Limited Edition of '95

 Today I reached school at 8 45am.  After the prayer and pledge I went to my class. Today I took the new topic Different Changes in the uni Equations. I started the class with a small game. Then I gave them activity card to check their previous knowledge. After completing that question I hung a chart and ask students to fill it one by one. They all did it perfectly. Later I showed them a PPT and answered a question.  After taking review, I gave them follow up activity and assignment.  After the class I took the 2nd hour too since the Hindi teacher didn't come. So I took one more LP. It was also continuation of the first LP.  At 12 30 we went for lunch duty. Today's menu included rice gooseberry pickle, thoran and eresherry. After that, there were story writing competition held for 5. 6. 7 classes . I clicked some pics of small students writhing the stories as group.  After the lunch break I worked on the other LPs . At 3 30 with the National anthem the cla...

 Today I reached school at 8 40 am. There l assembly conducted today. But it's duration was only 15 minutes. So after assembly I  to my concerned class to take the period. Today there were two girls, Parvathy and Aswathy had their birthdays. After wishing them, I started the class. My friend Priyanka came with me for the class observation. First I asked them a puzzle, they all enjoyed it amd solved it. Then in order to check their previous knowledge I gave them activity card. In the group they discussed and answered it correctly. Then I continued the class by giving them more activities. After the class I worked on my lesson plans. On fourth period I again got the opportunity to take class at my concerned class 8C. So I went there and took class according to my lesson plans.  Photo by Priyanka  At 12 30 we went for lunch duty and today we had thoran and sambar, which was really tasty.   After that I again worked on my lesson plans. At 3 30pm classes got end...

  Today I reached the school at 8 50.  After the prayer and pledge I rushed ro my classroom.  Today I started a new topic called algebraic method. Before officially starting the class, in order to make them ready Iasked them a mathematical puzzle and they answered it correctly.  To check their previous knowledge I hung an activity chart and make them to fill it one by one. Next I gave them activity card and told them to do it as the group activity. And I gave tally marks to the winners. I explained it to others. Then I told them to write a question and I showed them the model in order to make it more clearly. They understood the concept and did the answer correctly.  I then asked them what we have studied in the class and two of the students answered.  Today two girls had their birthdays: Sreelekshmi and Anamika. We together wished them. I got a lot of sweets. After giving follow up activity and assignment, I gave prize to the winner group of the week. It w...

 Today I reached school at 8:45 am. After morning assembly which was a special assembly because today was National Lunar Day (July 21). So many student have performed songs and role plays, which was really nice. then I reached my class. I taught them more problems from the topic Algebraic Method. I first checked their previous knowledge through an activity chart. They all done it. After that, I gave activity cards to student to do it in groups. Several groups done it. I explained it to others. Later one problem has done and I asked about todays class. After doing follow up activity, I gave them assignment. After the class I worked on my lesson plan  In between of we all coordinately did the digitalizing process of library books. Today, as the part of Lunar day, the science club has organized a small exhibition. In the exhibition, students from different classes joined and were programs. practicing for various activities and students came to us in order to guide them in practic...

 Today I reached the school at 8:50 am. After the prayer and pledge at 9:30 I went to my concerned class. After taking attendance, I checked their previous day home work. All of them did the homework, correctly. then, to I entered to teach new questions on the topic of Algebraic Method. At first, I showed them an activity chart and told student to do the activity by their own. gave tally marks to those who done it at first, correctly. I explained it for those who didn't complete it. Next, I showed a question on my laptop, since the projector there was not working. I explained them the answer at first. And told them to write the answer by their own.. Later, as a group activity I gave question in activity cards. First two benches competed on one question and a group won. Second question done by next two benches and a winner selected and similarly one more group selected. At last, of the three groups selected, I gave one last question and one of the groups won I gave the hem tally mar...

