A Learner talks his way through with a long lost friend, hesitant.
Tag: Integral School
Schooling, Education and the shaping of an identity
This is an unplugged conversation with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad. These series of conversations usually start with a word chosen by the “interviewer” and then move on from there in the directions the learner chooses. We end whenever and wherever. We start with the word “identity” for this conversation with an aim…
When a river whispers to the stones
When a river whispers to the stones Love and life as they move along Smoothing over the rough edges,always, Just to let go, over and over, Beginning where they end Ending where they begin In their own tune A jam by two learners of The Integral School, Hyderabad
Art in Education: In the Now
Unplugged conversation with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad. As usual, conversations have a start point. They have no predestined roads, no predestined conclusions. We stop, whenever. He peeps through the open door, takes a few steps away and then turns back. “You said we can talk,” he says. I nod. Within an Asian…
SAKURA!
Artist: Keegan Rebello, Learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad
Spirituality in Education: Why ignore it?
Unplugged conversations with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad. A free flowing discussion with no predestined routes, starting from a word. It is actually good to sit down and have unplanned conversations with learners. Move out of prescribed curricula, throw a word into the air and see what comes out of it. What…
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Artist: Harshada, Learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad
Reflections on Learning
An unplanned, unplugged conversation with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad Soaring temperatures. Fans that whir but only buzz hot air. Lethargy in the air as energy bounces off the walls. Books that are excited, some for being touched, others for being ignored. An ambling gait precedes a gangly young man who plops down…
Hyderabad-an exploration
Author: Owais, Learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad Golconda Fort Golconda fort is one of the best monuments in India. Golconda fort is in Hyderabad. The Kakatiya kings ruled Golconda from 13th to 14th century. Before Golconda, the name was actually Gollakonda, which means shepherd’s hill. Gollakonda is in Telugu language and there is…
RECEPTORS
Author: Harshada, Learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad All living things get information from the outside world. This information is received through sense receptors. Humans have five sense receptors that include vision, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. Let us look at the touch receptors. Human bodies are covered with skin tissue. Our skin receptors send…
Spaces, empty and not so empty!
Art, by Aravind Bandreddi, learner, budding tennis player, created on living through the blank walls of his “class/group” room.
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