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This is my reflection on the integrity class I had attended this past academic year alongside my peers in my 4th year of instruction at our beloved FS!

The class taught me wonderful facets and dimensions of myself and the improvements I needed to make in life, as my goals were being achieved or are in motion sought of speak. I learned about closure, the realities of our perceptions and most of all, an honesty with ones self that fuels ones own pride..!

See, scientific evidence tells us that in order for us facilitators to be successful we have to “let the student, teach the student” and we in turn just “guide” them along the way….well guess what?  It’s true, as a student in the INTEGRITY class, i was a student teaching myself to be integral in my current situations. This past year was quite a dignified moment of my life. It has taken me places that I was not aware of at all and it has brought a new confidence to my existence. I must carry the burden of my expectations with integrity and dignity.

I learned to deal with stressful problems with a calmer demeanor then before and I learned what I could achieve if i put my own mind to it, as a family man, friend and facilitator slash coach. I had to make some strong important decisions that dictated important outcomes in most cases and some did not work as well( I learned from those too) I realized that at the end of the day, the only thing we all really have in common is time, our utilization of it or how we HANDLE IT differs from person to person. But in the INTEGRITY experience, the time between classes was the blessing in disguise, because it enabled me to put theory into practice and I got to witness all the data in 3D, 4G, HD…!!

The facilitators of the INTEGRITY class and my fellow batch mates were very mature and to the point. I would like to think we all grew and blossomed in our respective lives, so much so, that today we are all still together and have maintained a consistent output for our FS and in the lives that we live in today…..!

We can proudly say, we are graduates from the INTEGRITY BATCH OF 2017..!

Thanking you all,

FS PRIDE…!

Sincerely,

Kalpesh

Listening …. listening… and again listening….

Understood the meaning of saying “The grass is always greener on the other side”.

At times we presume and become  judgemental about people without even knowing them. These class gave me chance to know people and their suffereing, pain and also how strongly some of my friends  dealt with their problem.These class taught me that we are driver of our own life,our happiness and our suffering. After listening to my friends prespectives on different problems i got clear understanding of legitimate and illegitimate pain.

I have many take away from all the classes Life, Love and Integrity. These classes makes my life smoother and peaceful.

A big thank to FS for conducting such classes and providing forum  where we can share and listen to others without any hestiation and fear.

Also i would like to thank Chinki ma’am and Zahabiya ma’am for listening to us and help us motivate us for introspection that really help to solve many problems.

Thank you.

When Integrity Class started I had a perceptive that something very different would happen in the class though things were looking simple. However, the discussions in our class had a deep impact in my life and my thoughts.The most important part that I missed in my daily routine was listening and I was able to realize it after this class that how much it matters in someone’s life. I heard about some experiences that made me realize that some issues I thought was only in my life, but I was able to connect with them.How important is it to come up with your fear and what changes it brings in your life was experienced by me in this class only.Our facilitators were really helpful who enabled me to come up with my fear and even my colleagues.I feel this led me to understand about my life a bit.

Regards,

Manish Tiwari

I believe that life class is needed for all. It changes the way of thinking. It is not only philosophy, but real life, way of living.

In three years, I have seen a lot of change in myself. Seven habits helped me to improve my management skills; love class helped me to understand people and the meaning of real love. But Integrity class made me a good listener. Listening to other people’s problems helped me to understand them in a better way.

When we went to the hospital, I saw the misery of life, and I realised that God loves me and my family. I am blessed.

All these experiences have made me a new man, a compassionate person.

What is integrity???

It is a mixture of 7 habits and love classes…………

What all I have shared during these two classes, we have got a chance to put a deeper thought about the same during this class.

With each session of these class, we got a chance to put ourselves in someone else’s shoe, where we got to understand different experiences, emotions, pains which made our life content full and complete.For example. we have heard about the struggle that everyone faced in their lives where we realized that we are responsible of our lives so we can implement our learning with any situation, we can overcome our fear or trouble in any circumstances.

We were also given a chance to visit to the Civil hospital and Old age home where we have experienced the pain they went through everyday so we thank god for the life we have got.

