Anu Kafle, Simron Poudel, Danish Jung Thapa and Reshma Dahal are studying Business while Relove Gyawali is a student of Hotel Management and Binod Basnet is from the Science faculty.[break]
How involved are you all with your studies?
Binod: College is more than 60 per cent of my life right now. We spend our mornings, from 6:15 am to 11 am, almost every day at college and then we also have to sit for practical classes after that. After going home, I spend about three to five hours studying as well.
Relove: I study for a few hours in the evening after college. Also, apart from regular classes, we have practical classes and extra classes to attend as well.
Anu, Danish, Reshma, Simron: It’s the same with us as well.
What are some creative things you like to do? Your hobbies?
Relove: I love cooking. It’s something I’ve been doing for a long time. In fact, I want to become a chef in the long run. So I simply love experimenting with food and helping my mom in the kitchen.
Reshma: I love singing and travelling to new places. I also play sports, like football, with my friends at home when I have time.
Anu: I don’t have hobbies as such but I like playing cricket with my brothers.
Danish: I play the drums. That’s my hobby.
Binod: I’m involved with organizations back in my village that work for the upliftment of marginalized communities. I’m interested in doing social work. Apart from that, I like to play volleyball with friends at college and in my locality.
Simron: I consider myself an artistic person and I want to become an artist later on in life. But due to pressure from family, I’m studying management right now. I like writing haikus and gazals in my free time as well.
How do you manage time for your hobbies?
Simron: I spend more time pursuing my hobbies during summer and winter vacations.
Danish: Because I have a drum-set at home, I get to play it all the time. So, I’m pretty much doing that.
Anu, Relove, Reshma, Binod: During other days, we have assignments to work on, so we don’t have much time to do anything else. But we engage in our interests during holidays.
Do you ever get frustrated because you don’t have time for your non-academic interests?
Simron: Earlier, I used to study out of obligation. I studied because my teachers would punish me if I didn’t. But now that I’m in high school, I’ve begun to understand the importance of academics and hence, the concept of studying for myself has been established. So no, at this point, I’m not frustrated when it comes to studying.
Anu: Perhaps because ever since I was a child, there has always been a studying environment at home, I’ve never felt that way.
Binod: Like Anu said, I’ve also always been keen on my academics and doing well in my studies.
Danish: I used to find studies boring, but now I know the importance of academics in making a career, so I’m quite enthusiastic about it.
How do you think students can be encouraged to be more creative?
Binod: By organizing different programs at college and involving them in both intra and inter school competitions of various kinds.
Anu: One way to boost the creativity of students is by making them participate in various programs, especially those that help them tackle with social issues such as human trafficking and HIV/AIDS.
Simron: If the technical or practical learning aspects are introduced and encouraged, then students would become more creative.
Reshma: The interests of students should be surveyed and they should be engaged in training programs that match their interests so that their creativity can be encouraged.
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