Significance of Personality Development for a Student

Recently, a assimilator approached me seeking help to resolve his face-to-face problems. He was finding it difficult to concentrate during classes and scoring heretofore pass marks in the exams had become a herculean task. A casual enquiry revealed that he was al to the highest phase(prenominal) starving and severely malnutriti wizardd because of his dis want for the indian lodge mess food. He would skip breakfast, eat slimly at night and satisfy his appetite alternatively at the night canteen with c removeee and noodles. This congresswoman is not very dissimilar from the stories of hundreds of students I set out had the opportunity to counsel in the past sise years.I consecrate al panaches noticed that most of the students academic problems can be traced to imbalances in the in- soul lifestyle which is a good deal taken for granted. umpteen parents and t separatelyers bring out to make this simple connection and also to incite upon students the need for a balanced lifestyle. Indian hostelry and the commandment system must veer forth from the obsessive focus on marks & ranks, if we fatality to unleash the full potential of our youth and sanction them to grow in a more natural way, pursuing their inborn talents and engagements.A host of habitual behavioural problems noticed in kids and adolescents can be prevented or cured if a foundation is position at an early age towards holistic constitution development. manifold unuseds show In this article, I ordain make use of the concept of Multiple Intelligence developed by Dr. Howard Gardneri, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and teaching method at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Gardner talks of different shots of intelligence possessed by every serviceman existence and why it is important to develop each sensation of them to achieve a balanced personality.I will also attempt to illustrate how Indian tradition has always emphasized on such(prenominal) all round growth of the human being by the knowledge systems like yoga, ayurveda through schoolhouses of doctrine & spirituality like the darsanas or vedangas and even through classical art forms like euphony or dance. Physical Intelligence Lack of timed somatogenetic activity and regime is peradventure the biggest epidemic afflicting the students in India instantly. The rat race for marks and ranks leaves little cartridge clip or motivation for the average student to go out and spend some time at the gymnasium or in the playground.The university campus where I put up has a massive playground, a well-equipped gym, a basketball game court, a tennis court and to top it all, one of the biggest swimming pools in South India. And yet, hardly d students come out to play or work out every day, out of the 5,000 strong student alliance on this campus. No wonder then that a majority of the students who approach me with problems of short concentration, motivation in studies are those who belong to t he couch potato category.Had Swami Vivekananda been with us today, he would have declared again what he told that group of emasculated youngishsters who approached him with a request to translate the Bhagavad Gita on a lower floor his guidance You will be warm to heaven through football than by reading material the Gita. But there is a significant exacting trend happening in schools and colleges across India. rightful(prenominal) as the number of obese and overweight kids is on the rise, so is there a growing interest in systems of yoga.What better proof of this than the point that the mainstream semipolitical class in Tamilnadu which takes pride usually in hating everything that is rooted in Hindu tradition, has been instrumental in making yoga compulsory across all schools in the state Or consider for example the become of the Vivekananda Kendra in popularizing Surya Namaskara amongst schools all over India, carve upicularly in Madhya Pradesh. Students who have attende d the Yoga Vargas or the Samskara Vargas conducted by the Kendra secure for the marked transformation in personality that the regular practice Surya Namaskara has effected in them.There is overt strengthening of will power and confidence in these students. Parents and Schools should therefore reconsider the unhealthy trade off which they ask students to make between the time minded(p) to physical activities and studies. Linguistic Intelligence Even a cursory look at the depositment scenario in professional colleges makes it amply clear that all corporations today emphasize the need for good dialogue clevernesss and they favor recruits with better communication skills in English. Communication skill has a great impact on our social relationships.A person who can communicate effectively and clearly is less likely to create communication gaps which lead to serious mis catchs. Good communication skills and progress in many languages improves ones nark amongst peers and enhanc es ones social acceptance and prestige. It is an arouse fact that great spiritual leaders like Swami Vivekananda were masters of the art of communication. Indias rich literary and oral heritage is yet another illustration of this point our forefathers understood the significance of developing lingual intelligence.Musical Intelligence The study and practice of music was considered as a sacred form of idolisation in Indian tradition Naadopasana. Perhaps, music is the most beautiful facet of human polish. Sri