September 28, 2022

Notes by Aarya Mishra

Review

In our first class, we learnt how we need to live in a balanced way, with the right amount of fun, while still keeping to our responsibilities.Story

Story

Once, a girl woke up in the morning, to realize she had 3 strands of hair on her head. She smiled, and decided to braid her hair. She had the best day ever. The next day, when she woke up, she realized she only had 2 strands of hair. She smiled, and decided to part her hair. She had an even better day! The next morning, when she looked in the mirror, she only had 1 strand of hair. Rather than getting sad, she smiled, and decided to put her hair in a ponytail. She had an amazing day. The next morning, when she woke up, she realized she had no hair left on her head. And she smiled, for she didn’t have to do anything with her hair! And she had the best day ever.

Lesson from the story

If you fill a glass of water, how heavy will it be? The longer you hold the glass, the heavier it will feel. Even though the weight of the glass hasn’t changed. Similarly, if you hold onto bad feelings, like anger and sadness, for a long time, the harder it becomes to bear it. Instead of holding onto that, try to hold onto being happy. Sumanji gave us 3 A’s to do it

Accept, and Alter your Attitudes. To Accept means to move past things that you don’t like. And from that, Alter you Attitudes. Like the girl, she chose to be happy.

Activity  

Sumanji made an activity to practice accepting what you have to do.

He would pick a random student, and whoever he picked, they would have to accept what he asked him to do (dance for 30 seconds, pretend to be a barnyard animal, etc.)

RAW

When you go in the shower, rather than waiting for the water to warm up, you have to get inside the shower first, then switch on the water.

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Notes by Mihika Balaji

Story

One day, a person woke up to realize she had only 3 strands of hair. She smiled. She braided her hair. She had a very good day . The next morning, she woke up to see that she now had only 2 strands of hair. This time, she parted her hair. She had an even better day. On the third day, she only had one strand of hair. She put her hair in a ponytail. She had an even better day. On the  fourth day, she had no strands of hair left. She smiled a big smile. She had no hair so she did not have to do anything. She had the best day ever.

Lesson from the story

More things will show up. It is important to accept and alter your attitude and to stay positive.

Activity  

Everyone was assigned a number at the start of class. Sumanji randomly picked a number and the assigned person had to do an action or sound that he tells you to do for 30 seconds.

Examples

1. Act and make a noise like a barn animal
2. Tell us what you favorite color is and explain why it is so awesome
3. Do a dance

This taught us to just accept whatever comes our way and have a good attitude towards it.

RAW

Whenever you take a bath, get in first then turn the water on.