Lesson-7 Decision Making

(a) Chossing the Career_

"Choosing a career of own choice not only makes a person happy but becomes the reason of the family's prosperity too." Every person has to do some or the other work to make his living. If we have a job of our choice then no other happiness matches this. The contentment one gets by doing his favorite job is more valuable than its monitory value. Adolescence is the stage of life when we have to decide which profession or course to pursue.

Let me share a story with you about this:

“Avi was a boy from a middle class peasant family. He was studying in 10th class. Whenever someone at home or at school asked him which profession he would like to choose, He started thinking about it.

There was a family in his neighborhood who had five cars. They had a good income from cars. Avi also thought that he would do the same when he grew up.

One day at school, the drama team came. A little actor captivated all the students by singing songs and role-plays. Avi was sure that he could sing better than this student. He could do acting also because he too had been acting and singing at the state level competitions in middle school. He enjoyed reading books also.

There was a big shop in his village. Whenever he went there to get a bargain, he saw a crowd of customers at the shop and also the shopkeeper holding currency notes in the hands. At that time, he thought how good that work was. He was having a farm at home. He helped his parents there. He also used to count money after selling the crop but he was not very happy with this income.

He also had pets in his house. He loved them very much. One day he went to the veterinary hospital to get the buffalo vaccinated. He saw the vet and got attracted to that profession. He can also do the mechanics of small things in the house. Sometimes he had a thought of going abroad after seeing the big mansion of the family who went abroad from his village.

Dear students! Now let us guess in which profession Avi can be more successful:

We will give Avi a score out of 5 for each task.

Work or occupation	Score (1 to 5)
1. Trade
2. Doctor
3. Driving
4. Agriculture
5. Literary (Acting)
6. Vehicle / Transportation work
7. Scientist
8. Settling Abroad
9. Mechanic

 

You have to give score to the profession suitable for Avi with maximum of five marks, keeping in view his nature and personality. Another aspect of Avi's nature is lack of attention and concentration. He used to think a lot but did not focus on one goal. Aren't we doing the same? You must think!!!

EXERCISE

PART-I

Choose True / False

1. I will choose the course that my parents say, even if I am not interested in that job.

2. If I do not become a doctor due to my family or other circumstances, then other courses like medical profession, pharmacist, nursing can also be thought about.

3. Everything is preplanned by luck in the form of our destiny. So there is no use of taking much tension about work.

4. I have to choose the same course as my classmates will choose.

5. What I want to be in life, only I have to choose my path. This applies to me.

 

PART-II

1. What should I do after the tenth?

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2. Write down the names of some of the occupations of the people around me.

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3. What makes me happier?

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Analysis by the teacher

No task is small or big. The way we work and the way we approach, it should be positive. You can cho00se the right profession by getting more information.

How to take right decision

Once there was a king. He tried to test wisdom of his son. So that he might nominate the better one for his post in his province. He called all his three sons, he gave them 100 rupees each. Then he asked them to fill the palace only with this hundred rupee. They were given one day. So his sons started thinking. His elder son thought a lot and gave the money back to his father. The next son bought the garbage, the waste material and filled the palace with garbage.

The palace was filled with dirt and foul smell. The father king got very much angry. Then he gave chance to the youngest son who was very wise.

Think

Dear students, think how can the young prince fill the whole palace, just spending 100 rupees?

The youngest son bought some perfumes and scents. The whole palace was filled with fragrance of perfumes. So the king became very happy and he gave him prize.

Dear students, in this way, we should refresh and adore our personality with the fragrance of good values. Our mind should not be corrupted and filled with bad thoughts, rather it should be filled with good ones.

 

Activity-1

Look at the story of this picture. Here is a squirrel crossing the road but in condition of in- decision sometimes it goes forward then comes back. Again goes forward and comes back. It doesn't decide in which direction should it move. From front side there is a car and from backside there is a bus. It comes under the tyre of the car and dies.

        

Question: Choose the correct option:

(3) Take the

Q) The real cause of the squirrel's death was ………………………………….

a) bus (b) car (c) indecision (d) none of these.

(2) Fill the blank with suitable word:-

 

(2) Think every possible way out

The squirrel could have escaped if it took………………. decision at……………..Time.

		3. Take the better way
	2. Think every possible way out
1. Understand the situation

 

Conclusion

If we move two Steps forward and come two steps back then where will we reach?? nothing.

In the same way, we should move towards the right Direction to achieve the goal with firm determination. We can reach at our destination.

