IMPRESSIONS & EXPRESSIONS

• STUDENT TOPS CBSE/ICSE PARIKSHA
  It was a great opportunity for me, Simar Kaur, XIC to have taken the CBSE/ICSE Pariksha. I went there with the motive of finding out how well prepared I was in Social Science as this pariksha is held before the CBSE Board Examinations. I was pleasantly surprised when I was informed that I had topped the exam. It was an awesome experience when I walked up to receive my award from the Education Minister, Mr. Arvinder Singh Lovely, at Shah Auditorium. I also received an I Pod and a woofer system. I take this opportunity to thank my teachers for having guided me throughout.
  

  Simar Kaur

• THE BEGINNING
  How do schools function outside India? What is the classroom atmosphere like? These were some questions that kept working on my sensibilities. I was really curious and then got a chance to observe the difference firsthand when I was part of the Teacher Exchange Programme to Grums, Sweden. The difference is not very striking because children are the same all over the world . The difference is on account of factors such as the size of the school, the culture and other external forces.
  
  Our school has, of course carved a niche for itself in the home front but I wanted St. Mark's to have a name internationally too. That was when I came  upon www.epals.com through which I met Mr. Magnus Johannson. And the rest, as they say, is history. Both of us worked together for the 'Webba Webzine' and are currently working for 'Grumsmums'. We are now looking forward to our students visiting each other in the near future. And we are sure that it will definitely happen. After all opportunities don't knock door twice and once SMS get an opportunity, it doesn't let it go waste.
  

  Ms. Geeta Rajan