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It is all about yesterday. <\/p>
I met this random old woman on the bus who had a different spark in her face because of which I couldn't resist talking to her. Luckily for me, she spoke first, asking me about my education and I asked her if she's retired now or does she still works. To my shock, an awesome reply came from her. <\/p>
She said she is a fashion designer, president of her area Mahila Mandal, a mother of three sons, and a loving wife too. But none of these caused me as much shock as this line did, she said- \" I have three sons, all three are married and I didn't take a rupee of dowry!\" <\/p>
I was curious to know the reason and as I asked she replied saying- \"Every girl after marriage leaves her home and comes to in law's home, she has been brought up in a different way by her parents and for any human to adjust at other's place and change her way of living which has been for so many years takes time. Being a mother-in-law as well as a mother I need to understand this fact and be patient for some years till she adjusts.\" When I heard this I couldn't speak out a single word. I was speechless.Another lesson learnt.-Shruthee<\/p>\n"}]
Let's not mince words here, majority of Engineering graduates are working in low skill jobs that will soon be replaced and taken over by an Artificial Intelligence program that can potentially work faster than a human can and eliminating the one big problem with humans working on a project: Human Error. <\/p>
That's not to say people with Masters degrees or even PhDs are doing any better. Just last year, a report in India Today<\/a> said that over 9 lakhs graduates had applied for a job as a police constable, of which 9 were PhD holders, whereas the rest were in the thousands and lakhs. Such is the state of joblessness in India at this point of time, when AI hasn't even been implemented yet. Ironically, the job of a police constable is not something an AI will be able to take over for a really long time, we won't be seeing a minority report situation for at least 100 years or more. But I digress. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504879448326","data":"59b2a872ec7e0"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504879450105","data":"The focus now should be on what we can do to prevent our jobs from being taken over by a robot. Make no mistake, in the current capitalistic world, companies will always look to cut jobs and save themselves more money. There is absolutely no reason to continue paying someone when their jobs can be easily done by an AI that requires no sleep and no rest. <\/p>So what are you gonna do when Skynet comes for you? One solution is to continue to evolve ourselves, that is to say, equip ourselves with more knowledge that allow us to work medium to high skill jobs that AI cannot take over just yet. Maybe 150 to 200 years from now, AI will be advanced enough to take over humanity's functions as the rest of us enjoy a docile and idyllic lifestyle with our universal basic income generated by AI's working for us. That is, until the AI goes rogue and takes over the world, but until then our best bet is to evolve ourselves. <\/p>Evolution is, obviously, no stranger to us human beings. We are extremely adaptable and our survival instinct, which we got from fending for ourselves for years in the wild, will ensure it carries us and pushes us enough to do what we need to do in an age where jobs are fast disappearing because corporations do not what to pay you. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504880153716","data":"59b2a8908cd71"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504880155426","data":"The Guardian wrote an interesting article, titled The Meaning of Life in a World Without Work. <\/a> In it, author Yuval Noah Harari predicts that as soon as 2050, we will see a new class of people emerge, called The Useless Class. Harari predicts that AI will take over so many jobs that many of us who are capable of only working low skill jobs will be left behind with no jobs and no purpose in life except to consume video games, TV shows and other forms of entertainment and knowledge. It is a scary prospect, for sure, but it does highlight the need to get better at what you do right now. <\/p>But the fact remains that we are headed towards a period of great unemployment and unrest, one that will hit the middle class the hardest. The rich can pay for better education, the poor will continue to work menial jobs, but the middle class that depend on education only to end up working low skill jobs, they will face a mass layoff and unless they reinvent themselves, the future will be very bleak. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504880435123","data":"59b2a8bf25001"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504880436882","data":"But that future might be farther than we believe, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared. Not every company will be able to afford AI just yet, but we'll get there eventually. So dedicate yourself to learning skills that the future needs, because we are headed towards times of much uncertainty. I do not mean to cause fear or panic with this article, but if it does actually happen, we will have to work towards a solution instead of pointing fingers. <\/p>The future is yours, but question is, are you ready for it? <\/p>"}]
