St. Mark's Girls Sr. Sec. School, Meera Bagh, Delhi

Loyalty, Truth & Honour

ST. MARK’S GIRLS SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
MEERA BAGH, NEW DELHI - 41

The school is run by St. Mark’s Christian Educational Society. This Society runs St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh & St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Janakpuri too. The founder Chairman of the school Mr. T. P. Aggarwal has been working in the field of education since 1975. He has been awarded the Dr. Radhakrishnan Memorial National Teachers Award.

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There comes a time when the risk to remain uptight in a bud is more painful that the risk it takes to blossom. Let us facilitate our children’s blossoming, as they learn from not only the hard tasks but also from soft touches. So, softly strike the right chord of parenting. I agree that life isn’t a neat little script that can be memorized and performed. The real life drama catches us unprepared and at times we may do and say things we regret, we do not mean at all, yet there is never a point of no return.

There are a few basic principles we can depend upon :

Ms. Neha Dutta - Counsellor, St. Mark's Girls Sr. Sec. School

»	We can take time to listen to our children’s feelings or talk about our own feelings.
»	We can work in terms of future solutions rather than put blame.
»	We may lose track temporarily but chances are we’ll never lose our way completely again.
REMEMBER, PARENTING IS A GREAT BALANCING ACT
	- Lend a patient ear to all that your children have to say. - Always be there for your children. - Frequently show unconditional love. - Hold children and give them big bear hugs, kisses and pats. - Remain unruffled and calm when they show difficult behaviour. - Always be positive in your approach and criticize constructively. - Apologize if you make a mistake. - Don’t be a inconsistent in your demand or behaviour as it confuses the child. - Don’t teach the child that power is all that counts. - Never force your own desires and ambitions on your child. - Always make them feel wanted, special and “an apple of your eye”

To sum up, we as parents must possess the high flying spirit of guiding and motivating our children. Our children are special to us. Let’s enjoy our belongings with the acceptance of the hard fact that Birth is much, Nurturing is more . . .

Listen To My Story...

Hi ,guys I am Rohan ,
And I am seven years old.

I feel the problems I face,
Have to be told.

I look like everyone,
And yet I am different.

The qualities I lack,
Are not so evident.

I can see everything,
But it’s so difficult to write.

There’s no one around ,
to understand my plight.

The numbers in the book always dance around,
The A’s and B’s fly up above the ground.

How can I spell if I can’t recognize,
The letters in my mind are not the same size.

Every teacher tells me to work hard,
Every face makes me feel I am not that smart.

So come out and help me while u can.
Cause if you won’t then who will understand.

I may be different but am I unwanted???
Had that been the case my life wouldn’t have been granted.

I have a purpose in life like you,
I will take more time than u guys do.

Love me less or love me more,
Do as u please but please don’t ignore.

I am here and will always be,
Whether u can or u cannot see.

Whether u can or u cannot see.

The responsibility is yours

It is my responsibility the secret to success is that simple. A recent passion of mine was to understand what makes a legend, a legend. How are these special few able to become such inspirations, while the majority lead lives which appear ordinary at the best?

Finally, I know a single-line philosophy can change everything around: “If it is in my life, it is my responsibility”. The man thrown on the railway platform could have blamed the officer or cried at his bad luck, but he did not. Instead he took the responsibility for what happened to him. The result? An ordinary barrister emerged as the Father of the Nation.

She could have wept, and questioned God for creating the extreme poverty outside her school, but she did not. Instead she took responsibility for what she saw. The Result? Years after she passed away, Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity feed millions of people each day.

Too often, I have given in to the temptation of blaming other’s for what was going wrong in my life. Last year my Best Friend Died, she was just 26 of a disease. I wanted to pursue an M.Phil from abroad but couldn’t make it due to family pressure. I began to resent my parents and friends for not understanding me which made matters only worse.

However, once this sentence “If it is in my life, it is my responsibility” came into my life, I realized that if I wanted to create opportunities and attain certain luxuries, I should be able to fund them myself. This simple change enabled me to begin a lucrative project which is also deeply enriching.

Today I realize that tough times didn’t last but the invaluable lessons they taught me did. No experience was unnecessary. Although I did not have the wisdom then, I know. “If it is in my life, it is my responsibility”. I no longer shun my life and the responsibility that comes along. The result? I feel I am living a dream. I don’t leave things to chance or to another person, until I have fulfilled my part of deal. If my health is not fine, I take control. If my relationship with a friend is not as close as before, instead of waiting for her to call, I take responsibility to call her. I make it a point that my parent’s needs are properly taken care for. Expectations from others or life at least to a small extent has turned into expectation from self.

The best part about his is the moment I stopped expecting others to provide me with happiness, love and financial security, and decided it was my responsibility and worked towards it, life turned its cards in my favor. From the smallest of issues, like the coffee not being to my liking, to larger ones like dealing with my parent’s health issues and mine too, I will do my best and only then, will life do the rest. Let us not turn the equation around and spend our lives in expecting what we want from life…LETS PROVIDE for ourselves…