Friday, 21 September 2012

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We lost you. But wherever you are, you will be remembered forever. Rahul and Gaurav you are the most wonderful people that I have ever come across my life and even when I am trying to write this blog, I still remember the days we all were together, happy.

I was in a serious shock when Anil Sir asked us to discuss and come out with our feelings about the recent tragic incident at SOIL where we lost two of our close friends. I tried and clustered my thoughts about them but could not do it and kept quiet without uttering a single word about them.

Good thoughts came in from people and I gradually understood the fact how much love and care these two people have gathered from the entire class.

The session took a turn when we started discussing Emotional Intelligence, post tea break.
Emotional Intelligence can actually be acquired and it depends on your upbringing. The way you listen to people, like you are fully present.  It is not just listening the other person but even understanding his perspective. Actually it is being empathetic and not sympathetic.
Emotional quotient again directly depend on these factors:
·        Listening
·        Empathy
·        Patience
·        Respect
·        Genuineness
·        Warmth

The second half was mainly on Appreciative Inquiry where we were made to form teams of two and discussed questions to understand when and where we were at our best. After discussing the same, we had to present the qualities of our partner with the entire class. Surprisingly we came to know a lot many hidden qualities of our fellow mates which we never knew before and in a way understood each other in a much better way. A class of students, each one of whom have a quality which is worth mentioning and a school which stood together in the times of crisis.

The session ended with all of us forming a circle and tried to discuss our experiences that we gathered over the day with each of us trying to understand the meaning of happiness and what leads to it, and how it can be achieved.

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