Class prepares as on item for the school annual day

The principal announced the dates of the 2-day Annual and Prize distribution day. She also announced that each class could prepare a cultural item, get it approved and then present it on the stage. All the classes set work, holding meetings, discussing, planning, selecting the item and in many other ways, especially because the best individual and best group item were to be awarded prizes.

In one class, the monitor organized the children, in to groups in the flowing manner-

a)     to select the item to be presented

b)     to plan the item

c)     to select the pupils for presentation

d)     To execute the plan and get the approval of the teacher and work out the details of the presentation.

All the groups first worked separately. They disused thoroughly and then the groups coordinated their decisions and acted upon them. Thought the entire process, differences of opinion and a variety of ideas surfaced. Yet the monitor was polite boy an excellent leader, so he allowed the others to express their opinions freely; the only condition, however, was that they had to be polite and not waste time in unnecessary arguments. By this approach, many good ideas came to the fore. They got adequate time to practice and the class was awarded a prize for the item they presented.

In another class, the monitor was very autocratic. All the other pupils had to do what he commanded. He was very rude and shouted at any one who did not agree with him. The pupils of the class did not like monitor. The class teacher tried to motivate the lass to prepare a group item, but it was in vain. There were only fights and quarrels, as the monitor and the pupils did not see eye to eye with any suggestion and were in fact rude to each other. So the teacher asked a pupil who was good in dancing to present a dance item. Though that pupil presented the dance item, she was not in proper mood. The other pupil is in the class, especially the monitor were annoyed at the teacher’s decision. The monitor was always trying to annoy the young girl in some way or the other.

After the function was over, the principal spoke to the children about their performance. She explained to them that where politeness and regard for others’ feelings were there, the pupils coordinated their efforts and put up good item; where these qualities were lacking, nothing could be done properly.

Then all the children realized the value of politeness for success in their endeavors.