volunteer teacher – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Mon, 29 Jun 2020 11:57:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg volunteer teacher – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Life in Haji Public School : A Photo Essay https://ranasafvi.com/life-in-haji-public-school/ https://ranasafvi.com/life-in-haji-public-school/#respond Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:15:18 +0000 http://ranasafvi.com/life-in-haji-public-school/ I reached Haji Public School on 18th May 2016 and left on 19th July 2016.

Two marvellous Months of interaction with kids for whom we were at times the window to the world.

Teaching those who have no pre conceived notions was a great joy.

I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did.

On top of it all the hills and weather was wondrous.

Akhtar Hussain a star student
Azra and Naushada pose for me
will miss you sweethearts
My Class 3 Social Studies Claas! had fun with them
My Class 3 Social Studies Claas! had fun with them
Maam do you watch Tom and Jelly? Yes of course I do!
Where else would a goat attend my extra class? Hope it has a fine sense of history now
All the chairs and desks have gone to the examination hall so prep ping for exams done in style
Testing time
whether big or small they all got proper games equipment thanks to generous donors
Cricket was played with teal equipment and leather balls
Theres no gender discrimination in HPS and girls and boys play together be it catch or cricket!
Break time
Since the weather was glorious we all took out doir classes whenever we coupd
Kashif and Humera: sibling fun
i want to go home!
Sibling swag! Fatima and Samya
Sibling time : Taslima and Rehana
Ifra rhe hard worker: keep trying her motto
Shamas Deen studying Social Studies: His father Gulabo looked after the cattle.
Fridays would see intense cricket matches
Bozo the school mascot watching the cricket match

Cricket was played with teal equipment and leather balls
Ayesha the super batter takes a run
She was one of the first to be picked up by Captain Imtiaz for his team
Muneeza pads up

Asima flexing her muscles at the pull up bars
His sister studies in Class 3 and he has important work to do at the Parent Teacher’s Meeting
Ishtiaq and Nusrat : sibling fun
Pretty eyes
The School

the pull up bars were popular with both girls and boys
visit to HPS. students in their village. i was beautifully surprised to see most of them speaking impeccable English
there was studies in the air
Preparing for my first class. and was it cold that day!
Khadijah, Shamas Deen’s sister goes to the govt school as she couldnt cope with studies in HPS. lets see what baby Reshma does. seems to like studying
Ramzan in Class 7 loves Raold Dahl
Khalil Chacha’s house humming with the sound of studies and homework
A visit to the village where many students come from
Shabnam doing her homework.
Khalil Chacha’s house is the local hostel. apart from his own 4 grand children there are 6 other kinds from different villages who stay with him so they can attend HPS!
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