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Reality of Online Classes in India

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What are Online Classes As the name suggests, Online classes are classes taken through the online medium. They can be either live or pre-recorded. As we all know that the whole world is suffering from COVID-19 Pandemic, students can't go to school to study. Thus, many schools have started taking classes through an online medium. In this, the teacher and students can use any conferencing or video calling software to communicate. Softwares like Zoom, WebEx, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Skype, e.t.c are various softwares which are being used throughout the world for conducting online classes. Many softwares have also provided some special features for helping students and teachers during online classes. There are both pros and cons of online classes let's discuss both of them and then we will discuss some of the myths about online classes. Pros of Online Classes So, first of all, let us discuss some of the pros of online classes. The first advantage is that we all are suffering f

The Folk of The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton: REVIEW

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Introduction As you all would be knowing that we have already done the review of THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE. If you have not read it then please do read it because there are some sequences that you would not be able to understand without the knowledge of that book. Click here to read the review of Magic Faraway Tree. So, overall this book is about siblings living in a village deep into a country and have an enchanted wood near their house where there is Magical Faraway Tree. As the name suggests it is related to faraway places. Characters of The Book We have already discussed the characters of this book so I would just briefly tell that there are three siblings named Joe, Beth, Annie. This time their cousin sister Connie visits them. She is a little cute and very naughty girls. She thinks that she can do everything on her own which leads her to danger every time. She is one of those who put their head in noose just to look cool. Other characters of the Faraway Tree are the same as before

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney: REVIEW

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Introduction Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a comic-cum-diary-cum-fictional journal-cum-cartoon novel (Isn't it a lot of things?) written by Jeff Kinney. This is a novel written in the form of a diary. This book doesn't have a definite plot. There are various stories which keep changing daily. This complete book is composed of stick characters. Like this: Well, we will discuss later who he is, but for now, just take him as an example of a stick figure. Characters So, I would warn you before only that there a lot of characters in this book but we would discuss just the main characters. So first of all, we have our main of the main characters who is the writer of this diary (which according to him is a journal) - GREG HEFFLEY Greg Heffley in his innocent look with his school bag on Then comes his elder brother RODRICK who always irritates and exploits him. If something goes wrong by Rodrick he would pass the fault on to Greg. He has his music band named LODED DIPER. Rodrick in his famou

The Magic Faraway Tree By Enid Blyton: REVIEW

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Introduction The Magic Faraway Tree is another child fantasy book written by every child's favourite ENID BLYTON. This story is about three siblings who live in a village and have a wood nearby named ENCHANTED WOOD where there is a magical tree named the MAGICAL FARAWAY TREE. So, let's review this book and if you have not read our previous book review about the Famous Five Book 1 then please do read it . Cover page of the Book Characters and Brief Plot There are three siblings names Joe, Beth and Frannie. Joe. is the eldest of them and then come Beth and Frannie who are his younger sisters. Their mother's name was Mrs Polly. They live in a deep corner of the country. They got a letter from their cousin Rick that he would be coming to their home during the summer vacations because his mother was ill. Rick was a child who was habitual to live in the noise and pollution of the city. He feels a little bit weird when he comes to a quiet and pollution-free village.  There was a w

Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island: REVIEW

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Introduction Five on a Treasure Island is the first book of the Famous Five series written by children's all-time favourite writer Enid Blyton. This is a Fictional-cum-Thriller series for children. So, let's talk about the first book of this series. It is a story about four children rather brothers who have come to their aunt's house for their summer holidays and the adventures they do. Cover of The Book Showing all five going to the Island Characters of The Book First one is Julian who is the eldest of all four, then comes goes Dick which is younger than Julian and then comes Anne who is their sister and the youngest one. These three are brothers. they have a cousin sister named Georgina. She was a TOMBOY and wanted that people must see her as a boy and call her by the name of George. She only replied on the call of George, not of Georgina. He also had a pet dog named Timothy   (nicknamed as Timmy)  who is taken care of by a fisher boy because her father did not allow pet