{"id":382,"date":"2018-06-15T07:14:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T14:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmportland.com\/HariPatrika2019\/?p=382"},"modified":"2019-06-16T07:19:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T14:19:33","slug":"p-o-box-mr-god-7th-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2019\/p-o-box-mr-god-7th-grade\/","title":{"rendered":"P.O BOX Mr. God – 7th Grade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uma Venkatachalam & Geetha Nathan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It has been a blessing for us to teach the <\/span>7th Grade<\/b> this year! This was our first year teaching middle school and we were not sure what to expect. We taught the same group of children in third grade and we were looking forward to an exciting beginning of Bala Vihar 2018 -2019. Soon we found out that though they had grown by age and grade, they were still the same on the inside!<\/span><\/p>\n

We had a wonderful syllabus to teach this year. For the first half of the year, the book was <\/span>P.O.BOX Mr. GOD<\/b> based on Ayodhya Kanda (Doha 127-131) from <\/span>Ram Charit Manas<\/b>. For the second half of the year, it was “<\/span>Keys to success<\/b>” based on Lanka Kanda (after Doha 79) from <\/span>Ram Charit Manas<\/b>.\u00a0 It was a great opportunity for us to learn these gems from the <\/span>Ramayana<\/b>!<\/span><\/p>\n

Each child was so unique in their own way. Many were talkative (sometimes too much so :), normal free flowing teenage hormones!!!), while some were quiet. But none of them ever took anything at face value. They would question everything (challenging for us!!!).\u00a0 Despite having to miss some classes or showing up a little late due to their extra-curricular activities,\u00a0they were fully in the moment at the times they showed up.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the highlights of this year was when we learned the <\/span>Shiva Manasa Puja<\/b> and a <\/span>Ram Bhajan <\/b>(thanks to Suma Aunty who sent us the recordings from India and filled up missing gaps in the song in our textbook!!!). Initially, there was reluctance to learn the bhajans and more so to go up on stage. However, eventually when the day came to perform they pulled it together beautifully.\u00a0YAY!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

We are very proud of our class and we are confident that they will go on to achieve great things in life! We wish them the same too!!! <\/span><\/p>\n

Uma & Geetha<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Year\u2019s Reflections by 7<\/b>th<\/b> Graders<\/b><\/h4>\n

Sruthi Satyanath: <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Goal of PO Box, Mr. GOD<\/b><\/p>\n