Narrative account of ninth class – March 17th.

The students gathered by about ten o’clock.

Avy being called away unexpectedly by Geetha Narayanan , the class had to be handled in a differnt way from how it was planned.

So we had to abandon the plan of showing Joseph Campbell’s

“Masks of Eternity.”

I started with a lecture on what the introduction the students had to write to their myths was supposed to be about – the definition of myth, the meaning of myth, the purpose of myths, their significance , usefulness and necessity.

The lecture lasted till 11.30

In the course of the lecture the students wrote extremely brief defintions of myth for themselves.

During the break many students discussed with me their myths.

After the break the students read out their introductions, one by one.

This session was very interactive with the students listening and talking and finally they made it clear how a lot of real learning had taken place during the course , especially regarding the structure and form of myth and the importance and inescapability of myth – it being real and true in its own way.

The introduction readings went on after lunch , and when they were exhausted, the class dispersed.

More emblems and some costumes were seen by me and discussed – especially about the need to use low cost stuff.

Two of them went to an Iron Maiden concert.

Four of the students were absent but 24 of the myths have come in, completed.

~ by koshyav on March 20, 2007.