Now discuss these situations in the class and find the better decision and write it down in your worksheets:

Situation-1 A and B, both are your fast friends, but now they are not on speaking terms with each other. A asked you to leave B, while B asked you not to talk to A. Then what will be your decision?

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Situation-2 Tomorrow there will be a mathematics test in your class. you are very intelligent in maths. but your friends decided not to take the test. What will be your decision?

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(c) Self-Confidence

"The person with self-confidence is appreciated by all, can achieve every goal and finally reaches his destination".

Dear students, today you will come forward and tell something about you. Come forward one by one and tell:

Your name _________________ your father’s name __________________, your mother’s name ____________ and your hobby ___________

 

Activity-1

Now answer the statements given in the following table in Yes or No.

Students	Yes	No
1. Going forward, I was looking downward.
2. I was nervous when I spoke.
3. I hurried out of my seat.
4. I left my seat very calmly.
5. I spoke quickly and came back.
6. I found this task very difficult.
7. I went comfortably and looked at everyone and smiled.
I felt very good.
8. Many students were making fun of me when I spoke.
9. I got nervous before I spoke but when I began to speak,
I felt comfortable.
10. Many students stood up straight while speaking and spoke easily.
11. Some students mispronounced some words while speaking.
12. I could feel my heart pounding. 13. Many students did not say anything.
14. I kept looking left, right, up, down while speaking.
15. I speak a lot at home, but it's hard to speak here.

 

This activity is only for myself. I have to evaluate my self-confidence by giving score. Based on this score, I can increase my self-confidence by following steps:

1. I will go home and record my voice on the phone. I will listen. I will record and listen for the second time. By speaking again and again, I will also have the experience of speaking in front of other people.

2. What a good….. quality I have! If I bring brilliance in it. Like Kuldeep is a good player. All like and respect him a lot. I too will improve my talent to be famous amongst people.

3. Teachers love and appreciate students who score good marks in studies. I will do the same to be in their good books.

4. Nothing can become the hindrance in my way to success, be it my family conditions, my irritating friends, or any other factor.

5. I can change my life by getting up in the morning to exercise, reading good books, being accompanied by good and noble people, reading biographies of great people, watching good movies and listening to the good songs. All great people have become great because of such habits.

(d) Use of Common Sense

Imagine a situation, in which the teacher will ask his students-

"Dear students, the last question from my side is- please tell where is the centre of this black-board? The students will have to point out the centre of B.B. within only 10 seconds. The whole class will get confused.

1. There can be two situations arised. In the very first situation, A student can place his finger on one of the places on the blackboard or guess of his hand and say that it is the center.

2. The second situation may be that no student can tell the center of the blackboard.

When the first situation occurs, the teacher will ask how the student can claim that this is the center of the blackboard when he has not measured the center. When the student is unresponsive, The teacher will explain to the whole class that you can point to any place on the blackboard and tell them that this is the center. The teacher will explain that he has already announced that this is his last question and he will not ask any more questions after this. So He can't ask them another question as he promised. It will be a strange situation for the students in the classroom that the teacher himself is saying that he will not ask any more question. The teacher will explain that we should always listen carefully and make a wise decision. It enhances our common sense and we may be able to use it in our life. In the second case the teacher himself can explain the question as above.

Human life is extremely complex and full of challenges. There are times in our lives when it becomes difficult for us to make a decision to deal with a particular situation or problem. The main reason for this is that theoretical knowledge/ formulas or judgments sometimes cannot lead in practical life and make right or wrong judgment for us. Therefore in such a situation only our common sense or wisdom works. Renowned physicist and Nobel laureate Albert Einstein stated that imagination is more important than knowledge. It can solve many problems. Therefore every human being should have common sense and the skill to use it in life. It is used while travelling on the road, talking to someone, cooking, eating, drinking, reading, writing and teaching, in every part.

Objectives

The main objective of this lesson is to inculcate in our students the skills to use common sense. It is a common tendency among the majority of our students to always answer the question in the traditional way and they do not get much importance to the knowledge provided by the teacher, which is outside the textbooks to0. Students apply their common sense, less in exams. They do not think outside the box. This habit becomes so ingrained that they reduce the use of their intellect or talent in ordinary life and always use the traditional way. We have to change this tendency of the students and widen the scope of their understanding and knowledge. We need to inculcate such confidence in them that they can solve any kind of problem in life at their own level with their own wisdom.

EXERCISE

Ques. "Students, answer a question that a man was out of the house and was constantly soaking in the rain. His whole body was wet from the rain. His head was completely bare and there was no turban, safa, hat or anything on his head to keep his head safe from getting wet. But not a single hair of his head got wet. How can this be possible?"

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Teacher's Remarks