 Today I reached school at 8:45am. The class started at 09:30. After the prayer and pledge, I Started the class with a game. It was a mind tricky question. I said the final answer of everybody, they all got astonished. Then I checked their previous day work and explained it. I then started the new portion called Different changes. I asked a girl, Aiswarya to think about a number and then do some operations. At last by doing the Inverse operations reversely, we found the number Aiswarya think of. Then, we did similar activities, in which students did it easily.  Yesterday, I divided the class into 6 groups and I have told them to prepare a name for their groups and tell this day. They all did and the names were nice. The names were: Stars, Hipster, Alpha girls, Queens of Maths, Twinkling stars, Black x 9 After the end of class I returned to our resting area. At the remaining time I worked on my lesson plan. Later, at 12:30, we go went for the lunch. Today the menu were rice, er...

 Today I reached school at 8:45 am. Today children were so happy and playing with ther friends. I asked one child why is she so happy today?, she replied that, two days she didn't has any chance to see her friends and today she saw them, so she is happy. Time went fastly and it became 09:25 am, the prayer started and continued with pledge. At the end I went to computer lab and searched for the plug to connect my laptop because I had some ICT related matters to be shared. But, the Projector there was not working. So, I just placed it on the table and showed it to them. I started the class by showing a small game... It was totally fun and everybody enjoyed it. After giving tally marks to the winners, I started the class. At first I gave them activity cards. Students did it In their groups. I gave tally marks to the winner groups and explained it to others. The second activity groups is also done by them in After reviewing today's class. I gave the a followup activity. It was to f...

 Adolescents wanted to feel like grown ups as they encounter in different situations. And the first thing they experiment is the alcohol and drug. Because these are the things only uses by the grown ups which is what they saw in front of them. 

 Making friends and establishing oneself at school can be difficult for adolescents. The teenage years often come with many insecurities, low self-esteem, and fear of not being accepted. In order to fit in, to feel “cool,” or join an older, more seductive social circle, many teens will start buying and using drugs.

 

 There is a huge positive correlation between availability of drugs and addiction among adolescents. Easy availability means the drugs or alcohol using by family members and elders... Or from peers.  Due to this in the absence of family members childeren try to use those drugs and gradually may get addicted to it. Or by the influence of addicted peers they may get forced to use it. 

 Movies and shows have a great influence in adolescents in order to use drugs or alcohol in their life.  Childern often see in movies where heros use alcohol and after that they become powerful to fight with enemies or they use drugs to gain more courage to face any situation. Also it shows going a bar party with friends is very much enjoyment like partying, dancing etc... attract their mind. All of these make children to believe that drinking alcohol or use of drugs helps them in many ways like it is helpful for enjoyment, to show heroism and to obtain more courage if needed.

 Today I reached school on time, at 08:45 am. After the prayer and pledge, I reached in my concerned class at 09:30. I divided them into convinient groups. and gave them names. Then after that in order to make them ready, I organized a puzzle game for them. They all done the puzzle fastly. They said they liked it very much. After that, I checked their previous day assignment. Some of the students didn't completed it. I explained it  for them. After that, we entered to the new topic called "Multiplication and Division". First I gave them activity card, with a question in it. They all easilly completed the activity. For the second question, at first I explained it from them and then allowed them to do it individually. After that, at 10:10, the class came to an end and I returned to our resting area.  After the first class, I accompanied Uthara's class in 9A. I went to observe the working of the projector. It was an interesting class too. After that, I had no class. So, ...

 Today I came school early. Because, I have first period all day. I prepared myself for going to the classroom. The student so playful and they were running and playing in the ground. Today I noticed with other girls, a little boy who was playing. First I wondered how come a boy in a girl's school. But later I realised that there is one seat for boys in this school. I entered the class at 09:25. At 09:30 prayer began and ended by pledge...I started the class. with a mind tricky game. Students tried to answer it. But unfortunately, no body came with right answer. I told them the answer and they got amazed. Then I began the class with activities. They all were so silent and attendive today. I gave stars to those students answers correctly and do activities at firsthand. After the class, I reached our resting area. In the leisure time, I worked on my lesson plans. Then at 12:30pm, we went for the lunch duty. Me, Priyanka, Gopika, Uthara, Athira, kavitha were on the duty. The meal toda...

