   GREAT IDEAS GLOW IN THE DARK
CHOOSING A GOOD BOOK
MARCHY ANIME
MARCHY
ANIME OF FEBRUARY
BOLOT
Immortal
Take Care Babah
Favourite Anime
Letter of Application for a job
|  A LESSON WELL-LEARNT3.05.2015, Thursday, March 05, 2015 ♥
The Library Committee announced a competition that took the cake - crossword puzzle competition! We had no experience and only two weeks to prepare for it. The prizes were attractive and all of us wanted to win.It became an obsession. We looked through dictionaries, carried them around and had words for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We were sure that we would have no problem working out the words and the clues. Unfortunately, we did not know how to synchronize the 'Down' and 'Across' columns. We were going it alone - each one individually trying to outdo the other. The class began to take on a new character. We used to be carefree, friendly and caring of each other. Now, we, all forty of us, were furtive and suspicious of each other. When anyone came near, we would quickly hide our lists, clues, and columns that we werer writing. We carried our bags wherever we went, not trusting them to anybody's care. We becamse tense, keyed up and irritable. It affected our friendships even our supposedly good friends. Still, there was no progress. The monitor, Jacqueline, finally called a meeting to bring us to our senses. "Class, I feel that we are being too competitive. We should be working together and not against one another. Let's compete against the other classess as a class. We are losing our sense of direction." Most of us nodded our heads in agreement and Jacqueline suggested that we divide the class into groups of six and submit our entries as class entries.Irrespective of who won, the prizes would be shared out among all of us. Realizing the wisdom of team effort, we agreed to the suggestion. We were not going it alone and at once we began to feel relaxed. We could think better and miraculously knew exactly what to do. Finally, we submitted four entries and when the results were announce the class won two prizes - the Grand First Prize and a special prize for team effort! The class learned a lesson on the importance of joint effort. |