Class 8 English — Chapter 4: The treasure within

What you'll learn

• ▸Hafeez Contractor's School Experience
• ▸The Principal's Turning Point Advice
• ▸Accidental Path to Architecture
• ▸Discovery of Innate Talent
• ▸The 'Treasure Within' Theme
• ▸Practical Learning vs. Academics
• ▸Early Signs of Architectural Skill
• ▸Visual Learning Style

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- 0850CH04 4 The treasure within Before you read * Every child is a potential achiever and is different from other children in her/his style of learning and area of interest. * Read the interview that follows. It is based on a conversation between Ms Bela Raja, editor of Sparsh, a newsletter from the Resource Centre, The Valley School, Bangalore, and Mr Hafeez Contractor, one of India's leading architects. I * Hafeez Contractor was an unhappy school boy. * He loved doing things but detested mechanical learning. * Mathematics gave him the shivers. * What his Principal once said to him influenced him deeply. HC: "I used to have this terrible nightmare. Only now, over the last four to five years, it seems to have disappeared. BR: What nightmare are you talking about and why do you think it has disappeared now? HC: I used to get continuous nightmares about appearing for a maths examination where I did not know anything! Now t…

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4. According to the text, what subject gave Hafeez Contractor 'the shivers' during his school days? Get Solution →
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7. What percentage did Hafeez Contractor get in his SSC exams? Get Solution →
8. What advice did Mrs Gupta, one of his teachers, give him after seeing his sketches? Get Solution →

Did you know?

• 💡 Many brilliant minds, like Albert Einstein, struggled with traditional schoolwork.
• 💡 The world's first known architect was Imhotep, who designed the step pyramid in Egypt.
• 💡 Some people have "photographic memory" and can recall images with extreme detail.
• 💡 Modern buildings are often designed using virtual reality tours before construction begins.
• 💡 Great thinkers like Benjamin Franklin learned mostly by reading and experimenting on their own.

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