You can give one or two line explanation of each quality if you wish

~dinesh

Visits to Institutions

Hi All,

Just wanted to let you all my thoughts about the group assignment to visit institutions.

1. Firstly, Suneetha started off with the discussion thread.

2. We can probably set off as groups and visit places which are near to your vicinity.

3. Time seems to be the constraints as we are meeting next on August 29th, and the coming weekend is busier with 2 back-to-back classes of 4 hours each..!

I just wanted to ask everybody to comment on the blog and let us organize into groups, in order to complete this assignment.

Please comment.

Thanks,

dinesh

After the Sunday 11 AM meeting at RV Road, Kapila took the lead for grouping people. Here is the group structure

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Dinesh	Kapila[L}	Preethi	Emal[L]
Suneetha	Sekar	Priya	Deepa
Sooktha[L}	Smitha	Soni	Bhuvana
Bindu	Shridar	Shruthi[L]	Bhavani
Tejaswini	Viswanath	Reena	Florence
Veena suresh	Savithri	Poornima	Chatrik
Rekha	Veena	Sasi	Ratnamala
Prajwal	Aditya

Thanks,

dinesh

Aug-Sep Schedule

Here is the schedule for Aug-Sep:

Date	Day	Time	Topic	Staff
29-Aug-2009	Sat	3 pm – 7 pm	Self-awareness, Managing Emotions	Raja
30-Aug-2009	Sun	10:00 am – 1:15 pm	Relationships - Family	Ali
05-Sep-2009	Sat	2:30 pm – 5:30 pm	?? Combo class	??
06-Sep-2009	Sun	10:30 am – 12:30 pm	A feel of counseling	Raja
12-Sep-2009	Sat	4 pm – 7 pm	Marriage 1 & 2 :)	Ali
13-Sep-2009	Sun	10:30 am – 12:30 pm	Children ??	Uma Madan
19-Sep-2009	Sat	4:30 pm – 6:30 pm	Adolescence	Meera
20-Sep-2009	Sun	10:30 am – 12:30 pm	??	??

It was foolish on the part of the doctor to put the blame on somebody else. As a doctor there is some kind of respect that is given to the individual and it is entirely upto him to maintain the bandwith of this respect and see to that it does not tilt towards the lower side where the respect will be lost. Simply rephrashing the same sentence would have made all the difference

Chatrik

Article posted on behalf of Emal

Washington, DC Metro Station . On a cold January morning in 2007.

The man with a violin played 6 Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2,000 people
went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.
4 minutes later:
The violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes:
A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent,
without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.

45 minutes:
The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

60 minutes:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition. No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats
averaged $100. This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about Perception, Taste and People's Priorities.

The Questions raised:
In a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it?
Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible Conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made..........................
How many other things are we missing?

~

Feelings.. Friend who lost his father

The Story:

A friend of mine woke up with a very uneasy feeling in the middle of the night. For quite some time, he could not go to sleep. Some creeping fear made him think about his elderly father who was sleeping in the bedroom below. Though there was no apparent need for concern, he went down to check.

His father seemed to be sleeping peacefully. He went up ….. and again came down. This time he called out to his father, then shook him silently. His father was not responding. He then noticed that his father is gasping for breath. He ran out like a mad man and woke up a neighbor down the street-the only one among his friends who had a car. Together they somehow lifted his very heavy father and took him to their family physician’s nursing home. The duty doctor there saw the elderly gentleman in intense trauma and suggested that he be to a bigger hospital.

When they reached the casualty of the big hospital, the patient was rushed into the ICU. A few minutes of suspense appeared like an eternity to my friend. Finally the doctor came out and quietly said, “He is no more.” My friend was shocked beyond belief. He blurted out, “ How can it be? What happened? ” The doctor, not wanting to waste any further time remarked, “By the time you brought him in, it was already too”, and walked away

It has been more than one year since that traumatic night. My friend still wakes up in the middle of the night with the Doctor’s words ringing in his ears. “By the time YOU brought him in…..” The entire responsibility dumped on the son . A son who loved his father more than his own life. He now lives a miserable life every now then brooding on how he could have brought in his father earlier.

Write in just one or two sentences what thoughts go in your mind when read the about true story.

DCS RV2 Batch

Hey Everybody,

Lets start blogging

Dinesh