II. Read the statements. Tick the correct words. You can tick more than one.

1. We should develop the ability to learn from ___. a) self      b) others      c) books
2. Teachers help me to learn ____. a) new      b) bad      c) difficult
3. Teach me to appreciate ____. a) nature     b) destruction      c) small creatures
4. We should learn to ___ questions. a) ask     b) answer      c) discard

ANSWER:

1. others.
2. new, difficult.
3. nature, small creatures.
4. ask, answer.

III. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two:

1. What is inclusion? Why is it important?
   •  Ans: Inclusion is the feeling to treat everything around us as our won.  It helps us to feel for others and protect the surroundings as our own.  Once we learn inclusion, we will not pollute the road or ignore the needs of children around us.
2. What is good or effective communication?    
   •  Ans: Good communication has the simplicity of a child.  It helps us to talk to people who cannot speak or hear and those who are less gifted and less privileged.  Good communication helps us to talk to our predecessors and successors and animate and inanimate things
3. What should we learn from our teachers?
   •      Ans: We should learn how to learn to learn.  We should learn newer and more difficult things.
4. What kind of learning brings joy to you?
   •      Ans: We should learn newer ways to learn.  This kind of learning process gives us joy.
5. In what ways are we doing injustice to nature?
   •      Ans: We cut down trees.  We kill small insects with the use of fertilizers and pesticides.  Our consumerism upsets the balance in nature and causes imbalances.
6. What do you need to learn to live a good life in this world?
   •      Ans: We should learn to go beyond our text books and syllabus.  We should learn inclusion which is important for us to do well in life.  Breaking the barriers of boundary we should include everything around us and treat them as our own.
7. How does the ability to question help us?
   •      Ans: The ability to ask questions helps us to get answers. Once we get the answers we can explore how to establish a better order of things.   We learn to be accountable and we realize we can be questioned too.  In that exchange, truth will emerge.
8. What do you think are the two most important lessons that the speaker mentions?
   •      Ans: We should learn the power of silence but we should also know how to raise our voice to protect truth.  We should give up religious bigotry and intolerance and develop a world view of things.