MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 COIMBATORE EDITION Advertorial, Education Promotional Feature PORTALUPDATE/www.myeducationtimes.com FORPARENTS Stressbusters Start picking up life skills TOP SCHOOL early in life; learn from The Shri Ram examples of others. Have a School, New Delhi, has network of reliable and topped the EducationWorld- creative friends C Fore Schools Survey 2011, When there’s a breakdown followed by Cathedral and in communication, seek John Connon School, Mumbai. An exclusive professional help. Never try to interview with Komal learn swimming when you are Sood, principal, senior For complete story, log on to www.myeducationtimes. drowning; learn it well before school, the Shri Ram com/forparents School. you face a flood High academic scores and admission into top COURSES institutes should not be the sole purpose in life. 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Some material Faculty and placements success is essential but do not > Click on ‘Post Graduate’ on be only materially driven or www.myeducationtimes. com/courses inclined STUDYABROAD MANAGEMENT TRENDS ASHISH BHARDWAJ, regional director - South Asia, GMAC, talks to Coping with stress is not easy, Poonam Jain on the latest trends in Beat the management education across the world especially when you are a student, discovers Geetha Rao What are the results of GMAC’s new ‘Application Trends Survey’ in terms of the number of students pursuing MBA? oday’s youngsters are a stressed lot. Be it studies, The Application Trends Survey reveals that peer pressure, parental demands or societal ex- applicants from the Asia-Pacific countries T pectations, they are pressurised from all sides, (mainly India and China) have increased for say psychiatrists and psychologists. pressure full-time programmes around the world. In Swarnalatha Iyer, a consultant psychologist in Banga- fact, India continues to contribute the most lore, considers parental pressure to be the strongest. number of foreign applicants to the two-year “Home is the only place where the child can be him- MBA courses, with 61% of self/herself. Parents need to support their children; in- and analyse whether the pattern appears the next day. Planning is as important as MBA programmes having India as their top stead, they are usually the ones who pressurise them negative. If so, write statements next to the packing the school bag; there is a need source of the most,” she says. Parents foist their dreams on the negative ones that can give them a positive to introduce the concept of planning, foreign talent. child and expect him to do as bidden. In many cases, tone. Uttering the positive statements to both short and long-term. As the child Iyer hardly finds any problem with the child. “It is the yourself and repeating them when you feel grows, so will his or her outlook. > For complete story, log on to parents I have to speak to,” she explains. Societal pres- stressed can combat negative thoughts,” Handling pressure can indeed be turned www.myeducationtimes.com/studyabroad-faq sure adds its bit too. She cites the case of a student adds Monteiro. into an enjoyable task. Try it out,” he who had scored high marks in science but chose to Thirdly, if the pressure gets to you, try advises. study psychology. He was constantly asked why he did relaxation exercises like deep breathing and not opt for science despite such high marks. “Society it- visualising positive images. Lastly, seek self is judgmental in terms of what achievement professional help. Visit a psychologist/mental health professional. They can teach you how WILDVIEW to change your thinking, learn better coping Handling pressure skills and how to better manage pressure. can be turned into an In fact, handling pressure could be one of Grey Pelican the biggest lessons in life. As Hemant enjoyable task Chandorkar, consultant psychiatrist, Jehangir Common name: Spot-billed Pelican or Grey Pelican Hospital (Apollo Group), Pune, says, “Stress Scientific Name: Pelecanus philippensis means,” remarks Iyer. is an inherent part of human life, right from Habitat: Found in the ponds, lakes, wetlands, Ajit V Bhide, Bangalore-based psychiatrist, considers planning to conceive. Birth marks the first reservoirs, lagoons and estuaries peer pressure to be the highest pressure followed by pressure that a human being faces, Distribution: The bird was formerly common across the need to rebel against authority and conform to beginning an unending series of events, each much of Asia, but has suffered a widespread decline. group values and modes. “Then, there is parental pres- of which bring in varying amounts of stress It is native to India; Cambodia; Indonesia; Lao sure, which is less overt and more covert. Societal pres- or pressure. Stress is perceived by the mind People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Nepal; Sri sure, the rat-race and a materially driven angst, also co- as positive or negative, and, accordingly, Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. exist,” he says. comes the response: either adrenaline In Coimbatore district the bird can be sighted Given the scenario, youngsters must learn to cope. releases (positive), or corticosteroid releases around all the eight major tanks or wetland areas But how do they do that? (negative). The question is: how do you namely Singanallur, Valankulam, Ukkadam, Diana Monteiro, counselling psychologist and direc- condition the mind to release adrenaline Periyakulam, Selvampathy, Narasampathi, tor, The Hyderabad Academy of Psychology, offers, (eustress) over corticosteroid (distress)? Krishnampathi, Selvachinthamani and Kumaraswami “Firstly, by maintaining what we call ‘grandma’s rules’ Children need to be conditioned to perceive tanks. — eating healthy, enough sleep, daily exercise, avoid- any event as a challenge, rather than Description: For an untrained eye, it may look like ing alcohol/drugs and isolation — one can manage daily overwhelming. The response should be a big pile of white cloth or froth floating on lakes or pressures. These tips are the basics of stress manage- ‘fight; not fright or flight.’” ponds. It is one of the largest wetland birds and the ment.” He also lays importance on planning: “Plan adult measures up to 152 cm, both the male and “Secondly, constantly monitor your own thoughts; see whether the pattern is negative. When we feel bad about ourselves, everything seems negative. So, work- ing on changing our self-talk (our inner thoughts) to make it more positive helps. Write down all thoughts that come to the mind without changing anything. Read COURTESY: S JAYAKUMAR female individuals look Watch this space on alike. It has a prominent alternate weeks for long and wide bill through information on which the bird can species from our neighbourhood that effortlessly swallow even may not have the bigger fish. brand value of a It is interesting to see polar bear or the this bird hunt for fish. A Bengal tiger but group of four to five birds could be playing a form a big circle and vital role in our gradually narrow the size environment. of the circle concentrating the school of fish in the middle and all of sudden catch the prey. Breeding season starts in September and continues till April. Grey pelicans often nest in traditional sites, in mixed colonies along with egrets and cormorants. The fisher-folk consider the arrival of bird as a harbinger of wealth and prosperity; however they are also annoyed by their voracious fish-eating nature. Threats: These birds fall in the Near Threatened category of the IUCN red list with a decreasing trend. Once this species was reported to be widespread in Asia, but the population has declined drastically in the last two decades. At present, about 15,000 individuals are estimated globally, of which only 6,000 individuals are counted throughout Indian subcontinent. Mahendiran Mylswamy, scientist, wetland ecology, Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History CMYK *EDUM180711/ /03/K/1*/03/Y/1*/03/M/1*/03/C/1* > MONDAY, TALKINGPOINT JANUARY 2, 2012 3 Parenting Counsellor Careers Special Education Career Query Student Speak Study Abroad Courses www.myeducationtimes.com CAREERQUERY AS long as people want to eat and EDUCATION & TRAINING tration. Working as a wine steward or drink out, there will always be a de- Hotel management is offered either sommelier would require additional mand for good hospitality profession- as a three year bachelor's degree pro- training and experience. 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