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the universe skip to primary content skip to secondary content let s go provide every human with equal opportunity thoughts on education technology and the universe search main menu home about about post navigation older posts grit and deliberate practice posted on may 14 2016 by wanderer reply angela duckworth is the author of grit she was recently interviewed at google at the 6 40 mark angela duckworth talks about deliberate practice and her conversation with anders ericsson specific small goal usually a weakness 100 focus feedback refinement and reflection she shares useful stories about leadership and parenting in the talk a good leader she says has the combination of two skills demanding and challenging expect more of you genuinely caring and provide support exactly like good parents for more check out the yt video below grit angela duckworth posted in leadership lessons leave a reply books benjamin franklin an american life posted on august 25 2014 by wanderer 2 benjamin franklin was no ordinary human being our society has had its heroes in science writing politics and business franklin achieved world class excellence in each while staying true to his middle class roots and the emphasis on a virtuous life there is much to learn from his story and walter isaacson as done a terrific job in writing about the various facets of his celebrated life in his book ben franklin began his life as an apprentice to his brother ran off to philadelphia to start on his own conducted successful experiments that helped the society understand lightning and build better chimneys wrote about morals and religion and business conducted historical diplomacy with france helped edit the declaration of independence all the while maintaining a down to earth persona he is often credited with defining and exemplifying what we now know as the middle class values of industry hard work pragmatism and honestly franklin hated pretense and show off in reading about his life it is not hard to guess that franklin would have had an off the charts iq but one comes out realizing that what made franklin so special and revered was his ability to connect with people and communicate effectively franklin embodied a sense of practical utility in his conduct he was tolerant to different religious views and proclaimed the most acceptable service of god was doing good to man similarly he emphasized the importance of compromise in diplomacy and politics and what made him particularly relate able was his way of communicating arguments with homespun similes stories and metaphors consider for example the quote below which he used to highlight the importance of compromise when a broad table is to be made and the edges of planks do not fit the artist takes a little from both and makes a good joint in like manner here both sides must part from some of their demands in order that they may join in some accommodating proposition another fascinating aspect of franklin was his lifelong love of learning and exploration franklin loved to travel and during his voyages amused himself by scientific studies on topics such as winds currents and behavior of oil on water when he was young franklin compiled a list of 13 virtues that in his opinion would lead to a successful life borrowing from wikipedia his autobiography lists his 13 virtues as temperance eat not to dullness drink not to elevation silence speak not but what may benefit others or yourself avoid trifling conversation order let all your things have their places let each part of your business have its time resolution resolve to perform what you ought perform without fail what you resolve frugality make no expense but to do good to others or yourself i e waste nothing industry lose no time be always employ d in something useful cut off all unnecessary actions sincerity use no hurtful deceit think innocently and justly and if you speak speak accordingly justice wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty moderation avoid extremes forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve cleanliness tolerate no uncleanliness in body cloaths or habitation tranquility be not disturbed at trifles or at accidents common or unavoidable chastity rarely use venery but for health or offspring never to dullness weakness or the injury of your own or another s peace or reputation humility imitate jesus and socrates franklin then made a plan to master each virtue per week using a slate to mark crosses for days when he would miss this is where the phrase having a clean slate traces its origins from there is a lot more to learn from franklin beyond what i can quickly summarize here above all i came away from walter isaacson s book with an impression of a full of life practical rational and fun to be with person posted in books lessons life tagged benjamin franklin 2 replies bhavana posted on february 4 2014 by wanderer reply intentions are in control while consequences often aren t have our heroes in history been more chance than else in living though doesn t why matter a little more than what to be stable amidst the