Ch 6- Vlues Associated With Healthy Adolescence
CHAPTER NO.6 VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH
HEALTHY ADOLESCENCE
1. To understand the causes of stress and anxiety in
adolescence with a sense of responsibility.
2. To control the emotions of anger and jealousy
created as a reaction of mental stress.
3. Creating a prosperous lifestyle based on mental
energy and good health,
You should accept it that nobody is better than you
in this world and that there is no other personality like you in your
surroundings.
It is also not impossible that you cannot find a
person in this society whose personality is similar to that of yours. One must
admit that if any person can
become great through his contribution then you can
also become great, To attain this purpose, first of all one needs to develop
self-confidence and to get rid of all type of mental stress and anger. We can
relish our dreams by getting rid of all types of bad habits in our life.
According to FLY Principle’the term First Love yourself makes us realize that
there is not any task that is impossible for us.Hence, if we keep on loving our
dreams and theit credibility and keep our spirit and morale high,then external
circumstances cannot hurt our mind. This world is like an idealistic drama. Our
temperament should be to accept ourselves as a part
of this drama by remaining happy and free of anxiety. So, by getting rid of all
types of anxieties, while relishing this life that is full of hopes and
enthusiasm, if sometimes we face any adversity or hardship then we should not
get disheartened. If we develop this insight to remove stress then we can lead
a prosperous life that is free from anxiety.If there is no stress then there
will not be any space for anger or rage in our life. Some of the
statistics from various surveys conducted on
anxieties and stress of man should also be considered carefully. According to
the various surveys, we can come to the
conclusion that so many anxieties have been created by man themselves
for some reason or the other.
According to the above analysis, these anxieties are
baseless and lead to wastage of time,energy and health. These must be removed
from our nature with firm determination. If you have learnt to get rid of
anxiety from your life, then you have learnt to get rid of anger.
A needy and future-oriented student has holidays in
school; he is determined that he
would definitely find a job to manage the expenses
of his study and to have work experience.He artives at a hotel in the same city
to appear in an interview for a waiter. He sees there are already about 20
young males and females sitting in the waiting room for the interview. The
student looks at them, thinks something and goes to the receptionist with a
smiling face devoid of any stress,
Student : (To the receptionist) Please give me a
paper slip.(The receptionist gives a paper slip to the student. The student
writes down something on that paper.)
Student : Hand over this message to the manager who
is conducting the interview, please.(Receptionist goes inside and gives the
paper slip to the manager.)
Manager : (Reads the slip and he is stunned a little
bit.) Send that boy inside right now.(Receptionist goes out.)
Manager : (says to himself) I think he is the most
suitable candidate for this job.
(The interview process continues.)
The teacher will ask the student what could have
been written by that student so that after reading it, the manager immediately
made up his mind to appoint that student for the job. All the students will
answer. Whatever the answer may be, the teacher will appreciate their answers;
at the same time she/he will try to find out how the role play has stirred the
imagination of the students and in which direction.
The student had written:The Manager had thought,
“This boy is full of amazing enthusiasm and self- confidence. He
wishes to convey the message that no decision should
be taken before interviewing him." He saluted his thought and was convinced
that he was the only suitable candidate for that post.With the cooperation of
their teachers, the students will interact with their clasemates in the
classroom and try to draw out conclusions of the
above role-play on the basis of the three aspects given below:-
1) Inspiration, high morale and enthusiasm are inner
states of the mind, that do not have such relationship with external
circumstanes, human beings and external things that they can make our
motivation power negative and create stress.
2) The student didn't lose his heart by looking at
the candidates who were already sitting there for the interview. He did not
think that he was not better than those candidates.Rather he showed his high
spirit by conveying his message of positive thinking to the
3) With the help of this story, we can come to the
conclusion that although circumstances are adverse and path is full of
hardships, if our state of mind is firm, full of enthusiasm and we are self
confident then we would be free from anxiety,For this activity, the teacher
will arrange some materials and involve those students who usually don't show
much interest in domg any activity. For this activity, the required materials
are a big unripe potato and a straw.
1) Holding the potato in one hand and the straw in
the other hand, the teacher will call that student who usually remains silent
or inactive in the class.(Student should be called very respectfully by his
name.)
2) The teacher will ask that student, “Can you
insert this straw across this potato in one attempt 2”
3) The other students of the class will also tell whether this student can perform the task or not because the straw is not hard enough and it will be difficult to insert it across an
unripe potato. The
opinion of the students will also be considered in this activity.
4) Teacher : "Let us see."
Teacher hands over that potato and the straw to the
student.Teacher : Now I will say "-One,Two,Three".Then I will say-
"Follow the instruction".In this activity, the student will push the
straw into the potato with one jerk. If the student does not succeed in
inserting in the first attempt, then this activity can be repeated.
5) The student tries.A time comes when the student
is able to insert the straw across the potato. The teacher applauds followed by
all the students who share the joy of this
success. The students will not leave their seats.
The class will be divided into two groups. A debate will be conducted based on
the four points mentioned below:
6) Sports activity (UN): This is a sports activity.
It is true that although there is stress or anxiety in the beginning, yet the
work can be completed with a strong strength of mind,patience and courage.
7) Process: Few students tried to pass the hard
straw across the potato with one jerk; they were unsuccessful which means
without proper understanding, learning, and obedience of the advice given by
parents and teachers, the appropriate results cannot be achieved.
8) Motivation: When a teacher involves a student who
is usually silent, he inspires him naturally by exploiting his existing quality
of inner patience and contentment. Thus, they will understand that encouragement and motivation can make every
impossible task possible.
9) Reflection: It has become clear to us from this
activity that if we are completely tension-free, we can with our patience,
contentment and consistency make any impossible task possible. So, it is not
difficult to do any work, pursue subject, course or job etc. Rather with the
above qualities, difficult circumstances can be overcome.
Worksheet
Q 1. Write any other activity like the one above
which has made the impossible possible.
Q2. Write about a task which you were able to solve
it with confidence despite being in anxiety and stress,
Q3. Which new way of life did you experience from
the above role-play activites? Write in your own words.
