In today’s reading session, Jugjiv Sir and Neelashi Ma’am completed a chapter about a narrator who feels unsure about life and the future. Inspired by the book Guri and Gura, the narrator learns patience and persistence as they repeatedly try to make a castella cake. After many failures, the narrator finally succeeds, gains confidence, and learns to keep improving step by step. The story teaches that hard work, patience, and learning from mistakes prepare us for future opportunities. Life is a journey of patience, practice, kindness, and self-discovery. When we keep learning and moving forward without fear, we may one day find our own “giant egg.”
Roshni Bhagat
The story What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, taught by Jugjiv Sir, was inspiring and meaningful. It helped us understand that solutions to many problems can be found through learning, self-reflection, and proper guidance. The story emphasised the importance of books and libraries in shaping our thoughts and broadening our understanding.
Later, Manisha Ma’am engagingly conducted another story session. She began the class with a quiz on A One-Rupee Coin, making the session interactive from the start. She then introduced The Whistling Schoolboy and other stories, asking us to identify the story names using pictures. This approach encouraged active participation and thoughtful discussion among the students.
Deenshah Najam
Through the first chapter of What You Are Looking For Is in the Library and the story of Guri and Gura, I learned many meaningful lessons. A line from the end of the chapter really stayed with me: “For such a short story, it’s interesting how everybody remembers it differently.” In today’s reading session, Jugjiv Sir also showed us how the same story can be understood differently by different people.
During the interaction, I heard Astha say that, for her, the story signifies the value of finding significance in small things. For me, the story highlighted the importance of teamwork, friendship, and collaboration shown by the two mice as they made the giant castella cake. This reminds me of the words of a famous brain researcher who believes that “There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to learning.” Everybody has their own thoughts and lessons from a story, and I really enjoyed listening to these different perspectives.
After answering the quiz given by Manisha Ma’am, I learned many things about the value of a one-rupee coin. The story’s theme focused on the journey of a one-rupee coin, and starting with a quiz helped us think about the story’s message in advance. From beginning to end, we see a boy who wants to buy jalebi but only has one rupee. To earn more money, he tries to do many things, but in the end, he still gets only a one-rupee coin—this time a shining one. He then goes to the jalebi seller, gives him the shining coin, and the man smiles and gives him a small bag of jalebi in return.
From this story, I learned the value of even small amounts of money that we often ignore. At this moment, I also remember a line that goes, “Extraordinary things come from tiny beginnings.” The jalebi that he wanted so badly finally came into his hands through a one-rupee coin that he once felt was useless. This taught me that we should value what we have, no matter how small it may seem.
Akanksha Rai
In today’s session, Mr Jugiv Singh Sir and Neelashi Ma’am read the story What You Are Looking For Is in the Library. It was a fabulous story that taught us about problem-solving, self-reflection, and many other essential life lessons.
Talking about the next session, which we had with Ms Manisha Khanna Ma’am, she enjoyably began the class by introducing an interesting quiz on the “One Rupee Coin.” It was truly marvellous. After that, she showed us a picture related to the story she had read that day. The story was beautiful and adventurous.
This class is not just about reading; it is all about fun and enjoyment with all the members of the Good School Alliance.
Thank you.
Talat Bano
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