Guest guest Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Sri: Srimate Ramanujaya nama: Acharya School, which was grandly inaugurated by Sri Tridhandi Chinnajeeyar swamy a couple of months back commenced its divine expedition on Vaikasi Vishakam. Could there have been a better day for this auspicious beginning than Vaikasi Visakam, the avathara day of Kuzhandhai (child) Muni (Namazhwar) for starting a school for Kuzhandhais (prospective munis)!! Like the sun's rays, these luminous little azhwars, with a satchel on their shoulders, treaded their way to Acharya and started imbibing knowledge with utmost earnestness. To become streamlined and focused, each one of us needs orientation. Be it the child or parent, a direction to act is always sought. The parents need to master the art of taming/refining the energy bubbling child and the child needs to master himself. The parents of Acharya school pupils were very fortunate to benefit from one such orientation programme organized by Acharya school. It was held at the premises of Acharya school on 27th June between 10:30am and 5pm. With the naughty young ones on their laps, the parents were all attention for Smt. Shanthi Bala's talk. Smt.Shanthi Bala is the Director of the TVS school in Madurai. She is also the Director of eleven more schools in and around Madurai. A soft-spoken woman radiating immense positive energy, her presence itself brought sincerity and focus in the minds of the parents. She has been training children and teachers from the1980s. She has traversed the length and breadth of our country and has been to some of the most backward areas in Tamil Nadu. Her sole purpose was to educate the village children. Smt. Shanthi's speech at Acharya school left an indelible impression in the minds of one and all present. When a child scores well, the parents boasts it as their victory. But when a child flounders and performs poorly, they coolly point fingers at him and escape responsibility. Smt. Shanthi cautioned against such a narrow minded attitude and pleaded the gathering to throw these habits to the dogs! The need of the hour is a parent-child partnership. The parent should partake in both the sunny and dark days of the child. This would surely provide confidence and relief to the child who thinks he is alone in the academic crusade. He would understand his parents aren’t work extracting bosses but a work sharing benign partner. This will pave the way for an unbreakable child-parent relationship. Smt. Shanthi also briefed on the methods of handling anger, anxiety, irritation and other behavioral problems parents would need to tackle when dealing with children. The need to give children their own space was also emphasized by her. She stressed the need to shower love on children. They aren’t a means to achieve our dreams and likes. They are the architects of our society and our perspective should be broad enough to accommodate the nation's need while developing our kids. As Albert Einstien quoted ‘ When we think deeply, we can conclude that each man ultimately lives for the society.’ The parents stood baffled at her eloquent and conscience pricking speech. Realization did dawn upon them. They put forth their queries and Smt Shanthi ensured a satisfactiory reply. In her concluding words, Smt Shanthi expressed awe at the way Acharya school had been designed. She, in her 35 years of experience hadn’t witnessed a Montessori school blended with vedic education. She wished to adopt some innovative techniques from Acharya school. Sri Parasara Badrinarayana Bhattar swamy proposed the vote of thanks. He emphasized the importance of Lord Rama in our life. Rama had faced the extremes of life with great calmness. Swamy entreated the gathering to emulate the ways of Lord Rama, thus ensuring success in our lives. This is why Acharya school’s main hall was filled with the beautiful paintings of Lord Rama and his life. The budding leaders of Acharya school would learn from Lord Rama. The orientation programme ended with the parents lauding the efforts of Acharya school in organizing such an intellectual extravaganza. They felt it an eye-opener. The photo link is given below. Do relish the little ones enjoying their first day at school ! http://parasarabhattar8220.fotoblog.co.uk/c1718336.html -- -- ever-in-divine-service,KAINKARYA SREESrimaan Trust (Srimaan Bhattar Kuzham)http://parasarabhattar8220.fotoblog.co.uk/ Postal address:231 South Uttara St, Srirangam, Trichy-620 006 Tamil Nadu, INDIA Ph 0431-2431109 Email: India - srimaantrustUSA - srimaantrustusa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 Jai Srimannarayana. As a mom of young children - first of whom is just entering preschool - I found this very informative. Thanks a lot for sharing. adiyEn ramanuja , Srimaan Trust USA <srimaantrustusa wrote: > > Sri: > Srimate Ramanujaya nama: > > > Acharya School, which was grandly inaugurated by Sri Tridhandi Chinnajeeyar > swamy a couple of months back commenced its divine expedition on Vaikasi > Vishakam. Could there have been a better day for this auspicious > beginning than Vaikasi Visakam, the avathara day of Kuzhandhai (child) Muni > (Namazhwar) for starting a school for Kuzhandhais (prospective munis)!! > Like the sun's rays, these luminous little azhwars, with a satchel on their > shoulders, treaded their way to Acharya and started imbibing knowledge with > utmost earnestness. > To become streamlined and focused, each one of us needs orientation. Be it > the child or parent, a direction to act is always sought. The parents need > to master the art of taming/refining the energy bubbling child and the child > needs to master himself. > The parents of Acharya school pupils were very fortunate to benefit from one > such orientation programme organized by Acharya school. It was held at the > premises of Acharya school on 27th June between 10:30am and 5pm. With the > naughty young ones on their laps, the parents were all attention for Smt. > Shanthi Bala's talk. > Smt.Shanthi Bala is the Director of the TVS school in Madurai. She is also > the Director of eleven more schools in and around Madurai. A soft-spoken > woman radiating immense positive energy, her presence itself brought > sincerity and focus in the minds of the parents. She has been training > children and teachers from the1980s. She has traversed the length and > breadth of our country and has been to some of the most backward areas in Tamil > Nadu. Her sole purpose was to educate the village children. > Smt. Shanthi's speech at Acharya school left an indelible impression in the > minds of one and all present. When a child scores well, the parents boasts > it as their victory. But when a child flounders and performs poorly, they > coolly point fingers at him and escape responsibility. Smt. Shanthi > cautioned against such a narrow minded attitude and pleaded the gathering to > throw these habits to the dogs! The need of the hour is a parent-child > partnership. The parent should partake in both the sunny and dark days of > the child. This would surely provide confidence and relief to the child who > thinks he is alone in the academic crusade. He would understand his parents > aren't work extracting bosses but a work sharing benign partner. This will > pave the way for an unbreakable child-parent relationship. > Smt. Shanthi also briefed on the methods of handling anger, anxiety, > irritation and other behavioral problems parents would need to tackle when > dealing with children. The need to give children their own space was also > emphasized by her. She stressed the need to shower love on children. They > aren't a means to achieve our dreams and likes. They are the architects of > our society and our perspective should be broad enough to accommodate the > nation's need while developing our kids. As Albert Einstien quoted ` When we > think deeply, we can conclude that each man ultimately lives for the > society.' > The parents stood baffled at her eloquent and conscience pricking speech. > Realization did dawn upon them. They put forth their queries and Smt Shanthi > ensured a satisfactiory reply. In her concluding words, Smt Shanthi > expressed awe at the way Acharya school had been designed. She, in her 35 > years of experience hadn't witnessed a Montessori school blended with vedic > education. She wished to adopt some innovative techniques from Acharya > school. > Sri Parasara Badrinarayana Bhattar swamy proposed the vote of thanks. He > emphasized the importance of Lord Rama in our life. Rama had faced the > extremes of life with great calmness. Swamy entreated the gathering to > emulate the ways of Lord Rama, thus ensuring success in our lives. This is > why Acharya school's main hall was filled with the beautiful paintings of > Lord Rama and his life. The budding leaders of Acharya school would learn > from Lord Rama. > The orientation programme ended with the parents lauding the efforts of > Acharya school in organizing such an intellectual extravaganza. They felt it > an eye-opener. > > The photo link is given below. Do relish the little ones enjoying their > first day at school ! > > http://parasarabhattar8220.fotoblog.co.uk/c1718336.html > > > -- > > -- > ever-in-divine-service, > KAINKARYA SREE > Srimaan Trust (Srimaan Bhattar Kuzham) > http://parasarabhattar8220.fotoblog.co.uk/ > Postal address: > 231 South Uttara St, > Srirangam, Trichy-620 006 > Tamil Nadu, INDIA Ph 0431-2431109 > Email: > India - srimaantrust > USA - srimaantrustusa > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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