confounding effects of chance and effort far from effortless but what if one focuses on bhavana in life doesn t karma follow like plant from a seed of course you may say easier said than done but isn t it in some ways easier done than said bhāvanā pali sanskrit also bhāvana literally means development or cultivating or producing in the sense of calling into existence it is an important concept in buddhist praxis patipatti the word bhavana normally appears in conjunction with another word forming a compound phrase such as citta bhavana the development or cultivation of the heart mind or metta bhavana the development cultivation of lovingkindness when used on its own bhavana signifies spiritual cultivation generally source wikipedia posted in poetry spiritual tagged poetry spiritual leave a reply a new wave of hope video reply arvind kejriwal has come to symbolize rebellion against the vip culture corruption and politics as usual i liked the plainspoken and straightforward tone of his speech in delhi assembly there is much to admire in what the aap has done regardless of how long this government lasts they have proven that it is feasible for the common man to fight and win elections in a democracy we should celebrate that and wish them our best january 3 2014 by wanderer posted in admiration india issues leadership politics society tagged aap arvind kejriwal india politics leave a reply hindi couplets posted on september 16 2013 by wanderer 1 किस दौड़ में आगे निकलोगे किस जीव का पीछा करना है जन्म पद से म्रत्यु दर तक का सभी को सफ़र तय करना है किस पत्थर को चुन्वाओगे कहां नाम अपना तुम्हें करना है जिस मिट्टी से बनी इमारत उसी मिट्टी में उसे धसना है posted in uncategorized tagged hindi poetry spiritual 1 reply ਲੋਹੜੀ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਲੇ ਦੀ ਰਾਤ posted on august 2 2013 by wanderer reply ਮੈਂ ਸੋਚੇਯਾ ਭੁਲ ਗਈਆਂ ਨੇ ਪਰ ਗੱਲ ਬਾਤ ਯਾਦ ਆਉਂਦੀ ਏ ਅੱਜ ਲੋਹੜੀ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਲੇ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਰਾਤ ਯਾਦ ਆਉੰਦੀ ਏ ਰਜਾਈਆ ਵਿਚ ਵੜ ਕੇ ਪਤੰਗਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਸੋਚਣਾ ਓਹ ਰੰਗ ਬਿਰੰਗੇ ਖਯਾਲਆਂ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਉੜਾਨ ਯਾਦ ਆਉੰਦੀ ਏ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਲੋਹੜੀ ਨੂ ਉਡੀਕਣਾ ਡੋਰ ਦੇ ਪਿੰਨੇ ਨੂ ਸਮੇਟਣਾ ਇੱਕ ਮੂੰਗਫਲੀ ਦੇ ਛਿੱਲਡ ਦੀ ਮਿਹਕ ਯਾਦ ਆਉੰਦੀ ਏ ਲਾਲ ਰਜਾਈ ਦੇ ਨਿੱਗ ਵਿਚ੍ਚ ਨੀਂਦ ਨਾ ਆਉਣੀ ਇੱਕ ਤੜਕੇ ਤੜਕੇ ਦਿਨ ਦੀ ਮਿੱਠੀ ਧੁੰਦ ਯਾਦ ਆਉੰਦੀ ਏ ਮੈਂ ਸੋਚੇਯਾ ਭੁਲ ਗਈਆਂ ਨੇ ਪਰ ਗੱਲ ਬਾਤ ਯਾਦ ਆਉਂਦੀ ਏ ਅੱਜ ਲੋਹੜੀ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਲੇ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਰਾਤ ਯਾਦ ਆਉੰਦੀ ਏ posted in childhood india poetry punjabi leave a reply i have a dream posted on april 13 2013 by wanderer 1 questions yesterday s class was about questions opinions and dreams there were several things that came up for example is it better to be fair skinned or dark skinned is it better to be poor or rich अमीर लोग घमंडी होते हैं गरीब को देख कर बोलते हैं अबे चल हट निकल यहाँ से rich people are arrogant when they see a poor person they rudely push him her aside as we discussed further there were counter points even the poor could be bad students mentioned examples of situations where poor men and women exploited young kids by forcing them to beg on the streets eventually we by and large concluded that it s not the color not the wealth it is the character that a person good or bad the kids feel cut off however lurking beneath the answers of the kids is a sense of being distanced or alienated from the society especially from those who are better off this alienation is not unfounded in a society that is becoming too busy to pause even for the desperately needy such a sense of being cut off can quickly grow in to helplessness or frustration if unaddressed hopes and dreams this is where hopes and dreams come to our rescue in life in the busy lives of the kids hopes and dreams are the prime route to constructive engagement in society we shared the story of martin luther king in our class i found a hindi translation of his speech and narrated it to the students we went over the speech and i gave them some background of the context and situation at the time the young students quickly empathized with discrimination faced by fellow human beings in a different time at a different place they also found the courage of rosa parks inspiring and exemplary as we concluded i asked them आपका क्या सपना है what is your dream pinky stood up and said she wanted to become a police officer and do her family proud soni said she d like to see her self become a hindi teacher our class polled 2 doctors several aspiring teachers and 1 police officer in contrast there were at least 3 aspiring engineers when i discussed the same topic with a class of 9 boys one common theme when i asked the kids about their dream was their desire to end prejudice in the society whether it s based on caste religion or economic status i am optimistic prema jayakumar s story an inspiration we ended by watching the interview of prema jayakumar a daughter of an auto rickshaw driver she beat all odds to secure first rank in india s ca chartered accountancy examination the girls connect and