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Consolidate Your Vision to Navigate through Challenging Educational Landscape

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The medias, both social and mainstream, is both frenzy and abuzz with the news of a teacher being implicated by court for using corporal punishment as a method to punish underachievement in academic outcome and as possible means to boost future performance. Although corporal punishment has been legally banned in education/ school, the practice still find its spot for numerous reasons. In my analysis, teachers personal belief system on half truths of educational theories and system induced stress on teacher performance tops the reasons for the existence of corporal punishment in schools. AI generated image 1. The educational Trap of Omnipotence, cultural beliefs on adverse conditioning, and misinterpreted theories As our teachers long ago believed that corporal punishment can induce learning behaviors boosting academic achievement, do today's teachers believe the same? I have seen many do hold on to those believe. It is either because of ignorance or cultural tendency to disbelieve ...

Cheap Books of Jaigon Street

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Jaigon Street Books If you are a keen reader who ran out of books; this is where you should come. Books of Jaigon Street are exceptionally cheap. The prices are beyond reasonable. For an example, Sapiens; A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (one of the Top Ten Bestsellers of Sunday Times) is sold at 70% of the actual cost. With some bargain, I bought the book at around 50% of the actual price. Isn't it cheap? It is right! Other bestselling books such as "Making of Michael Obama" and Stephens Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly effective People” are also sold at almost the same discount rate of actual price. Save for the few dark or blurred picture inside, books are of reasonable quality. The prints are good too. I bought some books such ‘Tibetan Book of Living and Dying’ in the past too and I'd issue with the neither the content nor the print.  If you buy the same book with same paper quality and print from renowned book stores, you pay the exact p...

Why jobs get frustrating? How do I manage? (Prismatic Refraction)

Dasho Chewang Rinzin, Director of RIGSS puts “Above the clouds every day is clear day.” On certain cases, working for an organization isn’t always above the clouds for many reasons. We juggle a lot through the clouded system, unpredictable weather of superiors and muddy team who could juice out the energy. We get messed up through the maze. These reasons are often circumstantial. What is not circumstantial is our approach and strategies to face the challenge and get above the clouds. To save myself my frustration and humiliation, I use Non-Expecting Approach to get the things done at my work place. I don’t expect recognition, reward and sympathy from other. I simply do my job for the love of doing. A Non-comparing Approach is great tool to practice. Few people has big circle of influence for the irrational reasons and they enjoy privilege of recognition without sweat and effort. I practice non-comparing attitude. I still do my job like a pro. Truth, at times is like ‘Acho Dhaka’ w...

Analysis of His Majesty The King's address to the nation on 17th December 2018: A layman's perspective

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As we embrace the glorious past, vibrant present, and bright future aspiration, His Majesty the King Jigme Kheser Namgyel Wangchuk always guide the prosperity, security, unity and sovereignty of this nation through timeless wisdom and sacrifices. One of Royal guidance is conveyed through Royal Address conveyed in various national occasions. Of many Royal Addresses, Royal Address of National Day delivered at Samtse has two salient points. One was addressed to political parties and other was on civil and public service. The first part of address was on political parties with underlying message of unity. His Majesty in his address, clearly reflects on the commitments of political parties to work for wellbeing of people and nation. In doing so, His Majesty the King expressed the need to work towards strengthening our peace, sovereignty, and unity while achieving equitable socio-economic development in line with visions and long-term, aspirations of nation. His Majesty the King at Sa...