Chapter 1 SELF AWARENESS AND SELF- DISCIPLINE
From
the very beginning of the civilization, man is struggling to find his identity.
He has been wandering here and there tor centuries in search of his true
existence. As we all know, man is a social animal. For his proper adjustment in
the society, he needs to have proper coordination with others. In order to
understand others properly, it Is necessary to know ourselves first. When we
say that we know someone, actually it is not all true. What we see, is only a
small part of one's personality and most of the person is hidden in his/her
unconsciousness. The person, sometimes even himself does not know his this
hidden self. The chief purpose of having self -awareness is actually knowing
about this hidden part of us.
(A)
WHO AM I???
Dear students! Have you ever thought?
1. Why can't a fish fly?
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2. Why can all the creatures not climb up a tree?
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3. Why has Sachin Tendulkar been popular for being a cricketer
and not as a painter?
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4. Why did Lata Mangeshkar grow up to be a singer, and not a
writer?
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If
we go to the answer for all these questions, it is very clear and apparent that
every person is born with his/her special inborn qualities and nature.
Sometimes he/she is not even aware of them. One must try to discover those
hidden talents and flourish them to make their best use for the personality
development.
ANSWER THEM
How will you define yourself?
1. I am ……………………………………….
2. My family members feel…………………………because of me.
3. I am very happy when I…………………………………………………
4. 1 always worry about……………………………………………….
5. How do you deal with the people you don't like?
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6. Are all the people always happy with you? Why?
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With
these questions you got a chance to explore yourself.
Now
write some sentences about yourself, depicting your positive side that makes
you feel good and proud but others don't know and you are desperate to share
with others:
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(B) SELF IDENTITTY
Dear
students! Last week you explored yourself and introduced yourself to others
after finding out the hidden aspect of your personality. Now we will perform
this activity in the form of a rating scale to know something more about you.
ACTIVIY
Yor have to answers the questions asked about you
in the following rating scale. Each question has three possible answers. You
chose the most suitable answer for you.
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Always |
Sometimes |
Never |
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I am optimistic. |
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I adapt myself with changing situations
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I am a self- confident person. |
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I can easily do whatever I want to do. |
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I easily leave my impression on others. |
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I always perform my work with full
devotion and dedication. |
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I happily accept my weaknesses, |
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I always help others in their work. |
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I am always ready to learn something
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I always try my level best to remove my
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After
answering the above questions, you have to analyze yourself. The components,
you have answered with Always' are your strengths. You have to keep them up.
Try to improve the aspects with the answers "Sometimes. The traits for
which your answer is "Never" are definitely your weaknesses and you
have to overcome them.
Now answer these questions with what you
feel in the following situations:
1. If someome criticizes me
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2. When I see the progress of other students in my class
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3. When I cannot make changes in the things and situations
according to my wish
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4. I have set my goal for life and to achieve that goal,
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5. When I do something Wrong,
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Dear
students! You might be knowing that no one is perfect. Every person has some
positive as well as negative traits of personality. The wise person does not
allow the negativity overpowered. He never feels jealous of others, rather with
positive and healthy competition and cooperation, he tries to improve himself.
Above all, he has to learn self-discipline if he wants to improve himself for
his bestever version. Next week, we will study about self-discipline in the
form of Time management.
(C) TIME MANAGEMENT
Dear
students, today we are going to talk about a very important topic that is Time Management.
Nature has its own time cycle. The Sun rises and sets at a particular time interval.
Same is true for change in seasons. It appears as if nature also follows
discipline and rules for time management. So we can imagine how discipline is
necessary for all of us.
ACTIVITY TIME
Dear students! please read the following incident:
Maninder
and Raman are very close friends. Maninder is very punctual and finishes every
task within or even before the time limit. Raman, on the other hand, is very
careless and does not bother about time management and usually gets late for
everything. Maninder tries to make him understand the value of time management
but he does not care. Once their class and school staff were going for a tour.
All the students were very happy and making preparations joyfully. Raman, as
usual, could not do the needful in time. He reached very late and missed his
tour as a result.
Now just take yourself to be Raman and Maninder and answer the
following questions:
RAMAN
DOES DOESN'T
MANINDER
DOES DOESN’T
Dear
students, by now you must have understood the value of time. Time is really
very important. Once passed, it never returns back, despite of million efforts.
Sometimes we waste our precious time in useless activities. Have you ever faced
a problem regarding time? When you might be thinking to have much time for
preparation of exams and later on at the time of examination you realized that
syllabus was very vast. You should have started preparing much earlier. Then
you promised with yourself that you would start preparing beforehand for exams
in future...
Now we will
see how to manage time properly:
Give correct order to the steps for time management given in the
following diagram
Focus on your goal
Proper planning
Collection of all resources
Preparing the priority list
Make a timetable
As
you have seen in the diagram, we have to keep in mind many things. Have you
noticed that focus on your goals has been given the biggest space? It is
because concentration is the most important factor affecting time management.
Unless and until we concentrate and focus upon our work, we waste our precious
time in doing unimportant works. Proper time management is possible only by
preparing a timetable.
Prepare your time table keeping in mind the priorities given by
you to your various tasks and write it in the following diary
(D) SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY
Dear
students las you know we are a part of our society, just like the beads in a
rosary. If a single bead is not good, it will change the grace of the rosary.
Every person performs his duty towards the society in his best possible
responsible way. The development of this sense of responsibility starts at an
early age. Childhood and adolescence are the foundation periods of life for the
development of this trait of human personality. We know that we can perform our
duty towards others well only if we know our responsibility towards ourselves.
It is possible only if every aspect of our personality is developed well. So
before learning our sense of responsibility towards others, we must take care
of the development of various aspects of our personality like physical,
emotional and social development.
What do you now about proper development of physical, emotional
and social development?
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ACTIVITY
RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS YOURSELF
What will you do for your proper physical Health
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What will you do for your proper emotional development?
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What will you do for your proper social development?
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RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS FAMILY
The
person comes in contact with his family first. Family is such a social
institution, where the person is born. He/ She shares all his/her joys and
sorrows with his/her family members. So he/she has certain liabilities and responsibilities
towards the family members. Let
us see!
What is your responsibility towards your family?
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What will you do for your family?
RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS SCHOOL
School is the temple of knowledge. Dear students!
your school has the greatest contribution in encarving your future.
What is your responsibility towards your school?
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How will you fulfill your responsibility towards your school?
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RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS SOCIETY AND NATION
What is your responsibility towards your society and nation? How
will you perform it?
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Answer the following questions in Yes or
No:
1. If any of my family members is unwell, I always take care of
him/her. (YES/NO)
2. I help my mother in household works. (YES/NO)
3. In the school, I always keep in discipline even if teacher is
not in the classroom. I contribute in school beautification also. (YES/NO)
4. Keeping in mind the convenience of the neighbours, I always
listen to the music in lower volume. (YES/NO)
EVALUATION BY THE TEACHER
