for Student orientation

1. Student Aspirations
By
Katta Padmaja

2. Aspirations
• The term aspirations has been defined in a
number of ways.
• Words such as goals, dreams, ambitions

3. Student Aspirations
Get to Know the Students of Your Group
• You can begin by introducing yourself in brief,
and inform them that you would be their
Human Values mentor. Get students to
introduce themselves one-by-one (in a
language they are comfortable with

4. At personal as well as family level
• At personal as well as family level
• Place/city where I come from (I stands for the
student) • Family & schooling background (the
extent to which the student is comfortable to
share) • Hobbies & interests

5. Family Level
• Place/city where I come from (I stands for the
student)
• Family & schooling background (the extent to
which the student is comfortable to share)
• Hobbies & interests

6. At thought level
• What I wish to be? (What kind of professional
career and personal goals, how I project myself,
etc.)
• What I wish to do in my life? (What to do in life
through career or otherwise). Thereafter, the
students may be asked the following to continue
interaction:
• (a) Understanding my own goals, desires, feelings
(b) Reflecting on my own actions/behaviour

7. Assignment-A.1
• Write 1-2 pages on a person you know who has
influenced you a lot. You should have sufficiently
interacted with that person. It may be a core
family member / extended family member /
teacher / neighbour (one may be encouraged to
write about two persons, one from family and the
other from the extended circle).
• Students can write in Hindi, English or their
mother tongue. Encourage use of mother tongue.