“Now, we could find a complete transformation in our lives.We thank our facilitators, our colleagues and friends to give us this opportunity.”

Dimple Topiwala

Jimmi Lineswala

Tasnim Batliwala

Suchi Dakoria

Greetings Fountaineers,

Welcome to this wonderful new academic year 2016 – 2017 (I sincerely hope…??) No really, I think this year we are all going to kick some serious butt….as in, totally dominate in all aspects of education, in the ambit sense of the word…! Mr. “K” and Co have laid out the objectives and we are expected to deliver regardless of the situation ( I love this sort of competitiveness..!!)

There are so many changes and developments in and around the facility, it’s mind boggling. I can’t wait till the lads get back to school!

Anyways, myself and the rest of the third year veterans including a few older ones find ourselves in “INTEGRITY” class…with the “ZSM” and Chinki Ma”am. ..!! We are a mixed batch of about 28 participants (23 females and 5 males..!!!) Personally,  the class has started off a bit lukewarm and I feel a bit apprehensive of its content and of course it’s desired effect, as compared to the other two classes before this one..!!

Don’t get me wrong, I am honored to be part of this beautiful group, but I still feel it’s objective is not clear. I also went one step ahead and interrogated a few of the last year’s participants and they seem a bit jaded too…??

Regardless, I’m in it for the long run and gained a confidence booster in the last minutes of the second session yesterday. I am not at liberty to discuss it’s content at this moment, as we have taken an oath to keep it “in house” if you like..!

Come what may this year…” I’LL HANDLE IT…!!! “

Sincerely with integrity… ( couldn’t resist..!)

Kalpesh “Sir” ( I hate this way of being addressed, it’s so colonial un-British..!!)

FS PRIDE…!

……My journey as a facilitator of Integrity workshop was like witnessing a liberalization movement which had commenced within myself. My ego was holding it’s front strong  and on the other hand my inner being— let me call it– my true self, was taking the blows like a true freedom fighter.

With each sessions of life class my ego  fueled my problems. My pains, made me feel vulnerable, pacified my mistakes…captivated my mind.

Eventually taking responsibility of my being  and sharing my pains and problems with my group mates, snapped the strings which held me back, didn’t allow me to move and grow.

With each sharing, there was something which was setting me free, a deep sense of relief was soaking me, I was moving out of my guilt.

The theories of various life class workshops started falling in place, a clear picture emerged….one which convinced me that…the liberalization movement will continue till I continue to breathe, but, now I will decide –(what emotions, feelings I need to hold  on to and what I need to let go; release)…… and not my ego.                                   Suparna.Khadepaw

Last 2 days of Love classes with the support staff were full of surprising experiences. We talked about forgiveness at length screened the movie “Bachna Ae Haseeno” for the participants. All the participants, especially the didis, came up with some interesting reflections on the movie. Some of them were also surprised us by bringing up some brilliant examples. We also decided that one the second day we will be writing a forgiveness letter and an apology letter.

As decided, the participants were given time to write the two letters. It was such an amazing sight to see all of them quietly engrossed in writing the letters. Some of them also shared the contents of their letters with us. This clearly indicated the kind of understanding that they had developed. A few of them expressed that it made them attain inner peace and also promised to actually hand over the letters for whom they were written.

One of the things observed during these classes is that it would be really incredible if all the “bhaiyaas” (male support staff) also display a higher amount of interest and enthusiasm for these classes. However, a few of them came up with really commendable amount of sharing. All the didis enthusiastically participated in and reflected upon most activities.

Facilitating this classes has enhanced the learning of we as facilitators as well and has acted as a reinforcement of the learning. So much so that two of the facilitators actually landed up writing a forgiveness letter one more time.

All the participants got transformed into children when we made them play the game “Satodi” after a really heavy session. They thoroughly enjoyed it and were seen fighting, cheating, giggling and laughing like children. They mentioned that it brought back their childhood memories.

Priti Pimpalkhare
Vaidehi Sethji
Rucha Kinariwala
Anwer Hans
Mitesh Patel