Personality Development

Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

1.do you know these people? What is their specality?

Ans .yes, I do. We can see three great persons, sudha chandran, Stephen Hawking and Helen Keller in the above pictures.

Sudha chandran belongs to the field of Bharatanatyam. When she was a young and accomplished dancer, she lost her right leg in a car accident unfortunately . But she did not lose her heart. With the help of an artificial limb she came  to the field of bharatanatyam and got success. Later she became a successful film and television actress.

Stephen Hawking has a great scientist in physics .In 1963, Hawking contracted motor neuron disease and was given two years to live. Yet he went on to Cambridge to become brilliant research and professorial Fellow at Gonville and caiuscollege from 1979   to 2009  

and Caius College. From 1979 to 2009 he held the post of Lucasian Professor at Cambridge, the chair held by' Isaac Newton in 1663. Professor Hawking has over a dozen honorary degrees and was awarded the CBE in 1982. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Science. Stephen Hawking is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists. Stephen is now totally confined to a wheelchair but he has not stopped his research. His researches in physics helped the world in many ways.

Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1880. When she was only 19 months old, she contracted a fever that left her blind and deaf. She overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf.- The name of Helen Adams Keller is known around the world as a symbol of courage in the face of overwhelming odds, yet she was much more than a symbol. She was a woman of luminous intelligence, high ambition and great accomplishment. She devoted her life to helping others.

These three great persons proved that nothing is impossible in this world if one is ready to work hard. Their lives teach the world that we should not lose hope. Their lives taught us that disability cannot prevent one from reaching great heights in life. These people have become symbols of grit, determination, confidence, will power, dedication, discipline, etc. that have made these persons great.

2.What qualities do you think a person requires to become successful?

Ans. Only great qualities can make a person great and successful. Qualities like determination, dedication, discipline, grit, courage, faith, positive thinking, resoonsibility, hard work, honesty, commitment, desire, persistence, will power, vood aia.racter can make a person highly successful. They play a vital and -ARnificzait rile in everybody's success.

3.What is your opinion about the attitude of society towards individuals with special needs ?

Ans. Disability is a social issue. Children with disabilities are often disproportionately placed in alternative care rather than remaining with their families. Our attitude towards individuals with special needs must he to promote the recognition of all children as full members of the society. We should respect for all their rights with-out any discrimination. We should promote the inclusion of children with disabilities into society. We should stimulate changes in attitudes and practices of the genera] public. Government should ensure the children with disabilities and their parents and provide assistance from the State. The government should provide ad-equate training, counselling, financial assistance and respite care.

ORAL DISCOURSE  

Discuss/debate/talk on - "Disability is not an obstacle for success." A. Disability is not inability. Disability is there for only limbs and senses but not for the spirit. As long as one can possess the strong and healthy will no kind of physical disability can stop them from achieving great things provided they are courageous, determined, perservere and diligent. This is true that disability is never an obstacle.qp the path of success. Many great people in spite of disabilities excelled.in their  life with their hard work, determination, courage and perseverance.

Helen Keller, Stephen Hawking, Sudha Chandran, Michael Stone and Nick Vujicic are some great people who have not allowed their fate to have the last word. Thinking that disabilities are obstacles in the path of success is wrong. The people who have disabilities forget about their disabilities and work hard continuously to achieve their goals. By doing so they inspire other disabled people. They give hope and courage to them to achieve great things. Once they overcome the depression, dejection, despair, they can excel more than the abled people. They will be more dexterous, elegant, and impeccable in their tasks than the abled people. They are the real heroes because they are triumphant of their fate and they are the examples for their invincible spirit. The abled people lacking spirit, the killing instinct, and strong determination, are unable to achieve anything in their life. Though limbless, the disabled can achieve great tasks with their spirit, killing instinct, strong will and courage. Thus we can say the limbless -are not called the disabled but those who don't have strong will, purpose and goals in their life and who don't make their dreams the burning desires and who don't have the killing instinct are called the disabled. The great people who ascended the

peaks of success in spite of their disability are called the abled heroes who conquered their fate. They purposeful souls created by God to show the path of success to the path of success to people."

