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Dear Sir, entire process or classes, teaching, asking questions,
submission of the Assignments is working like a well
I will mention a Shabad form "Guru Granth Sahbji “
oiled machine.
ਪਵਣ ਗਰ ਪਾਣੀ ਿਪਤਾ ਮਾਤਾ ਧਰਿਤ ਮਹਤ ||
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3.Video Recording of the Lectures
(Air is the Guru, Water the Father, and the Earth is the Personally I find this very effective, as in our
Great Mother) professional life we use this to enhance skills, it is
Parents give birth to their children like earth and water helping my child to understand what he missed during
but it’s the air which helps the seeds to fly, germinate the class, his doubts are answered,
and gives the direction in the life of a Seed. In this case 4 Encouragement from teachers
your school is the GURUKUL (and we see you as the
Kul Guru). Teachers are keeping a reasonable contact with the
children while teaching, the challenge is how to keep
Children have only one choice, to choose their Guru, children engaged online, with limited means and not
This is a bonding forever. This relationship lasts being able to see everyone personally. The task of the
without any material interest. A guru may not be able to teachers has become challenging, and they must be
teach his own offspring as much, but can influence having their own concerns.
someone else and bless his pupils with teachings and
However, we periodically get calls from them telling us
learning’s and guiding them for lifetime.
about the progress of our child and are advised for
Although we as parents took this decision for him to
Online improvements if required,
Classes join this school but later he choose his own path. We
have not seen our child’s studying pattern at home in This must be difficult for teachers as there is no formal
the last 4 years, Neither have we spent time with him in training of Online teaching given to them. I am sure
with no students in their class and talking to the camera
isolation. For us it has been an experience to see how
the school has contributed to his learning abilities, it would be awkward at times. I must congratulate your
team for putting a brave face to this change and there
behaviour, personality and character building. The
process of understanding our Child as a student took us has been a perfect adaptability to the system.
through the following steps. 5. Responsibility

1. When His Online Classes Started. I can well relate to the Boarding school environment, it
He was very excited, uncertain and insecure about the is an eco system which has its own domain and
everything works within the set of rules this eco
new process of learning. Day one he got ready in
advance, placed all his books at the table in the right system. When someone walks out of this sphere their
options are higher and similarly the distractions. The
way. Cleaned the place and organised himself, He also
took a shower and dressed to his best (Image School has contributed to this immensely, Karanveer is
Music session Conscious). Then you met them online on the Trial day highly responsible, As we have been isolated in the
in school we were relieved to see you. As he learnt that he will not period of lockdown and only family is allowed to stay
be seen and heard by others until asked for. This put him in our gated community, he has been assigned certain
tasks in the functioning of the house, he washes
at ease.
utensils, makes beds, takes our pet for regular walks
2. Process of Learning starting form 6 am. He does his work with ease. There is

As a person I have high regards for you and that reflects no effort required to ask him to do his assigned Jobs.
in your team as swell, the systems you put in place A week before his exams had to start he only used his
during the limited time and made these work are phone for 2 hours a day, packed all distractions like PS4
appreciable. After the initial few issues of and focused on his studies. His time management
communication and learning to adapt to the system I improved and rather surprising well. (believe me you I
can see this working for the child. Although we do not have been trying to teach this in my organisation) This
isolate him for the entire class time, one of us is came to him voluntarily. I was surprised at his actions
watching him from a distance, But I think it is working as I could not relate to his new mindset. Hence I could
well. Karan is seeing new faces teaching him see a high level of responsibility in him and his mind
sometimes from Dharampur, which are refreshing. The maturing with right reference points of life if I compare

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