The focus now should be on what we can do to prevent our jobs from being taken over by a robot. Make no mistake, in the current capitalistic world, companies will always look to cut jobs and save themselves more money. There is absolutely no reason to continue paying someone when their jobs can be easily done by an AI that requires no sleep and no rest. <\/p>
So what are you gonna do when Skynet comes for you? One solution is to continue to evolve ourselves, that is to say, equip ourselves with more knowledge that allow us to work medium to high skill jobs that AI cannot take over just yet. Maybe 150 to 200 years from now, AI will be advanced enough to take over humanity's functions as the rest of us enjoy a docile and idyllic lifestyle with our universal basic income generated by AI's working for us. That is, until the AI goes rogue and takes over the world, but until then our best bet is to evolve ourselves. <\/p>
Evolution is, obviously, no stranger to us human beings. We are extremely adaptable and our survival instinct, which we got from fending for ourselves for years in the wild, will ensure it carries us and pushes us enough to do what we need to do in an age where jobs are fast disappearing because corporations do not what to pay you. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504880153716","data":"59b2a8908cd71"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504880155426","data":"
The Guardian wrote an interesting article, titled The Meaning of Life in a World Without Work. <\/a> In it, author Yuval Noah Harari predicts that as soon as 2050, we will see a new class of people emerge, called The Useless Class. Harari predicts that AI will take over so many jobs that many of us who are capable of only working low skill jobs will be left behind with no jobs and no purpose in life except to consume video games, TV shows and other forms of entertainment and knowledge. It is a scary prospect, for sure, but it does highlight the need to get better at what you do right now. <\/p>But the fact remains that we are headed towards a period of great unemployment and unrest, one that will hit the middle class the hardest. The rich can pay for better education, the poor will continue to work menial jobs, but the middle class that depend on education only to end up working low skill jobs, they will face a mass layoff and unless they reinvent themselves, the future will be very bleak. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504880435123","data":"59b2a8bf25001"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504880436882","data":"But that future might be farther than we believe, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared. Not every company will be able to afford AI just yet, but we'll get there eventually. So dedicate yourself to learning skills that the future needs, because we are headed towards times of much uncertainty. I do not mean to cause fear or panic with this article, but if it does actually happen, we will have to work towards a solution instead of pointing fingers. <\/p>The future is yours, but question is, are you ready for it? <\/p>"}]
But the fact remains that we are headed towards a period of great unemployment and unrest, one that will hit the middle class the hardest. The rich can pay for better education, the poor will continue to work menial jobs, but the middle class that depend on education only to end up working low skill jobs, they will face a mass layoff and unless they reinvent themselves, the future will be very bleak. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504880435123","data":"59b2a8bf25001"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504880436882","data":"
But that future might be farther than we believe, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared. Not every company will be able to afford AI just yet, but we'll get there eventually. So dedicate yourself to learning skills that the future needs, because we are headed towards times of much uncertainty. I do not mean to cause fear or panic with this article, but if it does actually happen, we will have to work towards a solution instead of pointing fingers. <\/p>
The future is yours, but question is, are you ready for it? <\/p>"}]
What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word 'Superhero?'. Probably a faceless figure with a cape tied on their shoulders, hands on their hips and looking towards the sky, or someone who is opening their shirt and ripped it to the sides, a red and yellow S logo blazing on the inside. For me, the word Superhero has always brought Superman to mind. He is the peak hero, the ideal we must strive towards, the hero we all deserve and need. <\/p>
In growing up with human beings, this alien from Krypton became the best hope for humanity. He incorporates in him the best of humanity's ideals, compassion, love, respect, honesty and empathy. In growing up with humans, an alien becomes a better human than the rest of the planet, becoming an inspiring figure that we all look up to, that unites the entire world. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504877309674","data":"59b29d19749ae"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504877311267","data":"