Ramakrishna was particularly strong of Swami Vivekanandas melodious voice and his soulful singing. Sri Ramakrishna would realise Samadhi on assay to devotional music. I often come across students who are addicted to music. Many of them turn out to be class toppers They listen to their favourite music even the night in advance their semester examsWe do not need an expert in music therapy to tell us this obvious fact that music not only relaxes the mind and also brings t o the highest degree far reaching physiologic and neurological changes in the body-mind complex over a period of time. Interpersonal Intelligence How do you invoice a persons level of mad maturity and growth? Primarily by the way he conducts himself- enormousness in civilized society and the word he accords to others. Corporations today emphasize again on relationship skills which are considered critically important for an respective(prenominal) to rise in the hierarchy of the organization.A chief executive officer with poor relationship skills is either a non-existent oxymoron or a disaster for the organization. All religious determine are centred on building relationship skills on the basis of a spiritual understanding of what connects one human being to another. The essence of religion is to be good and do good to others, said Swami Vivekananda. The Mahabharata declares Ahimsa to be the grea running play d handicapa because the rishis perceived that all life is interconnect ed. You cannot harm others without harming yourself.If this profound truth is impressed upon our students from a young age, there will not be very much need for all the fuss we hear about value education today. Many social or national evils like corruption or grade discrimination are results of a lifestyle that seeks personal aggrandisement at the cost of and sleep with sputum to the plight of our fellow human beings. If only our education gives greater weightage to building relationship skills amongst students, the India of our dreams would not have to wait for the year 2020. Intrapersonal IntelligenceConventional psychological science would look down upon an draw in as a person with poor relationship skills. Not today. Howard Gardner and new schools of thought have begun to understand the precedent why Indians give such respect to Munis and Yogis who withdraw from the world. An introvert who spends much time trying to understand his deeper self will also become capable of un derstanding others from a compassionate viewpoint. Intrapersonal Intelligence is the new patsy developed to give due weightage to this important aspect of our personality development and grooming.A person who runs forward from his own self all the while trying to substitute his inner vacuum with external pursuits or superficial relationships is heading for a crisis. The extroverts sense of identity and esteem is highly underage on others views of his personality. An introvert is a person who is strive to arrive at a state where he can feel good or be content without having to seek an external confirmation of his well-being. lucid numeral Intelligence (IQ) Development of Logical Mathematical Intelligence is often given disproportional weightage in the development of a students personality. eyepatch IQ does play a significant subprogram in the life of every human being, what was perhaps overlooked till recently was that IQ wholly does not make a person complete nor is it the o nly parameter for measuring a persons potential for success or gladness in life. A person with a poor IQ may be more than paying(a) by a high emotional intelligence. This is the reason why we see many school dropouts bonny highly successful entrepreneurs in India where as many IIM graduates disappear into oblivion after getting an MBA degreeConclusion We know through Swami Vivekanandas books that he considered two things to be of great splendor in personality development a) Preference to the shopping center over the Head b) The role of the Guru in mold a students personality and the importance of living in the proximity of the Guru or Gurugrihavasa. Swamijis views based on Vedantic wisdom have stood the test of time. All that is destructive in human civilization is a result of a sharp intelligence with an undeveloped heart.Human civilization suffers from an excess of cautious IQ devoid of EQ and SQ. And the only place where a student can be consistently trained to nurture h is EQ & SQ is at the gurukula under the supervision of a wise master. As a teacher, perhaps it would be self-righteous on my part to claim that a teacher plays the most vital role in a students personal growth. But, as a student of the school of life, I cannot but reiterate this eternal lawfulness only a spark can illume another spark, only life can revolutionize another life.Modern schools of thought like the Multiple Intelligence model discussed here further confirm the wisdom that Vedantic knowledge and tradition have bequeathed to us through Atmavidya and the Guru parampara. (The author is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the heathen Education Programme at Amrita University in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. He is a Trustee of the International Forum for Indias Heritage and Resource Person for the Human excellency Project of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Coimbatore Kendra. He is also a students advocator for the Samvedna Helpline, a project of the corporate social right wing of Tata Teleservices. )