THE HINDU © TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2008 Fuel woes Some of the petrol outlets in Coimbatore and neighbouring districts have started restricting supply of petroleum products. - Page 5 Conference ‘The State conference of the Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Sangham has resolved to request the Central Government to continue ban on export of cement. - Page 6 Teachers told to cure themselves of stress ‘One should learn to develop the ability to identify and utilise positive stress’ Anasuya Menon COIMBATORE: It appears that the school teachers are way more stressed than the stu- dents. They may not have to learn reams of lecture notes and go through the chores of home work, but that does not | free them from the strangle- hold of stress. At an orientation pro- gramme on stress_manage- ment organised by The Hindu at the Bharathi Matriculation School, the teachers were giv- dren in their class, Mr. Pra- deep said. He suggested that to start with, the teachers could maintain a journal where they could note down the main persons, places, events or things that caused them stress, That would help them identify the factors that trig- en tips on how to handle gered negative stress in them Stress within the classruem.” TEACHING TEACHERS: Teachers of Bharathi Gehan Some of the most common Matriculation and Yuva Bharathi schools at an the positive stress. Next, they things that causedstresswere orientation programme on “Managing stress in could rank these factors on a when students did not pay at- classrooms” in the city on Monday. seale of one to ten. Then, in- tention in class, when they — PHOTO: K, ANANTHAN crease the frequency of the did not perform up to the journal entries to one in four teachers’ expectations andal- just our reaction to a situa- tered the art of hamessing hours. Also, they should write sowhen they asked questions tion,” he said, pointing out the energy of Bustress, When down what they think should the teachers were not able to that it could be positive too. the mind was under stress, it have been the right way to answer, theteachers said. For instance, human beings would lose its ability to think react in the given stressful Probably one of the most did not feel a certain amount and act sensibly. situation, over-used expressions in this ofstress at all, there wouldbe Teachers often worked un- If they continued the exer- day and age, stress was so- no motivation toperform and der stressful conditions, with cise for a week, and analysed methingthat couldbedefined achieve a goal, he said. Pressure from the school the events, their perception andmanagedtoone'sownad- One should learn to devel management,the parents and towards stress would change Yantage, said Pradeep Yuvraj, op the ability to identify and the students themselves. for the better and they would Director, Sales and Market- utilise the positive stress, They should evolve a method be better equipped to handle ingof Finerva Financial Solu- called the Eustress, he said. ofbeatingstress,ifthey want- it, he said. tions Private Limited, the In fact, successful people ed to play a positive role in More than 250 teachers at- Tesource person. “Stress is were all those who had mas- shaping he future of thechil- tended the programme.