Attitude Is Altitude

summary 

This is an inspirational story of a disabled person, Nicholas James Nick Vujicic, who has got international acclaim though he has no hands and no legs. Nick Vujicic is a 'contemporary example of great spirit. He stands as an inspiration to many people in this world with his great and inspiring qualities, i.e. faith, will power, dedication and determination. His life has proved that disability cannot stop a person from doing what he wants to do.

Nick Vujicic was an Australian. He was born on 4 December 1982 in Melbourne with a rare disability called Phocomelia characterised by the absence of all four limbs. Even though he has the absence of his limbs, he can play football and golf; he can swim and surf He is an Australian Christian evangelist and motivational speaker. As a child, he struggled mentally and emotionally as well as physically. His parents were shocked when he was born without limbs. His father was so shocked that he left the hospital room to vomit. His mother couldn't bring herself to hold him until he was four months old. His mother was a nurse and his father was a computer r pogrammer and accountant. His parents did their very best when they decided to send d him. to mainstream school despite the risk of humiliation.

Nick has a small foot on his left hip. It looks like a chicken drumstick. it gives him balance and enables him to kick. With his foot. he writes with a pen and picks things up between his toes. He also plays golf with a heavy stick tucked under his chin. He is a huge fan of the English Premier League. His parents did their best to make him independent from the start. His father encouraged him to learn how to swim by putting him in water at 18 months. His mother invented a special plastic device to enable him to hold a pen and pencil. Nick felt that what would happen when his parents were not there to look after him.

At age eight, Nick was deeply depressed and expressed his idea before his mother that he wanted to kill himself. When he was ten years old, he decided to end his life by drowning himself in a bathtub but luckily his attempt was unsuccessful. When Nick was 13, he happened to read about a disabled man who had managed to achieve great things and help others. This greatly inspired Nick. He understood why God had made him that way. He felt that it was his responsibility to give hope to others and so he decided to use his life to encourage other people positively. He strongly believes that challenges in life strengthen our thoughts.

Taking the help from his religion. friends and family. Nick became an international symbol of triumph over adversity. He won the 'Australian Young Citizen- of the year award in 1990 for his bravery and perseverance. His persistence made him achieve a degree in Financial Planning and Real Estate. He went to Hawaii in 200S and was trained in surfing by Bethany Hamilton, an amazing master in surfing who had her arm bitten off by a shark when she was 12. Nick was on the cover of Surfer magazine with his feat of doing the 360 degree spins on his board.

Nick has travelled to over 24 countries. He spoke to groups of up to 110.000 people. He asks people to try again and again if they fail in anything. He keeps telling the people to keep on getting up when they fall and to always love themselves. He spreads his messages of faith and hope around the world using his story to inspire people all around the world.

Nick feels that his job in life is over if he can encourage just one person in this world.                                                                                                        

Glossary

1. Skateboard (n): a short narrow board with small wheels at each end, which you stand on and ride as a sport
   
   
2. Surf (v): to take part in the sport of riding on waves on a surfboard
   
   
3. Torso (n): the main part of the body, not including the head, arms, or legs
   
   
4. Chicken drumstick (n): the lower part of the leg of a chicken or other bird that is cooked and eaten as food
   
   
5. Club (n): a heavy stick with one end thicker than the other
   
   
6. Propeller (n): a device with two or more blades that turn quickly and cause a ship or an aircraft to move forward
   
   
7. Adversity (n): a difficulty or unpleasant situation
   
   
8. Perseverance (n): the quality of continuing to try to achieve a particular aim despite Difficulties

Idioms, Phrases and Phrasal Verbs

1. Kick down (phr.v): strike forcibly with the foot
   
   
2. Medical explanation (phr): cause stated by medical science
   
   
3. Cruel trick (phr): very sad and unfortunate thing happened by fate
   
   
4. Got into (phr.v): started doing or enjoying something/ became involved in
   
   
5. Run over (phr.v.): hit someone or something with something (a vehicle, challenge etc.) and drive over them
   
   
6. Give me the eye (idiom): look at someone in a way that communicates romantic interest
   
   
7. Freak out (phr.v.): Make someone upset / shock
   
   
8. Sped (speed) off (phr.v): left (leave) quickly in a vehicle or on a bicycle