In Udavi school we have organised RTL session for children in 7th and 8th grade. Once in a week we have a session with them. Sanjeev, Nirmala, Dhavaselvy, Muthukumaran, Helena, Honor, Kavitha and Nina are the resource people. The workshop has 7 sessions and 11 tools. Each session is 2 hours.
Week 1: 19/11/2022 Stand and fears
1. I learned stand and fear. I thought I don’t have fear. I learned to be courageous. I learnt my fear and next time I will think of fear as a cartoon character.
2. Still I didn’t find my fear. I learnt my friends’ stand and fear and what they care about which usually we don’t talk about.
3. I learnt what equity is and my fear. I learnt courage and to work from it.
4. I learnt different qualities and fears. I learnt to use courage.
5. I have fear and it is there. I should know how to transcend it. Fear is normal. Second time I did the exercise I noticed that my fear had reduced.
Week 2: 26/11/2022 4 profile and Background Conversation
Stand and fear:
- How to control fear.
- How to control fear and give name for my fear and act from my universal values.
- How to name my fear and put down my fear being in my values and learnt what are my universal values.
4 profiles
- Ignore the issue in society, be yourself (in values).
- Treat everyone equal
- From my universal values I see everyone is my friend.
- Treat everyone equally by being in my universal values and do not ask caste.
- Do not judge others based on their dress or their profession.
- See everyone as equal and do not judge them.
- Do not see cast and treat them equally by being in my universal values.
Background Conversations and deep listening:
- Deep listening to each other and should not allow my background conversation.
- Do not hurt others by not listening to them.
- I should listen to others while having conversations.
- I should listen to them with wholeness (deep listen).
- I should not have background conversation and listen to others instead of finding the flaw (background conversation)
- It is my choice to listen to others.
Week 3 : 03/12/2022 Story of stuff and introduction to Conscious full spectrum Response model
Following are the system principles children came up with.
Insights:
1. Cause and effect of the problem and to identify the solution.
2. If something has happened, some we can change some we can’t. (Eg: if a scale is broken I can’t do anything for it)
3. Not to pollute and a system is working together.
4. I learnt not to cut the trees. I learn about systems.
5. I learnt about a system and it’s cause and effect.
6. Design using all three circles. Only one or two circles does not give a sustainable solution.
7. I am also part of the system and I need to change if I wish to see change.