Lot of people dislike Superman, 'he's too overpowered', they say, 'too strong. It gets boring after a while.' They're missing the point of his character. <\/p>
Superman isn't someone whose powers define him, he is defined by who he is as a person. His mere presence inspires confidence and hope. He gives even criminals a chance to change their lives by trying to emulate who he is as a person. Although achieving this certainly would not be easy, humans will hate him, revile him for who he is, but in time they will join him in the Sun. <\/p>
Superman has been the hope in the darkness for people across the world, I mean why wouldn't he be? A super strong man who stands up for what he believes in, and then realising that he believes in you. In us, in humanity. He believes we have the potential to reach for the stars if we only work together in harmony. He understands the human condition where we breed conflict and stands in its way. In growing up with the humans, Clark Kent picked up only the best qualities of us, of humans, and thus the perfect embodiment of mankind, the example of a perfect human being, became an alien who believed in us. <\/p>
He is an example to look up to, a light at the end of a long dark tunnel. <\/p>
<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504877503595","data":"59b29d4533ff9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504877505629","data":"
This is why Superheroes exist. To give us an outlet and to give us inspiration and hope. This is why visiting children's hospitals are encouraged. A child is too young to know that Superheroes aren't real, but they aren't young enough to not learn from them, and who better to emulate ideals from than Superman himself? An alien who adopted Earth and became its greatest champion by being the best of us, despite what we did to him. <\/p>
This is why Superman will, and always be, better than Batman. Superman's ideals allow him to tackle crime at its root, Batman merely breaks bones and puts the fear in them, not an effective strategy at all. <\/p>"}]
Job Description:<\/b><\/p>
As a campus ambassador, you will be responsible for striking strategic co- marketing alliances\nand partnerships for Treebo with the marketing \/ alliances teams of other relevant corporate.\nWorking closely with the Alliances Manager and the rest of the marketing team, you will drive\nimpactful tie-ups making significant contribution to Treebo\u2019s brand awareness and revenues. <\/p>
On a day to day basis, you will be working on: <\/b><\/p>
1. Identifying key alliance opportunities and reaching out to new alliance partners. <\/p>
2. Driving regular co-marketing partnerships from agreement to execution. 3. Utilization of brand assets in hotels for revenue generation.<\/p>
4. Finding unique opportunities for tie-ups with brands with similar TG \/ service offerings relevant\nto Treebo. <\/p>
5. Tracking conversions and traffic impact from ongoing partnerships. <\/p>
Eligibility:<\/b> Candidates who:<\/p>
1. Have great negotiation and relation building skills. <\/p>
2. Are goal-orientated and have the ability to articulate goals clearly and adhere to\ntimelines.<\/p>
3. Are persistent and empathetic.<\/p>
4. Have high commitment levels to be a part of a fast-paced industry-defining startup.\n<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504864777057","data":"
Benefits of joining Treebo: <\/b><\/p>
1. You get to be a part of a company revolutionizing the hospitality industry.<\/p>
2. You get to work with the smartest people, who know how to have fun too.<\/p>
3. You get rewarded for thinking out of the box. <\/p>
4. You get to participate in the creation of what is going to be one of most loved brands in\nIndia. <\/p>
5. You never have a boring day at work at Treebo. <\/p>
Whats in for you after that:<\/b><\/p>
1. You get to share a 10% revenue of what you bring to us! (oh yes! So more you sell more\nyou earn)<\/p>
2. A certificate to show the world your amazing skills\/work. <\/p>
3. Lots of Treebo merchandises to flaunt.<\/p>
4. Last but most exciting, Best one gets to be our guest (A vacation!)<\/p>"}]
Your phone's WhatsApp notification goes off, prompting you to eagerly check who decided to message you because all your groups are muted anyway, only to see that a family group has been created with the senior members of your family and some cousins in it. You are glad for a few moments but your finger rapidly moves to the mute button and you go back to whatever you were doing earlier. But just before you can tear your eyes away from the phone screen, in comes a message. <\/p>
It's some inane forward about a worker in the Coca Cola factory, whose blood accidentally mixed with a batch of the soft drink during manufacture. As it just so happens, claims the message, this worker has AIDS, which means you too will get AIDS if you accidentally consume Coca Cola. Understandably, you scoff at the message and close the group, and move on. <\/p>
But in a corner of your mind, you're already thinking. Why does this message even exist? Can it be true? What if it's true? You ask yourself before you start analysing it, the HIV virus cannot survive outside of the bloodstream, it dies within seconds of contact with the open air. It definitely wouldn't survive in Coca Cola, with its gas and slightly acidic properties. So, you wonder, who exactly was this message supposed to fool?<\/p>
