Stop complaining

I had a very good student, Yamini, in school. She did a B.Sc. from a good college in Delhi.

Whenever she comes to visit me, she will #complain about the fast life of Delhi. She did not like the public transport in Delhi.I will always tell Yamini, see my dear student, because of Delhi, you got a chance to study in one of the top colleges in Delhi. Immediately after doing B.Sc, you got a chance to teach in a government school where the pay packet is so good. A government job , means - secure job, and there is an increment in the pay packet every year

I told Yamni “complaining” habit will make you weak, dear student. Nobody watches your habit more than two or three times. People around you wonder why Yamini is complaining all day long about what’s happening in the world, the government, your boss, etc. 

Yamin, words have a huge impact on how we act and make choices.  Your negative visualization of your thoughts and beliefs achieves nothing. Your feelings are irrelevant. Nobody cares. People naturally spread their own states of mind to others. These people will try to infect you with their mindset, leading to frequent interpersonal conflicts. You lose people with your complaining habits, and they’re not motivated to connect with you. It affects all areas of your life, your career, your health, your family, and your finances. When you complain, you’re spending all your energy and attention focusing on other things at the expense of what you need to do. The cost of living like this is chaos, stress and fatigue. Therefore, Yamini, I request you to leave this bad habit of complaining. Concentrate on positive things that you are blessed with and enjoy your life.

Moral of the Story- Habit of Complaining is a weakness of one's personality. One should overcome this weakness by always believing in positive thinking or karma. One should be happy with what one is blessed with.

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Teachers Summer Vacation

I was attending my friend's daughter's wedding. People at that wedding party were of the popular belief that teachers spend their summers on tropical beaches, eating special ice creams.

I happened to talk with guests at a party function and said, "We teachers actually spend summer vacation time catching up on all the work we couldn't get to during the school year."

We attend professional development workshops, plan #curriculum for the upcoming year, and grade an endless pile of papers.

 The length of summer vacation varies from district to district. It also depends on whether the school is public or private.

Some districts might have slightly shorter summers, while others may extend them.

During our casual conversation, I told a guest at the party," Trust me, sir, even a few #weeks won't make this vacation as glamorous as you seem to think."

So, friends, please, before one thinks of dismissing a teacher's summer vacation as a luxury, please take a moment to appreciate the hard work and #dedication that goes into being an educator. Teachers may get a break, but our minds and hearts are constantly invested in the betterment of our students. They make projects as teaching aids to teach difficult concepts like quadratic equations in the subject #mathematics. They sometimes work on a #research paper to be presented at an educational conference. Sometimes these research papers require a lot of data to be collected. To collect data and convert the same into #analytical equation requires programming knowledge and so on. Learning new educational tools(computer software) to teach students takes time. Teachers use #summer vacation to learn educational tools.

Moral of the Story: Good teachers' minds and hearts are constantly invested in the betterment of their students. Summer vacation is the best time for a good teacher to go for professional development.

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Tranquility

 I was teaching science in school. In co curricular activity class, our guest speaker Mr Nandi talked to students about concept of body -soul-  peace. He also talked to students about the #karma theory described in the Hindu epic #Shrimad Bhagavat Gita. All teachers were very happy as students asked so many questions about good- bad karma. We thanked our guest speaker for the excellent spiritual talk, which enlightened students as well as teachers.

Mr Nandi made me think hard about the karma theory of the Hindu epic Gita. I came back from school, and before sleeping, I wrote a small poem remembering my mother. Poem "Family-Body-Soul-Peace" I pasted the same on the notice board of the school for students to read.The same I am listing below for my esteemed readers

Family-Body-Soul

For my mother, her family is her soul.

The whole day she works without stopping,

For family for extended kin,

 Her noble deeds keeps peace within, 

 In equilibrium with her physical body,

 Her actions propagate peace,

 In each family member's soul,

She seeks blessings from God,

  Which acts as positive catalyst,

Turns around prosperity,

 In the life of each member of a joint family,

Gives  peace of mind, integrity,

and the purpose of living for the entire family.

Similarly, May God initiate world peace and tranquillity,

In the world family , where all live,

 Harmoniously with   neighbors,

Respecting all sentiments around them .

Friends let my Karma Start the light,

From my home to world's height.

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Jewels in garland of society

I was teaching science in school. I observed that one of my good students, Raka, looked a little tired.

