High Heels Or Sneakers I played basketball for school. Basketball was my life. I was on the school team. It was my final year in school and we had to pick up one new art form. I couldn’t sine to save...
Simple Pleasures There are countless things that give us pleasure. Most of the time we take them for granted. Waking up to a beautiful sunny day in the middle of a snowy winter can make you smile. Watching Wimbledon with a...
Adults Drinking In Front Of Kids Children are like clay waiting to be moulded. They are constantly watching and absorbing from their environment. They look up to their parents as role models sometimes learning from them just by being around them....
International Schools The face of education has changed. Today, even kindergarten schools are being marketed. All of a sudden there seems to be a surge of international schools in India and parents are bending themselves backwards to make sure they can...
Physical Education In Schools With children spending more and more time in front of the television and their choice of food leaning increasingly towards fast food, physical education in school has now become a necessity, and the need of the hour....
I Dreamt I Climbed The Faraway Tree Mrs. Sadhana’s voice soon had me dreaming. There, I was sitting in History Class but in my head I was in Faraway Land. I had won an Enid Blyton quiz and I had been...
Physical Force As A Punishment For Children For decades, parents have used physical force as a way to correct and reprimand children. Most parents argue that they turned out fine despite being punished by their parents, hence feel no need to...
Should There Be School Uniforms? The word ‘uniform’ itself suggests its objective — one form. ‘Uniform’ means identical and consistent. When students wear a particular uniform which is unique to their school or group it imbibes in them the feeling of...
Ban Animals In The Circus All of us have been to a circus and watched with amazement as animals performed their tricks. We have never, however, paused to consider how an elephant can balance on a ball or how the bear...
When I Grow Up ? When my grandma died, I was blessed to be there to hold her hand. It was in that instance that I knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. I wanted to be a...