Now, before we continue, how many of you honestly knew that the HIV virus dies on contact with air outside of the blood stream? <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504864750702","data":"59b26fb9963cf"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504864752933","data":"
An Empire of Lies: <\/b><\/p>
The obviously fake WhatsApp forwards are just a microcosm of the larger problem that has come with the age of sharing information rapidly with each other. With access to Instant Messaging services and Twitter where reactions to an incident are rapid, a lot of misinformation and propaganda is spread to misdirect the public opinion. A tactic that the powers that be across the world today seem to be mastering. It brings to mind that old adage about the truth and a lie, 'A lie is already halfway across the world before the truth is done putting its pants on.' <\/p>
There are very distinctive characteristics of fake messages that are spread through social media and WhatsApp these days, they are almost always supporting an agenda, more often than not an agenda to hate someone whom you've never actually met. To quote an example that is currently ongoing, the recent murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh has sprung forth a fountain of misinformation that has accused her of everything from colluding with enemies of India to being a Naxal sympathiser, none of which is true. The fact of the matter is that Lankesh was a Naxal reformer who gave a new life to those who would have died in the jungles for their ideology and the accusation that she was an anti-national was given so our proud nationalists could reduce her to something subhuman, which probably led to her murder. <\/p>
The irony of such character assassinating messages being forwarded by the very same elders that told us repeatedly that we should not speak ill of the dead is, in itself, a hilarious irony, highlighting the hypocrisy of those we chose to trust and believe. But then, growing up, you realise that our elders are people just like us, are not infallible.<\/p>
This culture of sharing fake information through the internet has lead to us living in a post truth era, where the lie is the truth, and the truth does not matter. So how does one protect themselves from misinformation and deceit in such an age? <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504877966362","data":"59b29df31a33c"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504865810725","data":"
Question Everything:<\/b> <\/p>
We had an excellent student submission yesterday by the same title as above, asking us to question everything, and you, as students, have a dire need to do this in your age. <\/p>
Students make for excellent vote banks, something politicians desperately need, it is their bread and butter after all. Thus, misleading students through fake messages is big business for the powers that be. While we can't control what our elders believe, most of them are stubborn anyway, students are at the age where they are exploring the world when they form opinions that will last with them for the rest of the life, subject to change only when something extreme happens. So how can you protect yourself from misinformation?<\/p>
1. By finding valid sources. Some random blog on the internet is not your source for information, neither is a website that has an obvious bias against a group. People with opposing opinions will obviously have two versions of facts, but the truth will always lie in the middle. <\/p>
2. Questioning everything you see and hear. If you hear something, be skeptical about it until you can confirm it yourself. <\/p>
3. Read extensively: Acquaint yourself with as much knowledge as you can about the world around you so that you become an informed voter and not just someone who depends on WhatsApp forwards for their info. <\/p>
Reading and gaining knowledge from sources that are backed with evidence will dramatically increase your chances of not being fooled by fake news spread through social media. It is your duty as future tax paying citizens of The Republic of India to be as informed as you can be before going to the polls. Your entire country depends on your decisions. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504866401907","data":"59b27193bb1ca"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504866403755","data":"
It is sad to see people stooping so low that they have to celebrate their ignorance by sharing information in echo chambers without a debate. The discourse on social media platforms has deteriorated to an impossibly toxic level these days. There is simply no discussion that can be had without egos clashing and insults flying. It makes me sad that the good old days of proper debating and agreeing to disagree are gone. <\/p>
Add to this the fact that the elders we grew up idolising believe every mind-numbingly dumb WhatsApp forward that comes their way is quite disheartening, but if we want to progress as a society and as human beings, it is our solemn duty to smash misinformation and drag all of us back into the light. It is in all your hands, in all of ours. <\/p>"}]