I called Raka and inquired about the reason. She said, "Madam, my mother’s health has not been very good for some days, and the doctor has advised her not to do any kind of work and only take rest. So my sister and have to do the entire #housework. Doing household work like #washing utensils,  cleaning, and making food. "

 I said, "Raka, I know it is a difficult task because mothers never burden their children with house hols work. They think that it's children's age to study, not to do housework."

I further  said " But  Raka, have you noticed people always make fun of women,  # homemakers, because they think housewives only sit at home and do nothing the whole day? But see, my child, doing all this work also requires so much #hard work."

 Raka said, "Madam, we both sisters are doing household work, but we are not able to do my mom’s level of work. We literally feel very tired, and interestingly, my mom manages to do all this work along with her job alone."

I said, "My student, it is a misconception that homemakers' work is trivial. According to me home homemakers are contributing a lot to building a harmonious society. Good homemakers are down-to-earth people. All members of the family learn a lot from their informal education.

Raka said, "Now I realize, Madam, why many of my good friends repent being home economists. They always complain that sometimes a home homemaker's job is so hard that it drains one's whole energy. But demand from family keeps increasing."

I said to Raka, "You are absolutely right. I wish family and society soon realize that homemakers are a precious jewel and a pearl in the garland of society."

 Moral of the Story-Being a #housewife and doing #housework is not as easy as people sometimes feel. One only realizes the value of this work when one actually has to do all # household work by oneself.

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Back Bonding Chemistry

 I was teaching my students the concept of back bonding in chemistry class. Back bonding is a chemical phenomenon in which electrons pass from one atom's atomic orbital to an acceptor (ligand). The metal's electrons are used to bind to the ligand, relieving the metal of excess negative charge in the process. I  summarized my lesson in the form of a poem. The same I am listing below for my esteemed readers.

I am Carbon #monoxide(CO), a daughter

Transition#Metal(TM) is my mother

  She is special as she has d electrons in her outermost orbit.

I, CO, wish to be together with my #mother (TM)

To do so, I form a sigma bond by overlap

Of my non-bonding (or weakly anti-bonding)

 sp-hybridized #electron pair on my carbon

With a blend of d-, s-, and #p-orbitals on the TM -My mother

 

After the formation of the #sigma bond,

There is an overlap of filled d-orbitals on the TM (mother)

 With a pair of #pi- antibonding orbitals

 Projecting from the carbon atom of  me (CO),

This bonding is from #TM to CO

Rather than usual from CO to TM

It involves pi orbitals.

This phenomenon is called #pi back bonding(BB)

The compound formed with BB of d electrons has pi bonding character.

Through BB, the TM-carbon (part of me) bond is strengthened

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An Open Letter to Children From Game Changer - Thomas Edison

 An Open Letter to Children From Game Changer - Thomas Edison

Kids,
When I was young,
Like you I had inquisitive mind,
I will ask many questions,
My teacher thought I could not learn,
And sent me home,
My genius mother knew for sure,
That I am not a fool.

I was little hard of hearing,
That helped me in concentrating my work,
And constantly having creative quest for scientific work,
I was not afraid of my mistakes,
I worked very hard for years to invent,
I perfected the light bulb
You use today

When I grew as adult I was  just the big kid,
I may had forgotten how to have big fun,
But from time to time I constantly  reminded ,
Myself   to have fun,
That gave me courage and perseverance,
To discover primaliry version of batteries,
Radio or TV and X-ray perfect you have today,
I am so happy how my discoveries are game changer,
And have helped youngsters,
In removing the  dull  lives of today.

My sincere advise to you friends,
Stay young as long as you can,
You have creative spirits,
Don’t let the world spoil your,
Scientific analytical creativity.

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Relationship Maths

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 Relationship  Maths

We measure its length through years,

We frame its breath ,

Through social media views ,

We count its surface area,

We choose whats in the news,

Friends surface area measures,

 Shows superficial  relationship in nature,

Yet without depth in relationship,

Soul feels thin weak,

But when volume dimension is in picture,

 Bond relationship become strong and eternal.

We realise soon  true relationship bond,

Signatures are in depth  and volume,

Not in area surface.

We keep measuring relationship ,

But we forget one metric important ,

That matter most,

Depth creats volume,

Volume makes it eternal,

If you just look at Surface,

You will just get area ,

If you concentrate  on volume,

You wiil get heart true.

Sukarma Thareja 

 

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