B) Summary writing:
Write a summary of the above extract with a suitable title with the help of the given steps.
The professor picked jar-----filled jar with various materials---- jar represents the---should not focus on linle
things--take care of family set the prionties
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Title - ‘The Important Things in life’
A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”
“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car.
The sand is everything else. The small stuff.”
“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.
Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”
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The suitable title for the story is " Setting up of priorities"
The professor stood before his class took a pickle jar filled the jar with various materials and proceeded to fill the jar up to its rim, then he took small pebbles, the pebbles took all the empty places, then he took sand, and then tried to fill the jar with the sand, asked the students what has happened now, obviously, the sand took all the place that was empty. The students said that the jar is full now.
Then he said this jar is your life and life revolves around big and small things like these, rocks and stones are your dear ones or important ones whereas we should prioritize accordingly.