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Happiness and Tolerance Students always have the tendency to grasp things in different ways which may not always be what we would like to portray to them. As teachers, we are expected to maintain a balance between students’ happiness as well as class discipline. Happiness and Tolerance are like two sides of the same coin where the students as well as the teachers may face difficulty in applying them in their every-day lives. A classroom incident to which we as teachers or reminiscing our school days may relate to is given in the following short story. It was an everyday scenario, the students of Heritage Public School, lined up outside their respective classes waiting for their teacher to escort them inside the classes. Mr. Hylton, the class teacher of grade 8 comes over to the class to conduct the 1st period that being Moral Science. He walks in and introduces the chapter “Happiness”. The students were all very eager to explore this topic. He begins: Mr. Hylton: “What makes you ...

  Honesty And Respect Honesty and respect are like two pillars of a strong relationship. What were to happen if lying was the norm? There would be no trust among people. Patients would not be able to trust their doctors, passengers would not be able to trust their drivers, a child would not feel the same trust and security towards his/her parents and no two individuals would be able to build a beautiful relationship if honesty and respect do not form their foundation. Honesty means believing in oneself and everything that one represents, however, dishonesty may mislead us from our beliefs and values. Life continues to teach us lessons in every twist and turn of this journey that we embark on, it may be trivial incidents or moments in our lives that somehow go unnoticed but they always have a way to show us the right path. Such an incident taught four college friends about the importance of earning respect through honesty. Riya, Anu, Sweta, and Pari were a tightly knit team ...

  Patience and Courage Raghu was very excited and happy to present a beautiful necklace to his mother with his first salary. He was on his way home from the jewelry shop when he decided to take the shorter route home crossing the paddy fields. The thought of his mother’s reaction overwhelmed Raghu, he once again took out the necklace to admire its beauty. The necklace shone in the sunlight, it sparkled and this blinding light reflected by the necklace made Raghu lose his balance. He dropped flat on the field. As he recovered himself and got back to his feet, he noticed that he was no longer holding the necklace. He looked around in vain and finally he noticed a sparkle coming from one of the ditches in the field. As he walks towards the ditch he finds the necklace but to his shock, there was a snake sitting in the same ditch! Raghu was very nervous and did not know how he should retrieve the necklace. He instantly starts throwing stones hoping that the snake would slide out...

My Best Friend How long has the cry been coming I really would like to know The mewing has created a restless feeling Within my heart, you know.   The walls of my heart feel pity for it I feel there is a big pro… But can't reach upto it  'Cause it hid within the depth of the broken floor.   I tried and tried my level best But failed each time I tried The next best thing that I could think of  Was calling for help from someone nearby.   I fixed a meeting with a guy and the prob… And he managed to get it right When finally out, I found it out There was a spline on its side.   The power thing was crying for this I now could understand I quickly to it to the dock you see And got the problem fixed.   Now she is fine and so am I And so we both get along quite well The two of us go out and in  And now she is my best friend.   -          Hylton Upsho...