All’s well that Ends well

Some people say that all good things must come to an end. If good things didn't come to an end, they wouldn't be good things. It means it's good for now but won't last forever. Like Ice cream, its good but it won't last forever. It melts or you eat it and it's gone. They would just be dull and boring things that just kept going on and on and on. 

Take music for example. Say you're listening to a really good song that you absolutely love. If it didn't end, you wouldn't be able to memorize the whole thing and sing it yourself because it would just be too long. Plus, if a song didn't end, you wouldn't be able to listen to it over and over again once it is finished because it won't finish. 

Another thing is that if the song did not end, you wouldn't be able to listen to other songs and see which one you like best because you're stuck with just one song.

Another reason for why good things must come to an end is because sometimes good things are bad. Like life and people.

Life is a good thing but if it didn't end, all the bad people in the world would still be alive which will make the lives of other people miserable. If life didn't end, Osama Bin Laden would still be alive, terrorizing the world. If life didn't end, Adolf Hitler would still be ruling Germany. If life didn't end, World War 1 would still be continuing. You see, the list could just go on and on.

Sometimes it's a good thing when good things come to an end, like life."ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END - There is an end to everything, to good things as well. 

Life is full of challenges and more we live more we face new events. Some pass easily and others not.  In other words, as they say that Every tide has its ebb! The world we live in is not perfect, and we will never ever find a world such as the perfect state which the philosopher Plato talked about. Life is full of challenges and the longer we live the more we face new events. So we should live life each and every moment because life is unpredictable.

Students' Oxygen Movement View

30/12/2012

A Silent Prayer

Sometimes, a tragedy hits you so hard, it knocks you back, leaving you out of breath, helpless flailing. This was somebody else's daughter. She could have been your sister or even mine….The outraged caused by the Delhi gang rape has manifested itself in the form of protests and rallies, as eve-teasing is rampant in our state capital too.

A Prayer Service cum Candle Light March was holded by Students' Oxygen Movement on the Doomsday, 21st Dec, 2012 in S.K Puri, Childrens' Park Patna for the speedy recovery of the Delhi Paramedical Student as well as for bringing about a much needed CHANGE in our system; in our society…so that we can become more HUMAN.

This Prayer Service Meet was attended by many school and college students; primarily from Missionary, Private as well as government run institutions. Noted educationists, teachers, principals, guardians and above all the common people as well joined this marathon service. The students were displaying placards which read “HUM TUMHARI SALAMATI KE LIYE PRARTHANA KERTE HAIN”. Everybody present there was joining in singing the prayer songs and hymns notably “ITNI SHAKTI HAME DENA DATA”. 

The atmosphere over there was raged with intense emotions, anguish and outburst among the people. Everybody was condemning the heinous activities that have been meted out against the “GIRLS” since times immemorial till this present moment. The highlight of this gathering was when everybody marched out on the road  and on the top of their voices once again raised their uproar and concern by proclaiming.. “WE WANT JUSTICE…HANG THE CULPRITS…JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED” and so on.

This historic meet was ended on the note that “This is not the end, this is just the BEGINNING. Its high time to bring about a drastic and much-needed change and for that WE need to be the CHANGE.”      

Students' Oxygen Movement View

23/12/2012

A New Beginning- Birla Open Minds

Patna has been the epicenter of many social, cultural and spiritual revolutions and joins Birla Edutech Limited and Sharda University's endeavour to revolutionize education through its K 12 school in Kankarbagh, Patna.

The mission of BIRLA EDUTECH is to create educational institutions from pre-school through K-12 and Super Specialty Colleges- offering specializations in diverse disciplines. BE aims to bring up these preferred educational destinations across the length and breadth of the country offering  a leading edge of societal, economic and environmental stewardship to our students.

BE also aims to provide our students an ever relevant, world class education that progresses seamlessly right from Preschool to the workplace, in order to make them highly skilled and innovative thinkers who care for themselves as well as the society as their environment in which they find themselves. 

Open Minds is aiming to venture over numerous cities and towns across the country and even overseas in the course of time.

All the schools follow a unique Open Minds curriculum till Grade 7 that is based on the best practices across the national and  international boards depending on the location of the school.

The OM curriculum connects knowledge to life outside the school, softens subject boundaries, shifts away from rote method, goes beyond the textbooks, makes examinations flexible as well as nurtures in students sensitivity towards their environment, economy and society.