smile hum bhi prema didi ki tarah banna chahte hain yeh humaara sapna hai we also want to become like prema didi this is our dream posted in education tagged parichay 1 reply math money and my students posted on april 10 2013 by wanderer reply how do you make maths interesting there are many ways but one metaphor that has been fairly effective with my students is money they come from backgrounds where resources are limited so something related to increasing wealth or protecting oneself from losing it to a thug piques their curiosity they want to know if they should borrow if so from who they want to understand the difference between saving a hundred rupees under their pillow vs depositing it in a bank they want to know whether they are even eligible or qualified to open an account in the bank some of my students wonder whether it makes a difference for someone to save if he she has so little fortunately compounding comes to rescue when you help them work out how 10 000 rupees grow in to 41 770 in 15 years at 10 interest roughly the rate offered in indian banks currently they look at the black board with interest their eyes light up much more when asked how would it feel if the tables were turned that is if someone had lent them or their parents money and was compounding at a high rate how a loan of 10 000 rupees can become a loan of over 20 000 rupees in a matter of just a few years my students probably know of a friend or family member who was duped in to borrowing money at a high rate of interest and later found themselves unable even to make the interest payment the kids now know that a small regular saving can grow to a large one through compounding over time they want to start saving early even if it s just a few rupees every week they even encourage their parents to register for bank accounts yaseen one of our young students helped his illiterate father fill out the bank application and complete all formalities that were required to get their accounts registered p s as bonus i learned that simple interest is called सामान्य ब्याज in hindi and compound interest you guessed it right चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज posted in education tagged parichay leave a reply day in life commute teaching in inner parts of delhi posted on april 10 2013 by wanderer 1 the daily commute to the parichay project site can take some time to get used to below are the 5 steps at the end of it all traffic jams no longer annoy you as much step 1 get in to a shared auto rickshaw step 2 make the bus stop and get on it step 3 yet another shared auto step 4 walk the inner streets of tukhmirpur step 5 walk some more and pray for no rain once you reach the parichay site all the weariness disappears at site of enthusiastic kids who can t wait to ask you more questions my parichay class posted in education 1 reply of dreams and possibilities posted on april 6 2013 by wanderer 2 tell us about learning how were wheels invented how were trees formed how did the world begin if we connect many powerful computers together can we see the face of god these are just a few of the several questions my students ask me the kids are extremely thirsty for knowledge and their genuine curiosity inspires me so much i began my class by sharing the story of my grandfather a 7 year old hindu in the newly created pakistan how he had to vacate his home leave his friends behind and start life from scratch after he walked across the border into amritsar the fact that he was able to work hard sell fruits on the streets save enough money to educate his kids is something that the students connect with everyday they see their own parents struggling to make ends meet whether it is pulling a rickshaw working 12 hours in a factory on minimum wage or making handicrafts these kids are their only hope of transition out of poverty through education and luck in a few class sessions we have talked about evolution universe politics women s rights and money lending practices we have talked about what a democracy should be and what it becomes if corruption is unchecked my students want to know how they can do their little bit for positive change they want to succeed in their lives and their idea of success is to be able to add prestige to their family and country i asked vijay about the career prospects for the kids some of them do not go to a regular school yet some are a couple of years or so behind by age and many of them especially girls are unlikely to be able to attend high school life employment and stuff tends to happen before all that the next generation is likely to see bigger benefits with this batch my hope is that they do not become day laborers or rickshaw pullers they can become security guards peons office boys and 1 or 2 might get a decent government job if luck is by their side the last i asked them at least 3 boys in my class want to be engineers 2 girls want to work in the police force and another 2 want to be doctors i hope their dreams come true posted in education tagged aid delhi parichay 2 replies post navigation older posts search 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