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For better understanding: Thirukural recital is on at the Panchayat Union Elementary School at Karukampalayam in Kodumudi Union. KODUMUDI: Class V students S. Soundararajan, V. Pavithra and M. Mohanapriya of Panchayat Union Elementary School at Karukampalayam in Kodumudi Union are busy writing. Each of the students is penning a short story to convey meaning of the couplet of Thirukural teacher R. Vasuki has assigned them. Soundararajan comes up with a story, set in rural surroundings, of a boy stoning a chameleon and then repenting for it. The other two highlight the virtues of patience and friendship. The three and their classmates have been story writing ever since they entered Class V in June. Last two batches of Class V had also done the same. Ms. Vasuki says she adopted the method to help the students understand and appreciate Thirukural better. “Instead of rote learning, when the students try story writing, they appreciate the meaning better and also remember well the meaning as well as the couplet.” The proof of her teaching methodology can be seen in the students, who beautifully narrate Thirukural couplets and explain the meaning. A few of the students remember as much as 50 couplets, including those that are not in textbooks. The impact of the methodology is also visible in students who had passed out of the school. V. Vimaladevi, a Class VIII student of Government Higher Secondary School, Unjalur, remembers the couplets she learnt at the Karukampalayam School and also the storied she penned. It has been two years since she stopped doing it. Students in other classes at the Karukampalayam School do not write stories but that does not mean they do know Thirukural. Almost all students from classes I to IV recite couplets with meaning. Ms. Vasuki says her aim is to make at least a student recite all the 1,330 verses before the end of the current academic year. She is at training a few quick learners for the purpose. The teacher’s dedication does not stop with Thirukural, though. She has spent about Rs. 15,000 to clothe the students in a uniform different from the Government’s. Acknowledging her efforts, the parents have come forward to provide socks and shoes.
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