The vision is to see India becoming a responsible world leader where her citizens are pioneers in their respective fields and effectively impact sustainable development in all walks of life.

Students' Oxygen Movement view

16/12/2012

Character Building

Character is the solid foundation on which a person’s entire life is based. History has, time and again, thrown the statistics at us. Character education presents life with context, inviting them to listen, share, explore, and reflect. Cultivating knowledge for purposeful living, students learn through literature, art, humanities and throughout the existing school curriculum the benefits and consequences of behavior.

Men of good character have been remarkably successful. Whether it was Thomas Edison whose inventions changed the world, or it was Abraham Lincoln who was president of the United States, or Gandhi the lone crusader of nonviolence, or Mother Theresa who chose to do social work they all had one thing in common- they were all people of character.

Character is the magic ingredient that sets you apart from the rest. Our character will determine our success and each of us has the ability and the potential to develop and strengthen our character.

Character is a potpourri of many qualities like honesty, integrity, dependability, diligence, loyalty, compassion, sincerity, attentiveness, determination, confidence, etc. All these traits and many more sum up one’s character.

Everyone has character. It is our character that defines who we are and what we will become. Some people have more fully developed, some qualities, which set them apart from the rest. While character has much to do with the mental and ethical traits that make a person, it actually refers to the unique qualities that are built into an individual’s life which establish his reaction despite his circumstances.

Although character might mean a lot of qualities, the fact is that all the qualities are kind of inter­related. If you are honest automatically you are more dependable, more responsible, and more conscientious. When our overall character improves, it translates into success in all the areas of our lives.

Often we tend to disregard the direct influence character has on our successes or failures. When you consider the individual qualities that come together to make ones character then it becomes easier to understand how character affects our lives. If you are honest at work, it will directly relate to your dependability which in turn will translate into better work being sent your way. If you are discreet, then people will be keener on sharing their knowledge with you.

If you are diligent, better offers will come your way. If you are compassionate, you will receive the goodwill and the blessings of both your peers and your friends.

The youth of today live in troubled times. The stuff that is dished out in the name of entertainment and news fills the minds of the young with all the wrong things. These are tough times and children are often weak and give into peer pressure. The youth of today face grave problems such as substance abuse, gang activity, school dropouts, vandalism, juvenile delinquency, teen pregnancy and youth violence. These are all moral issues having much to do with our ethics.

There are no easy solutions. If any kind of long-term solution is hoped to be achieved we will have to go to the grass roots—the core values. Children who have strong sense of values will be under lesser pressure to succumb because there is already support system and it is not outside them, it is within. Core values give them the ability, the courage to stand up for what they believe in.

Character is the tree and habits are the seeds you sow to reap it. If you invest in good habits, you will have reaped character and if you invest in character you will reap destiny.

Students' Oxygen movement View

09/12/2012

Hard Work Vs Talent

Success is the goal of each of us. Success is a possibility for all of us; however, the secret to reach it has a dual face: talent and genius on one side, ambition and persistence on the other. Talent and genius are wealth that we should wisely employ. Ambition and persistence are motors we should wisely use. Success is a combination of innate talent and persistence. When one of the component is absent, the result cannot be achieved.

Hard work beats talent in many a occasions. See talent can take you so far no  matter  anywhere you want to go. It is hard to find someone with either your skills or your abilities. So talent opens a lot of doors for the person that has it. Most people that have talent or an unbelievable skill feel that they do not have to put as much work in or time as a person without talent.

Which is not true because there is always room for improvement know matter how good you are and in order to improve it takes hard work. A person that works hard that does not have talent can go farther then someone with talent. A good hard dedicated worker is very hard to find. When someone is willing to put off time to improve and fully dedicate their self to something that they love, they can also take it farther.

Along the way you will start to develop some kind of talent, which is known as hard work. When you are learning or you master a skill or talent it takes hard work and dedication to be able to control your gift. Hard work is a talent so with hard work you can conquer anything at any degree. A lot of people (coaches, teachers…etc) do want someone that has talent or want somebody that is use to the skill. It does not matter if you have no talent at all. Someone with hard working tendencies can out work someone with talent any day.

If talent works hard that is even greater than just hard work because now talent can now go above and beyond it means to do things that not even a hard worker can do. Without hard work you can’t really do anything but with hard work you can do anything you set your mind to that even means being one of the most talented people in the world. 

Students' Oxygen movement View

02/12/2012