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The Middle School Years – I

Wedged between childhood and adulthood, adolescence is a stage of becoming. The onset of puberty, appearance of sexual features, wrestling between autonomy and dependence. Between wanting to stand out and belong to groups. Impressionable at one time and unresponsive...

The Power of Freedom

The Power of Freedom

An atmosphere of freedom is essential for authentic learning to happen. Compulsion vitiates the desire to learn, to know and participate. Any form of coercion, be it the carrot of extrinsic rewards, grades, certificates and badges or the imperceptible pressure to conform to rules and norms, hampers the learning process.