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LESSON EMPATHY
5 Objectives : After the completion of this lesson, students will be able to:

show empathy to their friends when they are facing problems.
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help them in time of need.
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Sujata and Bishnu both study in class five. They are very good friends.

Sujata is very good in studies but Bishnu is weak. Sujata got high
grades in the terminal exams, whereas Bishnu failed in mathematics.
He was the only student who had failed in his class. All his friends
laughed and teased him. But Sujata felt very sad about it. Bishnu felt
embarrassed and ashamed.

With a heavy heart he went home. He was
very sad. From the next day he stopped

talking to his friends. He even stopped
playing with them. He started to stay
alone and looked depressed.

Sujata was worried about Bishnu’s
changing behaviour. So, she talked to him.
Bishnu told her that even though he studied hard in all the subjects
including mathematics he still failed. And now he was not interested

to study further. Sujata was well aware of her friend’s hardworking
nature. So she thought of a way to help him.

They planned to meet after school. They practiced and revised the
lessons together. Sujata helped him to solve problems. They did this
regularly and slowly Bishnu improved in mathematics and passed the
final exams with good marks.

Bishnu was happy with his results. He even enjoyed the subject.
Now his friends stopped teasing him. Sujata is also very happy for

her friend. Like Sujata, we should always try to understand and feel
other’s pain and help them.

Note to the Teacher: Motivate the students not to tease and laugh on mistake and failure of others. Do
a role play in class among the students helping each other. Encourage them to help others when they are
in trouble. Tell the negative effects of teasing others and positive effects of helping the people in need.

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