Principal Dehli Private School

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So something I've never seen in school is the,

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I don't know if it's military is the right word,

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but the marching and the stamping and they were so in time.

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And I was like,

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that's really amazing.

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Is that unique to your school?

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Is that something that you wanted to embed?

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I studied in a boarding school,

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which was very British from its colonial roots,

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you see.

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In the UK?

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

No, in India,

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but it was meant for the British,

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you know,

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that school was built for the British in 1800 and something like that.

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So anyway,

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you do imbibe what you're brought up with.

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What we do is on 26th January,

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which is the Republic Day of India,

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4 ,000 children come out in the field and they march.

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I can show you some videos if you like.

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And it's the most spectacular thing you

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can see.

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Because from the little ones to the big ones,

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you know, they march,

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they do eyes right and carry the flag,

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school flag,

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and it gives such a sense of belonging.

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And respect for education and each other.

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Do you teach it in a PE lesson or how do you teach the students to...

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Because I was watching them and they were so in time with each other.

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That's amazing.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

So, like,

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you know,

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that particular thing for two,

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three days.

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train them how to march and you know so it's

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part of the culture of the school to come together to be disciplined and

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also our Indian is like Indians basically they

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like to have order

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yeah you know they listen you know that rebellion

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yeah is a bit less yeah

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But not for this interview,

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but I was speaking to a friend recently who said that India has invested

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so much in the military and it's so proud of its military.

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So it's really nice to see that that's carried through.

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I mean, next time I'll invite you for 26 January and

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you can see.

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Yeah, that would be amazing.

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Like I start to cry to see,

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you know, and I've been in this school for like 22 years,

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my 22nd year.

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So it was only two years old when I arrived.

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And there were two principals which stayed ten months each.

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So there was absolutely nothing,

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like a broken ship.

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And so it's been such a journey for me also to

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build it.

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But the good thing was that I could actually build it with the

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things I value.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Yeah, that's amazing.

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You must be one of the longest standing principals in the

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school in Dubai,

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I would think.

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I feel like you're probably famous in education.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

I don't know about that because I'm quite quiet when I push

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myself out there or anything.

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But what I'd say is that I have really enjoyed this journey and to

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bring all the things I valued.

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Because normally you don't stay long enough to do that.

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Especially in Dubai when it's such a fluid place.

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That's a real credit to you.

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You must look back on your career and just be so proud.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

I feel that it's my mission in life and I made

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a difference.

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What do you say?

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Purpose.

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I know a lot of the student speeches were about service

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first and looking after other people and that will come from you.

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Absolutely.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

We have many,

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many programs.

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I mean, it's very diverse.

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It's got lots of stuff happening.

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It's inclusive.

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Yeah.

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And so everything does well.

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I mean, that's the key in this school.

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It's not only academics,

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which is, we have a gifted and talented program,

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which is like,

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it's called the gold program.

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Yeah.

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And we plan for gold and we...

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Yeah, and they're doing really well.

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When we started this three years ago,

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after that, we started to get all the top positions in the Gulf.

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Amazing.

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Yeah.

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Wow.

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And how do you...

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Do you think that's down to the teachers and you finding

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the best teachers for the school and for the students,

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along with those values that you're instilling in the students?

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

You know,

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best is a very relative term,

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I would say.

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Because we are a low -fee school,

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so it's not just about teachers that are the best paid or anything like that.

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It doesn't have to be,

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though. It's,

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you know...

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can I ask you one question about I'm writing an article

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about well -being and it's really clear that this school really focuses

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on well -being and happiness of people how do you

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What's your thoughts on that and how do you embed that into the daily life of students?

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

We take each part of our community separately and we ensure

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that each of those are addressed.

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So let's say if it's parents,

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so we have a programme,

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it's called CHA.

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where CHAS is an acronym,

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CHAI is also T,

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but it's an acronym for how they

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interact with us,

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like community building and edges for

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happiness, like sharing happiness occasions and so on.

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If you like,

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we can give you the details.

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But,

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you know,

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so we have,

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for example,

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a webinar.

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the art and science of parenting every week for them

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online.

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I think I need to continue.

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So,

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

you know,

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we address that community.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Then we have well -being for teachers.

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So important.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

So,

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you know, for example,

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valuing the ones who come 100%,

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like 100 % attendance every year,

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or we have yoga,

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

or we have,

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you know,

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hobby classes for them,

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or whatever we can do,

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you know,

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like a staff party.

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etc and then students of course their main

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focus so we have from like buddy parents

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buddy you know buddies like every new child gets a buddy

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remedials inclusion like every you know a culture of inclusion

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where every body in the class will help each other like

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

if there's a child on a wheelchair it's kind of automatic

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

yeah they will participate in everything we have the Rahal program

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And in fact,

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well -being was rated outstanding.

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We were only one of six schools in the last inspection.

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That's amazing.

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That's amazing.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

So we have many,

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

many programs.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

It's hard for me to just pull it out of my hat.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

But I mean,

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Pooja looks after her,

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so she will tell me.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Okay.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

But...

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It's clear that it's the focus anyway,

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so I think that's really positive within the school.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

And the different disciplines,

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like I said.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

We have a multidisciplinary annual day at each phase.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

This means that normally you might say only drama,

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only song,

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but we have said that you can choose your

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team.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

and choose from 10 disciplines,

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say, from science,

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or IT,

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or business,

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or music,

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art.

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So there are 10,

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and people all over the school,

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on one single day,

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they present our children.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

So they can choose,

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you see.

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And they work with their own teams.

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They choose,

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

like, from grades 9 and 11,

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you can choose anybody you like.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

That's great.

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So you make new friends and develop those social skills,

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but also you get to try something that you might not really have looked at before and

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you might be amazing at it or it might just be to do something different.

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I think that's brilliant.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

And then to expand on who you really want to be.

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Yeah, exactly.

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And we offer many subjects in grade 12,

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like from dance,

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from classical dance to music to home science,

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like to science and,

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

you know, the academic,

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everything.

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As it should be.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Yeah, as it should be.

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So, you know,

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you can be who you are.

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So our vision is

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to be the best version of yourself.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Nice.

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Nice, that's what I tell my son.

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Yeah, that's amazing.

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And Anita told me that you are also a writer and you have some bits

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of books.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

When do you sleep?

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

I think because I've worked for so many years and I've been kind of single

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for so many years,

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

so no man to harass me.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

It makes a difference.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

So you can kind of do what you want to do.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Yeah, that's great.

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What an inspiration you are,

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honestly, for the students and the staff.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Thank you for giving me some time and thank you for inviting me as well.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Thank you, Vicky.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

If you leave your number with Puja,

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

we will invite you again.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

That would be a pleasure.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Thank you so much.

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Thank you.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Okay,

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great.

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Will you

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S… Speaker 2 (Principal Dehli Private School)

go?

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S… Speaker 1 (Principal Dehli Private School)

Yes, of course.

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