An original speech, written by our student Pratyush Mohile.

Pratyush is 10 years old, a young orator from Mumbai. We are proud to have him as a student of the Little Kathakar Program, an Online Public Speaking through Applied Storytelling & Theatre Program under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Pratyush for this exemplary true self-expression.

Load To School

Are you one of those parents who aren’t aware that your child is carrying a load and not a bag to school every day? If yes, listen to me. Do you know that heavy school bags are a serious threat to the health and well-being of our children? It has a severe and adverse physical impact on our bones, knees, and backs. Stacks of notebooks, textbooks, workbooks, stationery, and sometimes material related to school projects make us feel we are carrying something as heavy as bricks. Not to forget the weight of the lunch box and water bottle only adds to the load. A load of a School Bag, as estimated in some of the Telangana districts, weighs about 6 to 12 Kg at the Primary level and 12 to 17 Kg at the High School level. Students often complain of backache and shoulder pain regularly. This happened to me as well. Once I went to school with a heavy bag and when I returned home complaining of a backache, that backache stayed for 3-4 weeks, and I wasn’t able to sit upright for 1-2 days.

We have often heard the issue being raised during open houses. But neither the teachers nor the school management have been able to find a solution to the problem.

Sometimes what happens is the subject teacher is not coming and we unnecessarily carry the books which are not required, and nobody informs also that the teacher is not coming so don’t bring these books.

The teachers can tell us not to bring textbooks because the teacher presents their e-books on the whiteboard with the help of projectors. In this way, the number of books can be reduced and then the school bag will not be very heavy.

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