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Happy New Year!

Enabling the thought process is an important part
of education.  Children, who look around the world
with curious eyes come across so many questions
that are unanswered to them which leads them to
wonder, and making them seek out for answers.

Especially, students at the schools indulge in
incessant questioning of many things that they don't
know, thanks to the subjects and topics that they
learn in the schools, in addition to what they
experience in and out of the school.

An environment that encourages questioning
and helps students find answers is very important
for the learning process. Teachers, mentors and
guides help answer students' questions.  Libraries
serve as the store of knowledge for students to
pick books in which they need something to learn
about.  It's also important for students to know that
questioning is not wrong, and they are welcome to
ask and seek anything that they want to know.

Towards this, the Dharmapuri Isha Vidhya school
came up with 'Question Corner', which is a chart
activity for students to write their questions!  The
'Question Corner' idea was given by the central
academic team of Isha Vidhya, and implemented
for the 7th and 8th grade last year. It has been
implemented now for the 6th and 9th grade now.

Around 200 questions have been written by the
students so far!  The answers to the questions are
usually discussed during the morning assembly.

You might be interested in taking a look at some
of the questions, which we are providing below:

** Which came first, egg or chicken?
** The hair is not growing in the palm, why?
** When we exposed in sunlight, our skin turns
    blackish, Why?
** We have two ears and eyes, but why don’t we
    two nose or mouth?
** Why are trees cylindrical in shape?
** Why is the moon white in colour?

Interesting, isn't?  When was the last time when
you ever wondered about something and let your
thoughts flow?  It's not just the children but we
adults also should practice this activity!  What 
do you say?


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