How Extracurricular Activities Play A Vital Role?

Do you have a child struggling through the middle school grades? Is your child distracted towards every other thing except studies? Do you find him incorrigible? It might be a possibility that you are overstretching things with him and you need to diversify the stuff on his plate. A child cannot be a bot programmed to study and needs his share of variety in the things he does. Extracurricular activities play an imperative role in overall development of a child. Follow up of the article makes a mention of different reasons to validate the aforesaid statement.

It is well said that, "All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy". School days are the best days of one's life and can't be considered complete without fun. There have been many instances, when globally famed personalities have attributed their keen interest in sports, music, arts, etc. to extracurricular activities. 

If your child ever wants your consent to participate in extra activities in school, do not underestimate his interest in any which way. This way, you won't be able to help your child; instead, he will become a frog in a well.

It's a common observation that the moment children ask their guardian to join music or art classes, majority of them are instantly disappointed with a big 'No'. Parents also have their own good reasons to discourage these things, as they would like their child to give unfaltering focus to academics only. They tag such things as leisurely activities and a mere distraction. However, there are no valid reasons to discourage a child, if he wants to participate in such activities. Those children who are forced to study continuously end up creating mayhem all over. Follow-up of the article mentions how co-curricular activities play a vital role.

1. A great stress buster 

It is humanly impossible to keep studying all day long. Even if someone succeeds, he will be able to do it for a few days only. After a certain span of time, there will be a saturation point, and a student is bound to be reluctant to pursue the same anymore. Leisurely activities as you may call it, but it is essential to allow him a pause.   

Solution

Instead of compelling your child to study continuously, give him a break. Activities including music, arts, and sports expose a child to a variety of things and contribute towards a multifaceted personality. This will eventually help him in the future. Being a guardian, you should walk hand-in-hand with your child and encourage him to participate in these activities.

2. Helps in improving health 

With such a vast syllabus, exams and baggage full of homework, regular schooling tends to be sedentary in nature. Young children need a diversified range of engaging stuff to develop physically and mentally. 

Solution

You should talk to your child and familiarize him about different advantages of these activities. If your child has put on weight, cricket and basketball will work magically against his extra weight. Apart from these benefits, when your child will begin to play, he will automatically get Vitamin D, which is necessary for his overall development. 

 3. Improve Interpersonal skills

There is no point in making a child nothing more than a stuffed effigy. There are a few children who may be intelligent, but after being inactive for a longer time span, they tend to become introvert. It is not good for him as it affects his social skills and ability to deal with public relations. It is likely to affect such children in their future terribly. 

Solution

Apart from encouraging your child to play and participate in different activities, make sure that you do not have a communication gap with him; so that you know, when he is inching towards being shy. If he will become non vocal, he won't be able to do anything or put his foot down against the wrongs in his life. Let your child get exposed to different atmosphere. It will be beneficial for him in the long run. He will be able to communicate effectively and make new friends. Hence, it will have a great impact on his interpersonal skills.

4. Positive Exposure 

Those children who are discouraged to join extra activities become inactive, after a certain point of time. No matter how intelligent a child is, only bookish knowledge won't enable him to conquer the world.

Solution

Apart from encouraging your child to mug up theories, always encourage him to look things from a creative angle altogether.

As a whole, consider the aforementioned tips in order to enable your child to be on the right track.

All About Cracking Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test Examination

Not every child is born with excellent IQ skills. But this do not mean that average scoring students won't qualify a competitive exam. At the end of the day, it has to be kept in mind that there's no escape to hard work. It is no where written that success ought to be celebrated and failure should be condoned. A student who has not succeeded in his first preliminary scholastic aptitude attempt, he still should give it a try and he would surely succeed. Read on to know more!

Thousands of students attempt Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test entrance every year, but a handful get the opportunity to be a part of business school of repute. This test is usually co-sponsored by the 'National Merit Scholarship' qualifying test authorities and is conducted in October annually.

Mentioned below are a few strategies that will enable an aspiring candidate to hit the goal and reach his ultimate destination:

On a foremost note, the moment a student decides to appear in this competitive exam, he should have a crystal clear agenda in his mind as mental preparation is equally important. By the time, a student is not prepared mentally for his exam, there are high probabilities of losing confidence in the examination hall. 

