A day with children

Kumar Kundan, Himanshu and myself went to Jakhadhar and spent a day with children at the school - on 7th July 2018. SMTA has purchased a projector for school use. We showed the students a wild life movie "The Bears" (wiki). This 1988 movie, made by a French director, has few dialogues. The entire story is told through powerful visuals. It is about survival of an orphan bear cub in the wilds, where hunters are busy hunting a full grown male bear. How these two bears survive, leading to an amazing change of heart in the hunters, is the essential plot, which children could understand almost intuitively. 

After showing the movie, we came out and discussed the lessons hidden in the movie (youtube link). Here are some salient ideas coming from children and the teacher:

1. Why should man enter animal's home and kill them, when they dont do the same to us?

2. Powerful should help the weak. (Adult bear saves the cub many times, even though it was its baby.)

3. Never give up the fight, even when the fight is highly unequal (both the cub and the adult bear fight to the very end- and survive!)

Before showing the movie, we practiced conversational english, with help of youtube lessons. In Jakhdhar, Jio (4g) is working - at last! - and youtube has many teaching resources.