Haridas Patil

  Children are natural learners! As we know, children learn fast and well. In that regard, I designed a writing activity for 5th-grade Gujarati medium students. They are second-language learners. They face problems learning the English language. They apply translation methods to learn English. Next, they make up English words and dialogues. These are a few things done by either them or a teacher.   But yesterday, I assigned them a write-up on My Spoken English Teacher. They were told to write either in Gujarati or English and to write anything about the teacher. Then I started taking rounds and observed them. They asked a few questions regarding me. Surprisingly, they were engaged with one another in asking for spellings and sentences. They started learning naturally about the English language. The entire class was involved in creating an English-language atmosphere.               Consequently, most of them...

  Decluttering myself on the eve of the New Year . I have been known to be angry, irritable, or lose temper over a petty issue. I know that it is very harmful, and I even accept it mentally. Why does this happen when I know it’s a disadvantage or disturbance at the mental level? One of the important questions is why I mentally engage with its trap and blab-blab box.         Every  day, I encounter situations where I lose my temper, either at others or myself. Consequently, I start speaking negatively or violently. At that point, I don’t know what I am doing unconsciously. By that time, I had lost myself in the pattering of the mind.              I also accept that I make mistakes and errors. However, acceptance doesn’t work. I should change my perception of events and people as well, and I should take them as part of my journey.         Further, I bring my ego into that happening and think of my...

    On the first day of my job. As soon as I started my job as an English teacher at an English school, I was very cheerful and enthusiastic. On the first day, I thought of impressing others with my speaking skills. By the time, I got a chance to introduce myself on the stage. But I fumbled and completed my introduction before the principal and 50 teachers. So, I wondered why I was so much under pressure before teachers.           Consequently, I asked myself what I decided to speak confidently and what I had faced a stage fear and fumbling. Afterwards, I became depressed about my college days when I was touching stone. In a real situation, I was shocked by my confidence.   I shared my experience with one of the senior colleagues before leaving for the house. He said that I had to keep lots of practice and learn a lot about English language teaching. Slowly and gradually, I motivated myself to work hard on key areas of the English languag...

  Thinking skills as a catalyst for life. Thinking is a pioneer of a career. It helps us at every level, either by making decisions or solving problems. It inculcates a kind of skill in us, and it resides in us throughout life. There are schools of thinking that carry out various activities for it. Interestingly, it starts with birth and ends with death. That’s why it is said that thinking is a catalyst for humans. It shapes our good, bad, or creative nature. Further, it makes us men of understanding or anger. Every single second guides and leads us to known or unknown areas of life.                  There are many questions on how to develop or what to do about it. Generally, we start observing around us at first, secondly, we cultivate perception about our surroundings, thirdly, we fix our views about it. Then, we automatically have thoughts. At the last, we react accordingly. Afterwards, it impacts our mindset. Slowly, we develo...

    Today, I have less time to note down my thoughts. I got up late and am supposed to attend school by 8. Sometimes, I am very active and passionate about my work. At other times, I don’t keep promises to either myself or others. Secondly, I slowly developed a habit of procrastination. It also tortures me at crucial times. Consequently, I miss most of my important work.  That’s why, I have to come out of this habit and want to become regular in my career. This is also my New Year's resolution. Let me come to the point of next year's projects. There are a few good projects, so I must be dedicated and focused on them. These are Orange Institute, Bharat Makwana, and Navnirman School.   Therefore, I have to find creative ideas for these organizations. Anyhow, I must start homework and pre-planning. I am thinking of designing some workable materials. Let me start and sharpen it.