 

 1. Bodhini Bodhini is an NGO that has been working in the space of online safety, child safety and healing, predominantly in the spaces of sexual violence and abuse. 2. Aparajita is online "Aparajitha is Online" is a quick response mechanism for grievance redressalof online based harassment of women and girls. 3. Emergency Response Support System ERSS is an emergency response system wherein the citizen can seek support from police in cases of emergency. All they need is to call 112. 4. Speed dials  Speed dial is a function available on many telephone systems allowing the user to place a call by pressing a reduced number of keys. This function is particularly useful for phone users who dial certain numbers on a regular basis. In most cases, the user stores these numbers in the phone's memory for future use. The speed dial on the telephone allows a person to call a specific telephone number with just the push of a button. Speed dialing has the advantage of users not having...

 Child sexual exploitation (CSE) has been defined by the National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children and Young People. It is the involvement of those aged less than 18 in exploitative situations, contexts and relationships where the young people (or a third person or persons) receive something (eg food, alcohol, cigarettes, affection gifts) as a result of them and/or others engaging in sexual activities. It is an abuse of power by those exploiting by virtue of their age, gender, intellect, physical strength and/or economic or other resources. 

 Adolescent girls and young women lacked information regarding their sexual health, services available, and redress mechanisms for rights violations. Formal sources of information were frequently inaccessible. Family members were sometimes the source of rights violations, and informal methods of redressing rights were often sought. Stigma and fear were common features both in healthcare and in the pursuit of formal justice, with duty-bearers habitually breaking confidentiality. Education and training were the predominant suggestions offered for change.

 Today was the first day of Intense teaching pradice-phase 2. I got to serve as a teacher trainee at the Govt HSS Perorkada. I have to take class on 8 C, which I wanted to take classes at first period everyday. It makes me classteacher in charge.  I reached at the school on time.Then me and my 7 more friends signed the attendance sheet. Here, I got a chance of being from Mar Theophilus Training college a leader to our group. We got seat at the auditorium to gest along with the student teachers of St. Thomas College. We interacted each other and became fatends. They started them practice early, so they shared some of their experiences. After signing my lesson template by the concerned teacher, Jayasree teacher, I went to my class 8c. There waited 52/58 students for me.. It was really a huge number of student and the class was comparitively small.  All student were girls since it was a girl's school. The medium I got was English medium. I started my class after greeting stu...

 This is one of the most irritating myths on sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. The reason for spreading of this kind of misinformation is actually unknown to the society. But we can interpret it as: in order to avoid relationships with boys or men. This misinformation affect the behaviour of adolescent girls badly like, fear to stand in front of boys, having no communication with opposite sex etc.  Every adolescents should know that, no one could get pregnant if someone stares at them. 

 No one can deny that an uncleaned public toilet seat can be incredibly gross. Even so, it may be refreshing to know that the germs making their way onto the toilet seat or rim are unlikely to survive for very long. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), sometimes referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), can be caused by viruses, bacteria, and parasites. These organisms can’t live or thrive on hard surfaces — including toilet seats. Bacterial STIs can’t survive outside of your body’s mucous membranes. For this reason, it’s nearly impossible to contract an STI from a toilet seat. All STIs can be transmitted through various forms of sexual activity, including: skin-to-skin contact, genital-to-genital contact and oral-genital contact. So there is no need to worry on public toilets related to STIs. 

 Myth suggests that spicy foods eaten during pregnancy can burn the baby’s eyes, resulting in blindness. Spicy foods also have been blamed for miscarriages and the induction of labor. While those associations might sound plausible to some people, they aren’t real. Spicy foods can increase a pregnant woman’s risk of heartburn, however. Repeated heartburn during pregnancy may mean that the baby will be born with a head full of hair, if we are to believe another old wives’ tale. Spicy food will not harm a developing baby. If eating spicy food bothers your stomach or you have an aversion to the taste, you can choose to avoid these foods. But you do not need to be concerned about your baby's health and development either way. Not only is spicy food safe for your baby but it may have some benefits too. Spicy food may keep you healthy during your pregnancy and it may help prevent your baby from becoming a picky eater later on.  You can eat spicy food if you like to eat it.