The five-year-old me was afraid of school. <\/p>
As I saw my brother, away from home for 6 odd hours. <\/p>
It seemed nothing less than the punishment for all his mischiefs. <\/p>
For all I could've understood, it felt as if he faked a smile for me. <\/p>
Never really realizing the worth of it, \"school\" and \"cell\" seemed similar. <\/p>
Until you came, made me see the school as my second home. <\/p>
Making me meet the other mates and break the ice; <\/p>
And getting out the Student in me. <\/p>
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With age, I grew fond of music. <\/p>
Watching the singers and enacting them to the best. <\/p>
But the stage was still a far-fetched dream, a distant reality. <\/p>
All the aspirations tend to be bound inside the four walls. <\/p>
And the confidence fell down, for it wasn't open to the crowd outside. <\/p>
Until you came, made me close my eyes and sing my heart out. <\/p>
Only to listen to the claps and cheers from the \"unknowns\"; <\/p>
And getting out the Performer in me. <\/p>
Meanwhile, studies started to intrigue me. <\/p>
Questioning the concepts was now my pastime. <\/p>
But the immaturity surrounded me in all my endeavors. <\/p>
Never did I manage to work out all the school homework. <\/p>
And all the passion was somewhere lost in the inconsistent attitude. <\/p>
Until you came, made me realize how knowledge fades with time. <\/p>
And it's the constant practice and dedication that makes you the best; <\/p>
And getting out the Scholar in me. <\/p>
I was never good at drawing. <\/p>
It looked like a trace of an ant throughout the canvas. <\/p>
All the colors except Black and White were a mere illusion. <\/p>
The distorted strokes filled the sheet, not even barring the hands. <\/p>
And colors getting spilt like the modern art, nothing to get amazed at. <\/p>
Until you came, connected the shades with the emotions in me. <\/p>
Made me look at it as the reflection of what I really am. <\/p>
And getting out the Artist in me. <\/p>
I had always lived for myself. <\/p>
Didn't bother about the others' perspective of life. <\/p>
Supposedly, life was to be lived by one's own interest. <\/p>
The more you get linked with others, you slow down yourself. <\/p>
Because it's a race to the finish and the rest are your competitors. <\/p>
Until you came, made me appreciate the idea of team work. <\/p>
How if we all stay together, we can march together, to the finish; <\/p>
And getting out the Teammate in me. <\/p>
It takes courage to face life. <\/p>
To live on my terms, I needed to be prepared all along. <\/p>
'Cause the world is cruel and shreds those who do not bend. <\/p>
And it hunts for the ones like me who worry about it the most. <\/p>
Making the feeble me strive to count every moment that goes by. <\/p>
Until you came, in all the walks of my life, guided me to the right path. <\/p>
Got me the strength to live with my head high, without the worldly fear; <\/p>
And getting out the Hero in me.<\/p>"}]
There are times where I sit back and wonder just exactly where did we go wrong in understanding ourselves and the humans around us. <\/p>
You see, humans are probably the only creatures on the planet who are both simple to understand but extremely complex to comprehend. Does that line make sense at all? I'll try to decode it. <\/p>
We are, at the end of the day, creatures of habit. We have that one pen that we only use to write exams with. We have that one way we sit during matches to ensure India is winning, we have that funny routine before going to sleep because you convince yourself that without that routine, you cannot go to sleep at all. <\/p>
Every day, it's the same story. We get up from bed, brush, bathe, go out, come back, go through our habits because we are so used to them we don't even notice it anymore, and then go back to sleep. Then wake up, repeat. Simple.<\/p>
<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504788837923","data":"59b1432e35b68"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504788839700","data":"
Yet within these habits lies the complexity of humans. What we do is often not simple, although to us it might seem that way. Playing a game with skill is not possible to everyone, reading a book is not everyone's cup of tea, watching a movie every night is not everyone's cup of tea. Yet different people have different routines that we think are complex because we ourselves do not understand them. <\/p>
This is why, despite our complexities, we are, at the end of the day, creatures of habit. Predictable and easy to read. Unless something upsetting or uprooting happens, we don't really break our habit. In many cases, we fall back on our habits to keep our mind off things. <\/p>
Not that there's anything wrong with that. But if tomorrow an alien species invades Earth, they will have an easy time taking over the planet just by denying us our creature habits. <\/p>
Just kidding. <\/p>"}]
Full name of 'Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam' was 'Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam'. He was born on October 15, 1931 at Dhanushkothi in the temple town Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>
