Sunday, August 15, 2010

make sentences

today i spent 2 hours helping my neighbour's son with his school homework. he was learning new words and had two words with the letter 'h', the words being 'hawker' and 'hurry'.
and it took me a whooping two hours to be through with the sentences. i tried my best that he understood the meaning and usage of the words and also had to ensure that the sentence was of the level for a grade 2 kid. some observations
- is 'hawker' a word fit for a grade 2 kid to learn.
- how is the kid going to make sentences when he is not aware things called noun / tenses /verb / articles etc.
- the kid had absolutely no motivation to study. he just wanted to be through with his homework. he also knows that students cannot be made to repeat classes in primary section i.e. no student would fail till class five. you cannot tell him that you will fail if you don't study.
- he was not interested in concentrating on learning, his mind kept on wandering.

after the 'class' i wondered how i cleared my school in straight 12 years. may be thats what you call Grace of God.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

the walrus and the carpenter

read the lewis caroll poem the walrus and the carpenter.

memories of old school days...

the poem

the wikipedia info

Sunday, June 20, 2010

LOTD - origin of the song waka waka

explored the origins of the song waka waka.. which has been chosen as the theme song for FIFA 2010


The chorus of the song is borrowed from a huge 1986 hit called "Zangaléwa" by amakossa group called Golden Sounds.

The original song has these lyrics:

Zaminamina oh oh

Waka waka eh eh

Zaminamina zangalewa

Anawam ah ah


detailed article at

http://hubpages.com/hub/The-History-of-the-Official-World-Cup-Song-Waka-Waka