Let the Ideas Flow 💡

The day began with a prayer at the college chapel. The first class was yoga. Sir, demonstrated Vajrasana. Few of us found it difficult to do but I hope with practice we'll be able to do it properly. During Maya ma'am's class, ma'am explained how philosophy and education are interdependent. We did a fun activity where we found out which animal represents our personalities. Most of them in our class got the animal, lion which means they are born leaders. I got Wolf whose description was quite close to my nature.

During Ancy ma'am's class we learned about pre natal and post natal development. Later we discussed about our ideas for the 'Talent Show'. We have come up with an outline but hope we'll be able to execute it well.

In our last hour Joju sir, continued with the panel discussion on ' Advantages and Disadvantages of technology'. Each and every presenter did a great job.

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Prime Numbers in Nature

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