Denzil B. Menezes … Class of ’71 passes away
Regret to inform all that Denzil B Menezes, Class of ’71 passed away in Auckland, NZ on April 18, 2013. May his Soul Rest in Peace.
Regret to inform all that Denzil B Menezes, Class of ’71 passed away in Auckland, NZ on April 18, 2013. May his Soul Rest in Peace.
Punishing children, using corporal punishment was regarded normal and accepted in many schools and institutions. (23 Aug14, Pg 6 Times of India ICSE ordinance against Corporal Punishment) The legacy of corporal punishment in our school goes back to the beginning of 19th century, (Reminiscences of my school days 1901 to 1906 by Joseph B Gomes…
A few observations from around the globe on teachers & teaching I found interesting; I never did very well in math. I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn’t meant my answers literally. [Calvin Trillin] I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. [Lily…
….. our attitudes to education today. How we encourage our children and push them. Even more so on how we work with students who are not the “brightest” according the systems we measure. Sir Ken Robinson is a well-known educator and speaker at TED and other forums. This talk is an abridged video of a longer lecture….
Some people leave indelible impressions in our lives. Rev Fr. Valero Aleu SJ was one of them. Fr. Aleu as a young boy had aspired to become a world cup football player but that was not to be, he was destined to come to India from Spain. He was an ardent Hindi teacher, strict disciplinarian…
Soon it will be tax time again. Perhaps not the happiest thought but there could be a silver lining … if you make a gift to St. Stanislaus Ex-Students Association (SSESA) now. In Uplat, Talasari District, located about 150 Km North of Mumbai along the Western Express highway, families struggle to send their children to…
In St. Stanislaus High School, then as perhaps now, there were boys from all communities and we were peaceful. Typical competitive behavior was but natural as in any other school. The typical school day began with the prayer in the shed (as we called it then – the space between the stationary and the Donnelly…