UNIT I MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Know Thyself by R.J Palacio

(Excerpt taken from wonder)

Characters

 

Mr. Browne (English Teacher with a beard who has yellow stripes on his beard)

Students (various characters in the class)

August (one student whose face is disabled)

Jack (another student who has good sense of humour and is famous amongst other students)

Charlotte (student)

Henry (student)

Miles (student)

Julian (student)

 

 

·         August Pullman is sitting with his classmates in a waiting hall for other students to come.

·         August Pullman looks around which all students are present/absent in his class.

·         Suddenly the bell rings and everyone runs towards their classes but August Pullman walks in his own rhythm.

·         He walks towards class no.321 which was supposed to be English class.

·         He enters the class and sits on the back bench whereas there were some seats empty in the front and middle rows.

·         He usually sits on the back bench because he thinks that if he sits on front then every single student will make fun of him by looking at his face.

·         Because of disabled face he has lost interest in studies neither he wants to attend school’s classes.

·         Mr. Browne enters the class while he is still hesitated and worried that who will be sitting next to him.

·         Mr. Browne is tall, fair and he has yellow stripes on his beard.

·         Mr. Browne turns towards the chalkboard and starts writing but students are still entering late in the class.

·         Most of the students did not like to sit beside August Pullman because of his disabled face.

·         Suddenly Jack enters the class straight towards the back bench and sits beside August Pullman.

·         The second rings Mr. Browne introduces himself with the class, he keeps on noticing August Pullman's face but continues discussing with the class.

·         August Pullman is behaving like he is scribbling something on his notebook.

·         He is actually pretending of writing  the names of the students who are present who the present in the class on his notebook.

·         Charlotte a girl is present, Henry, Julian is present and Miles is absent.

·         Mr. Browne again turns towards the chalkboard and writes “PRECEPT” on the board and tells his students to write the same on their note copies.

·         Mr. Browne asks the students the meaning of “PRECEPT” but none student raises their hand to answer Mr. Browne’s question.

·         Mr. Browne smiles and turns towards the chalkboard and writes the meaning of precept.  “Rules of important things”

·         After reading this students predicts their answers on “PRECEPT”

·         Some students shout out Motto and Mr. Browne says yes like a motto. Some says its a line about fortune cookies, some says its a motivation quotes.

·         Mr. Browne writes everything said on the board and tells that it’s a way to guide important things.

·         Again the students begins their prediction saying its about family, parents pets. One girl said “The Environment” while Mr Browne keeps on writing on the chalkboard.

·         One boy named Reid said it’s Shark because they eat all the dead fishes and Mr. Browne wrote shark on the board.

·         Mr Browne turned around and says you all have tried it all but no one has named the most important thing.

·         Every single student looked at him and one student said “God” but that wasn’t the correct answer that Mr. Browne was looking for.

·         Mr. Browne wrote “Who we are”

·         What kind of people are We?

·         What kind of people are you?

·         Isn’t that the most important thing?

·         Isn’t that a kind of question we should be asking ourselves?

·         What kind of person am I?

·         Mr. Browne asks the students “have you all noticed the plaque next to the college gate?

·         What does it say?

·         Mr. Browne looked around but no one could answer his question.

·         Mr. Browne tells it says “Know thyself” and learning who you are is here what you’re here to do.

·         Jack says “I thought we were here to learn English and everyone in the class laughed at his joke.

·         Mr. Browne say Oh yes! That too

·         Mr. Browne writes on the board “Mr Browne’s September precept: when given the choice between being right or being good, choose kind.”

·         Mr. Browne gave a assignment and the idea about writing a precept and says I want everyone to write this precept in your summer vacations.

·         One girl asked “people really do that”?

·         Mr. Browne answers “yes” and I’ve had students who sends me their precept even now since they have been graduated long time ago.

·         As the conversation finished August realised that no matter what I’ve to go to school even if students tease me of my disabled face.

-Sarvesh SJB Rana 

PhD in Political Science.