Adios..👋🏿

It was the last day of the M.Ed interns from Mar Theophilus Training College in GCTE Thycaud. Their internship spanned almost 3 weeks. During these three weeks, they were in charge of our psychology, philosophy and optional classes. The classes were more democratic in a sense and positive reinforcements were plenty. Irrespective of the lengthy sessions they took that too without breaks, we felt bad that they were leaving.

The final session they had to do was a conscientization programme which was titled 'ഗുരുദക്ഷിണ'. The session was lively and engaging. We were given balloons and asked us to inflate it. Then we were told that it's the stress accumulated within each one of us and asked us to pop it. I literally felt relieved after doing it.

The conscientization dealt with the gender inequality and various dimensions of it. The role of popular culture in propagating gender biases were highlighted. A reflection of the trends shown in recent malayalam films including Great Indian Kitchen, Home and Jaya Jaya Jaya He were also discussed. We were given charts cut in circle to draw faces or jot down whatever we wanted to. Sweets were distributed among us as tokens of love from their part.