She is the guiding light and the
moving spirit behind the rapid growth
and progress of the school. Mrs Mohini Bindra
has been steering the destiny of the
school since April 1990. One of
the youngest ever Principals of
a Ramjas School, Mrs. Mohini Bindra
joined in 1974 as a Physics teacher
and soon made a mark as an outstanding
teacher. Always the keen scholar, she
has authored 4 books on Physics. Even
as a student, she was a trail blazer.
Winner of the JSTS and Senior Science
Talent Scholarship, she was a
recipient of President's Guide award
and the University Topper in her B.Ed..
A simple, unassuming woman who has endeared herself to students and staff alike with her gentle demeanour and inimitable style of directness and informity, Mrs. Mohini Bindra is a woman with a mission. Embodying the values of hardwork, perseverance and exemplary patience, she is fired with a dogged determination to make Ramjas School, Pusa Road, an institution which not only helps students along the road to academic achievement but promotes all-round development and prepares them to be active citizens.
A
child was not selected for the Science
Seminar for which he had been
preparing for a few days. When the
child informed her father about it in
the car, while going home, he began
abusing the teacher.
Many
parents adopt the attitude that their
child is "right". When they
can't accept their child isn't number
one, they blame the source of the
frustration instead of looking for a
way to cope. Instead of urging the
child to study harder for better
grades, they blame the teacher.
Instead of punishing a child for
violating a school policy, they battle
the policy.
In
a revealing survey of more than one
thousand adults, good manners were
ranked as the most important quality
to nurture in children. However,
raising polite kids today is not so
much about putting your napkin on your
lap as it is about sharing,
cooperation and consideration of
others. We all hope that the values
that are important, to each, of us
are, passed along to our children.
Often, however, a deluge of pop
culture messages, peer pressure, and
over scheduled lives leave little time
for good counsel or reflection. It's
easy to forget that learning values
and character is as important as any
schoolwork or extracurricular
activity.
Teens
need to recognize that the values
underlying good manners respect,
consideration, empathy are important.
Behaving responsibly, acting with
kindness, and caring about others is
the moral and ethical high road to
success.
Well
behaved children stand out in a crowd,
and art what they want out of life.
One
way we can encourage good manners, is
through role models, child learn from
watching the behaviour of others, and
therefore shining examples of the
behaviour we hope to see in our
students.
Schools
with positive climates, with a
commitment to shared values, tend to
be happier places for students. We
should be prepared to shop whatever we
are doing to deal with incidents of
unkindness, intolerance and bullying.
Time spent doing this will not take us
away from our purpose of imparting
learning; rather it will enhance it,
since that is also as much a part of
education. Discipline should be based
on rewarding responsibility, rather
than punishing misbehaviour.