Digital media are increasingly influencing the lives of young people. Around the world, adolescents are using digital media as a platform to learn, experience, and communicate. Young people use smartphones, tablets and computers to engage in diverse online activities, such as social networking, instant messaging/texting, and browsing websites/search engines. This connectivity creates both positive opportunities but also challenges on many fronts. Unfortunately, the very features of the Internet that facilitate new opportunities also create new risks for young people’s SRH. Common harms have been organised in the following categories: contact, conduct and content. CONTACT • Online sexual grooming • Online sexual abuse and exploitation CONDUCT • Discrimination and cyberbullying • Non-consensual sharing of sexts • Revenge porn CONTENT • Unwelcome exposure to sexually explicit content • Inappropriate or harmful content (e.g. violent pornography) • Misinformation  Contact Harmful conta...

 Poor sex education may partially account for questions that reveal a lack of basic understanding about pregnancy risks in non-penetrative sexual acts and the protection afforded by different contraceptive methods. Sex education doesn't means how to have sex but it aims to improve knowledge and understanding and to correct misconception by providing age appropriate, scientific accurate and cultural relevant knowledge.As child attains puberty there are numerous changes happen in his body and mind, here the role of sex education comes into picture. Lack of proper information makes adolescents vulnerable to many problems: Many adolescents are unaware and unprepared to protect them from sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy. Lack of skill to refuse unwanted sex from peers or adults who use physical force or emotional pressure. Inequitable gender norms and attitudes. Many adolescents use wrong ways to get knowledge like pornography and this can lead to sex crimes. Providi...

 Culture has a great impact on the matters of belief, practices and behaviors of its followers.  How adolescents are raised, how they need to behave, and how openly they can discuss the matters of sexuality depend on the culture.  Conservative societies forbid the discussion on the adolescent problems, and exhibit more gender inequality.  Sexual taboos have their root in cultural beliefs and have important implications in the sexual health and morbidity.  Many societies still hold misconceptions about menstruation, and masturbation. Elders never educate on the basic concepts of bodily changes that occur during adolescence, keeping them in dark. There has always been an issue of comfort regarding sharing of knowledge on sexuality with offspring in India.   Due to social stigma, adolescent girls are not educated about menarche before hand. A recent study found that only one third of rural girls ...

 Although some of the physical changes that happen during adolescence are internal and not visible, others can be seen easily by others. These obvious changes in the body can affect how adults and peers of both sexes view and treat young people.  Changes in female Females will see changes in where fat appears on their body. For example, breasts become fuller and hips grow wider. Females typically experience their first menstruation (or period) during adolescence. Early on, periods can be irregular and affected by illness, stress, and even exercise. Changes in male Males’ shoulders become broader and their muscles get bigger. The penis and testicles also grow, and males will begin to experience erections and ejaculations, both voluntary and involuntary (sometimes happening while asleep). Males’ voices also deepen during this time and may crack during the shift.  How to solve the adolescents problem with their physical changes  1. Let adolescents know that what they ar...

 Adolescence is a psychological and social change that grows a young person from childhood to young adult independence and identity; puberty is a chemical and physiological change that leads to sexual maturity. Adolescent change often begins earlier than puberty; but when puberty coincides with the onset of adolescence, the adolescent process can become more emotionally intense.  While the child was comparatively unselfconscious of personal looks, with puberty and adolescence, physical appearance becomes a primary concern. How best to look, that is the pressing question? Now popular icons and models in the media and advertising market place provide a compelling answer in the forms of idealized models of sexual attractiveness and beauty which can turn out to have a lot of ugly consequences for young people.