He was born in a poor family, but he was an exceptionally brilliant child.Kalam passed the B.Sc. examination from Saint Joseph College, Thiruchirapalli. He joined Madras Institute of Technology (MIT). His further knowledge in the field got upgraded when he joined Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in 1958 and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in 1963.<\/p>
He is known as the Missile Man of India. The various Indian Missiles of world order like Prithvi, Trishul, Akash, Agni, etc. are mainly the result of his efforts and caliber.<\/p>
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam became the 11th President of India. He served the country from 2002 to 2007. For his excellence and brilliance, he was awarded the prestigious Bharat Ratna in 1998; Padma Vibhushan in 1990; and Padma Bhushan in 1981.<\/p>
Dr Kalam expired on Monday 27 July 2015. He suddenly fell unconscious when he was delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management at Shillong.<\/p>
On 30 July 2015, the former President was laid to rest at Rameswaram's Pei Karumbu Ground with full state honours. Over 350,000 people attended the last rites, including the Prime Minister, the governor of Tamil Nadu and the chief ministers of Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was mainly interested in work. He was a bachelor. He was not interested in going abroad. He wanted to serve his motherland first. <\/p>
He said that he thinks his first and foremost duty is to serve his motherland. He was fond of music and the Koran and the Gita. Ever since becoming the head of the Indian State, he had been having interaction with children all over the country.<\/p>
He was by no means a miracle man. His advice to the youngster of the nation was to \"dream dream and convert these into thoughts and later into actions\". <\/p>"}]
Education is something which gives us the potential to earn a living but...education with values is what gives us the sense of maturity and purpose of life along with knowledge.The former ,that is just education includes knowledge about superficial things around us which can be gained through technology that is booming in every sector nowadays!but it is the values and morals that give us the true essence of life and this value added education is imparted by our teachers who are the ones responsible for what we are today!<\/p>
The support and encouragement from our teachers gives us infinite strength to go beyond the bars of success! sometimes their words leave a deep impression ,which enables us to take the most crucial decisions of our life .Bookish lessons can just help us to some extent ,teachers teach out of their experience which is beyond the scope of books and gives us the real sense of learning.All of us may not be able prove our understanding with high marks or a great job and it doesn't even matter much when we talk about real life! But it is the quality interaction with our teachers that teaches us lessons for life and this what we are supposed to focus on for directing ourselves towards the right path of achieving goals!<\/p>
Initial days of intermediate were very hard for me,the level of competition was high enough to cope-up and go along with other students.First of all, I was very lonely as none of my school friends joined the intermediate college which I was into.It was a whole new atmosphere with high competitive spirit and did not give me any grip over what I was doing or what I was actually supposed to do! This made me experience the extreme levels of confusion and uncertainty that time.So,after a week of classes, we were asked to sit one per bench and solve problems by our own...sir went on dictating problems, everyone started trying ,few were yelling answers too..! but I was still trying to recollect the formula and procedure as we were not allowed to turn back pages.He observed me for a while but did not say anything.The very next day we had a test in JEE mains pattern and he was our invigilator! question paper was full of problems and as usual I was struck again, just felt like leaving the paper and walking out .Then he slowly came to me and whispered \"don't worry you can solve all the problems!try as many as you can,don't give up\"! . Just cannot express the positive vibes that I got with that one line.I might have not achieved wonders but whenever I think of it during my tough times it reminds me that my attempts may fail but I must never fail to attempt.<\/i><\/b>This experience has changed my way of thinking and made me much stronger than before!<\/b><\/i><\/p>
Having knowledge and good thoughts is always appreciated but spreading the same to the society and having a positive influence is much needed.We must always try to do it as much as we can. All my teachers have played a key role in my life,on this occasion of teacher's day I would like to thank them for their constant affection and support during my happy and tough times and let them know how special each one them has been to me. :)<\/p>
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People don't usually care about others until they need something from them. Most of us cut ourselves off from others and stay with a select group of people that matters to us. The entire equation is about people building castles of their egos and living in them with a few select people. Some of these folks never even take the chance of introducing themselves or bothering to speak to someone who is on a lesser social equation than them. <\/p>
