Question

Imagine that Mrs. Lapidus is writing a blog about what happened at the school that morning. ‘Let me tell you how puzzled I was about the name of a little boy this morning….’ Continue from here and complete the blog..​

Answer 1

A Goan village baker used to sell all kinds of bread loaves. He used to come in the morning with a basket of bread loaves on his head. He made a musical entry on the scene with the jhang–jhang' of his bamboo stick. He used to wear a peculiar dress known as the 'kabai'.The baker used to enter with the Jingling sound of his specially made bamboo staff. His one hand supported the basket on his head and the other banged the bamboo on the ground.

Answer 2

Answer:

Let me tell you how puzzled I was about the

name of a little boy this morning. He is an

Indian boy from an Indian family settled in

this country. The boy and his parents were

applying for his admission to the school,

so I tried to get acquainted with them. The

boy’s name was written as Nikhil in the

application, so I addressed him by that

name. But he just kept looking at his feet, as

if he hadn’t been spoken to. I wondered if

he understood English and his father assured

me he did. After fi rst trying in English, he

bent down and spoke to his son in an Indian

language, but I heard him calling him by a

different name.

Now I understood why the boy did not

respond to me when I called him by the

name written in the application form. But

the father insisted we call him Nikhil. So

after he left, I asked the boy what name he

would prefer. The boy clearly preferred the

name his parents called him. I thought so. It

is so important for a child to be comfortable

at school. We needed to provide him with a

space that is not threatening. So I decided to

call him by the name he wanted. I conveyed

the same to his parents. It is important that

parents understand what the children prefer

even if it is something as elementary as

choosing what they want to be known as.

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