Unleash the potential within

I attended a talk organized by SK’s school about “Unleashing the potential within” and emerged a little wiser.

We are often too quick to judge a child’s intelligence by their school grades. What we do not realize is everyone has a dominant learning style. Once you have identified what kind of a learner you are, whether visual, auditory or kinesthetic, you would be able to learn effectively with the right techniques.

Here’s a simple exercise. If I show you these 10 words on a card for 20 seconds and remove the card, can you recall the 10 words in the right order?

BOOK
HEART
LOTION
GLASS
BALLOON
RIBBON
FAN
RAINBOW
MOUSE
WALL

However, if I draw a picture of book, then draw a heart on the book. Instead of blood, lotion is flowing out of the heart, dripping into the glass below. A balloon floats up, the ribbon attached to it gets caught on the fan which starts spinning a rainbow. Imagine a mouse sliding down the rainbow and crashes into the wall.

Now, can you remember all the 10 words in the right sequence?

Well done!