There's a world of difference in mugging up allotted syllabus and understanding basics of each and every module. Mugging up formulas without understanding won't suffice and would last overnight. Thus, each and every second has to be utilized in best way. Merely looking up here and there or feel overwhelmed at the examination hall won't help in any way.

It has been seen that there are a few students who end up being overconfident. the reason being, 'high-scores' in home-exam. Every aspiring candidate should acknowledge to the fact that if school exams would be conducted at same level, wherein there's a limited course, the overall scenario would be different altogether. In order to clear an entrance, each and every aspect varying from thinking, reasoning, writing and group discussion, everything has to be covered in such a way that a student doesn't give clueless looks, when he is subjected to each one of these. Instead of being skeptical in any way, a student should open his logical and imaginative floodgates and get-go with the flow. 

Solving previous year question papers help a lot in familiarizing a candidate with pattern of the exam which ultimately helps in maintaining a good time management in exam. 

There's a big-time difference in managing things on own and seeking a professional's help for the same. Instead of experimenting and taking risks with such a life transforming decision, it is wise to be under an expert's supervision. Majority of students face difficulties in 'the critical analysis' and 'reasoning section' and this is where, an expert's supervision will come to rescue.

Keep aforementioned tips in mind, prior to attempting the exam this year. Good luck and do well!

Tips On Conducting Hassle-Free Interview

Not everyone can make others talk. It's an art that has to be mastered, especially for those who conduct interviews as a part of their profession.There are several things that play important role and should be sincerely taken into consideration to conduct an easy going interview. Read on to know more!

Not every interviewer can make most of it while interviewing celebs and politicians. There comes in a point when everything tends to get turn upside down. This is why formal training is a 'must' for all those who aspire to be a journalist in future.

The art of interviewing can be categorized into two heads, preparation and conduct. Each of them are important and a slight negligence in any way would lead to unexpected outcome. This is one of the prime reasons to why an interviewer is handed over strict guidelines, prior to an interview. There's a code of conduct that has to be followed in order to avoid pitfalls. 

Below mentioned are a few things that would change a generic conversation into a great hit.

Choosing people: needless to mention, choosing a person is the first step, prior to interviewing someone. Thus, it is an interviewer's responsibility to observe each and every loophole, be it personal or work-related, about the celebrity so that the interview does not sounds vague or ambiguous. It is acknowledged that it won't be a get-set-go thing and is certainly a time-consuming affair. In order to make the interview sound interactive and informative, there has to be a proper structure. 

Set-up: post deciding who will be interviewed, appointment call should be made to keep everything in check. When it comes to celebrities and/or political leaders, getting appointment approval becomes a tough nut to crack. In simpler words, in order to adhere to the timeline at workplace and conduct a good interview, an individual should be given flexibility and sufficient notice, varying on circumstances to avoid last-minute mess. For the reason that an interviewer rarely gets this opportunity to decide venue, it should be left to an individual's flexibility, who would be interviewed. Though there are many journalists, only a few can be good opportunist. An individual who would be conducting interview should be ever-ready with a questionnaire. This is because even if a celeb lays emphasis on his hectic schedule, instant interview can be conducted, depending on the situation

Follow-up: if a celebrity or a leader has given a specific time to the host, the concerned person should be given a follow-up call or confirmation reminder for the same. 

Homework: interviewing someone is not limited to asking a few questions or playing with words here and there. There has to be a certain pattern, structure and flow of questions that would be taken up in the interview. There's no point in asking such questions that will enable a person who would be interviewed to give a yes or no answer. Homework has to be done by an interviewer so that he/she gets to know about the past, present whereabouts and future projects or plans to make the interview sound obvious, entertaining and informative.

Framing questions: there should be no-break in flow of thoughts and questions while interviewing. The interview must sound informative and genuine to viewers, which otherwise leaves a bad impression. This is possible only when an interviewer will have the familiarity to what all is happening around and is up-to-date. 

Professional code of conduct: be punctual to avoid mess. Unfortunately, if there's a delay, owing to some reason, host should explain it briefly and honestly. First impression counts and thus, the host must dress appropriately and neatly. For instance: a business associate might more readily feel like talking, if the interviewer is conservatively dressed. It is important to be true to self to have a great interview. 

Conclusively, aforementioned are a few things that ought to be taken into consideration in order to make an interview sound informative and interesting.