Daily 2 Yoga Classes
Daily 2 Meditation Classes
Clean, comfortable room (hot water / bathroom / Western toilet / sheets / pillows / blankets) double or single occupancy (Sharing) in Yoga Retreat Ashram Dharamsala
3 healthy and delicious vegetarian meals per day
Unlimited purified water
Participation in regular ashram classes and fire pujas
Use of a yoga hall
Participation in evening programs ( Aarati/music/kirtan )
Access to ashram library
Free Wi-Fi internet
laundering access (Self)
6 Night's Accommodation
Open Roof Top
Beautiful View From Balcony
Learn Music Instrument
Hot Drinks ( Indian Chai, Ginger, Lemon, Tulsi & Black Tea)
Trekking- Triund, Galu Mata, River, Guna Mata, Sunset point, Naddi, Forest
By Car- Norbulingka Institute, Tapowan, Karmapa Temple, Museum, Kangra Fort, Tea Garden, Stadium
Sightseeing- Dalai Lama Temple, Mcleodganj Market, Church, Bhagsu Waterfall, Dal Lake, Dharamkot
Classes- Yoga philosophy, Anatomy, Chakra Study, Mantra
The promise of the Common Core is dying and teaching and learning are being distorted. The well that should sustain the Core has been poisoned.
Whether or not learning the word ‘commission’ is appropriate for second graders could be debated—I personally think it is a bit over the top. What is of deeper concern, however, is that during a time when 7 year olds should be listening to and making music, they are instead taking a vocabulary quiz.
The Common Core places an extraordinary emphasis on vocabulary development
Teachers are engaged in practices like these because they are pressured and afraid, not because they think the assessments are educationally sound. Their principals are pressured and nervous about their own scores and the school’s scores. Guaranteed, every child in the class feels that pressure and trepidation as well.
I am troubled that a company that has a multi-million dollar contract to create tests for the state should also be able to profit from producing test prep materials. I am even more deeply troubled that this wonderful little girl, whom I have known since she was born, is being subject to this distortion of what her primary education should be.
Parents can expect that the other three will be neglected as teachers frantically try to prepare students for the difficult and high-stakes tests.
Real learning occurs in the mind of the learner when she makes connections with prior learning, makes meaning, and retains that knowledge in order to create additional meaning from new information. In short, with tests we see traces of learning, not learning itself.
They see data, not children.
Data should be used as a strategy for improvement, not for accountability
A fool with a tool is still a fool. A fool with a powerful tool is a dangerous fool.