  Life is beautiful! Life is beautiful when we live simple and satisfied lives. But our load of desire grapples us and doesn’t allow us to see the beauty of life. Even our daily routine and habits contribute to our happiness to see a beautiful life. God gifts us so much. So, first of all, we should feel thankful to Him. Moreover, we have to express ourselves authentically and integrated. But most of the time, we don’t express what we should have done. Either we hide or mislead not others but ourselves. Because we don’t dare to speak or fear what people will say. That holds us back and hinders us from creating an extraordinary and beautiful life. Instead of sharing with others authentically we keep either mum or hide it. That’s why we never feel life is extraordinary and beautiful. Therefore, we should express ourselves with our near and dear ones authentically and properly. They are around us and only need to open up for meaningful communications. Sometimes, we speak with far...

  With new goals, a new year is approaching! As the New Year is approaching fast, it reminds me of last year’s goals. As soon as I started thinking, I became more tense. There are some areas where I couldn’t do better and even try out of the box. It might be related to my finances or health, these two matter a lot to me. In 2024 I booked a 3BHK flat and promised myself carrying out the payments. Over there, I failed to collect or save money. There are also some facts about other expenses for the month apart from the regular ones. That makes me very thoughtful and doer of well-planned.                                   But in 2025, I won’t repeat what has been done by me. This is great learning and by god’s grace, I keep some positive learning. Further, I learnt so much about my skills such as designing ideas, framin...

    Teaching Spoken English is not a cup of tea! Teaching spoken English isn’t a cup of tea. It highly demands complete results. It involves all four language factors: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Apart from this, other ideas are also applied in the class. There isn’t any surety about what works or what doesn't. That’s why one has to go beyond the classroom language and find something better for his learners. Importantly, motivation and happiness are required to play a greater role in bringing out the best results in the class.              Moreover, commitment and focus are needed from both sides to practise the English language at a regular level. Manners of teaching and learning matter a lot as they help them create interest. Even starting and ending not only impart motivation but also hold them for a week. Therefore, activities are designed so that they learn it naturally and interestingly. At ...

  Using creative ideas in the class . Language learning seems to be difficult and easy too. It depends on the learner’s ability, exposure, motivation and passion. English or any other language has the same criteria for learning or mastering the language. However, different ideas play a greater role in language learning. Those should be useful for planning and proper use. It may be a simple or difficult one, but still, it can work well. Only the teachers require proper homework as well as a keen observation of the learners. So, what area to be taken for thinking and planning, let’s see them one by one. Not contact but connection: Instead of only contacts, connections are firmly required. The teacher has to understand the learners, their abilities, levels, backgrounds and hobbies. Then he should talk with them accordingly. That can help him out in introducing the ideas in the classroom. Both of them are likely to be ready to learn the language. Gradual approach: The teacher...

  Writing isn't an easy task! Writing isn’t an easy task but it is a hard one that takes patience and consistency from one. Sometimes starting is fine, but later it becomes boring as it asks for lots of research, reading various subjects, writing topics and timing. That’s why, one likely gives up doing it by asking oneself what and why to write. It is like a meditation that requires a focused mindset. At the start, the mind distracts a person and puts complexities before he drags petties issues of day-to-day life. Consequently, it diverts him and leads him into non-action mode. Then, slowly and gradually, it becomes out of routine.   However, one has to start with smaller steps towards it. These include keeping a diary, writing thoughts and a paragraph about any incident, writing ideas, and much more. He can even scribble anything on a piece of paper. But it is a sure kind of challenge for him.   Moreover, it is a kind of journey, not a destination. So, it takes tim...

Old memories   My life seems like old memories haunting me to and fro. It regularly tells me of the past days and reminds me about mistakes and missed opportunities that I could have corrected. But I feel like I'm losing those days at the present moment. This happens every day, and I just push myself ahead with lots of inner reactions, either negative or positive. Sometimes, I think living life like this wastes my precious time as well. Lots could have been shared, but it never happened. I face this internally and it comes in nature. I don’t get what to do or how to make a better life. However, I expect lots from me onwards and get the desired outcomes. I become pleased when I think of my skills as well as talents. So, I decide to use them at fully. Let me begin a new journey of becoming successful and commendable in life. I hope that I will update every day.