I read this story about a Teacher who set the easiest exam his class had ever taken. The students, excited that they were essentially being handed a good grade without any actual hard work, took the exam with much glee. That is, until they reached the last question. <\/p>
The last question was, 'What is the name of the cleaning lady who cleans this class?'<\/p>
Many bewildered looks and stares later, one student asked the teacher if the question would count towards their grade, to which the teacher replied in the affirmative. When the students had returned their exam sheets with the last questioned unattempted, the teacher survey the class and smiled. <\/p>
\"In your careers,\" he began, \"you will meet many people, all of whom are significant. They each deserve your attention and care, even if all it takes is a little smile on your face and a hello.\" <\/p>
The teacher never told the class the cleaning lady's name. He did, however, give them a lesson they wouldn't forget. To remember people that they meet, people who help them and are kind to them and clean up after them without complaint. The students would of course eventually learn from this and go on to ask the 60 year old short haired cleaning lady her name. <\/p>
But that is not for you to know. What is for you to know is the names of similar people in your own life. So go forth, for now you know that everyone matters, no matter how small you assign their position in the social ladder to be. <\/p>\n"}]
<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504772396493","data":"\"Selfish\" redirects here. For other uses, see Selfish (disambiguation).\nSelfishness is being concerned excessively or exclusively, for oneself or one's own advantage, pleasure, or welfare, regardless of others.[1][2]\n\nSelfishness is the opposite of altruism or selflessness; and has also been contrasted (as by C. S. Lewis) with self-centeredness.[3]"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504772416061","data":"59b1025a52fa3"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504772464260","data":"Divergent views[edit]\nThe implications of selfishness have inspired divergent views within religious, philosophical, psychological, economic and evolutionary contexts.\n\nClassical[edit]\nAristotle joined a perceived majority of his countrymen in condemning those who sought only to profit themselves; but he approved the man of reason who sought to gain for himself the greatest share of that which deserved social praise.[4]\n\nSeneca proposed a cultivation of the self within a wider community \u2013 a care for the self which he opposed to mere selfishness in a theme that would later be taken up by Foucault.[5]\n\nMedieval\/Renaissance[edit]\nSelfishness was viewed in the Western Christian tradition as a central vice \u2013 as standing at the roots of the Seven deadly sins in the form of pride.[6]\n\nFrancis Bacon carried forward this tradition when he characterised \u201cWisdom for a man's self...[a]s the wisdom of rats\u201d.[7]\n\nModernity[edit]\nWith the emergence of a commercial society, Bernard Mandeville proposed the paradox that social and economic advance depended on private vices \u2013 on what he called the sordidness of selfishness.[8]\n\nAdam Smith with the concept of the invisible hand saw the economic system as usefully channelling selfish self-interest to wider ends;[9] while John Locke based society upon the solitary individual, arguably opening the door for later thinkers like Ayn Rand to argue for selfishness as a social virtue and the root of social progress.[10]\n\nRoman Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain opposed the latter view by way of the Aristotelian argument that framing the fundamental question of politics as a choice between altruism and selfishness is a basic and harmful mistake of modern states. Rather, cooperation ought to be the norm: human beings are by nature social animals, and so individual persons can only find their full good in and through pursuing the good of the community.[1"},{"type":"youtube","id":"vid-url-1504772384759","data":"Odl_gw5hVWE"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504772391428","data":"Psychology[edit]\nLack of empathy has been seen as one of the roots of selfishness, extending as far as the cold manipulation of the psychopath.[12]\n\nThe contrast between self-affirmation and selfishness has become a conflictual arena in which the respective claims of individual\/community are often played out between parents and children[13] or men and women, for example.[14]\n\nPsychoanalysts favor the development of a genuine sense of self, and may even speak of a healthy selfishness,[15] as opposed to the self-occlusion[16] of what Anna Freud called 'emotional surrender'.[17]\n\nCriminology[edit]\nSelf-centeredness was marked as a key feature in a phenomenological theory of criminality named \"The Criminal Spin\" model. Accordingly, in most criminal behaviors there is an heightened state of self-centeredness, that differently manifests itself in different situations and in different forms of criminality.[18]"}]
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