Delhi's Public Schools Put Happiness at Top of Curriculum
德里的公立学校把快乐放在课程的首位
Armed with a handbook for happiness, the teacher asks these sixth graders to close their eyes for a few minutes to learn how to spend time in the moment.
老师拿着一本快乐手册让这些六年级的学生闭上眼睛几分钟，学习如何度过这段时间。
Then he relates an inspirational story.
然后他叙述了一个励志的故事。
Students participate enthusiastically and soon it is time to move on to a fun activity playing with a mock ball.
学生们积极地参与进来，接着很快就进行了一个模拟球的趣味活动。
After five months the class of happiness that starts the day at public schools in Delhi has made school less stressful for many.
快乐课堂已经开始五个月了，从开始的那一天起，德里的公立学校教学任务轻松了很多。
"We had to immediately take out our books, concentrate on the blackboard and try to grasp lessons."
我们不得不很快就拿出课本，集中精力看黑板，并尽力掌握课程
It was irritating to jump straight into studies.
直接进入学习让人感到烦躁。
Now after the happiness class I feel calmer and I can focus better on studies."
现在快乐课堂让我感到更加平静，能够更加集中精力去学习。”
But the happiness class will not lighten the pressure to get good grades.
但是快乐课堂并不能减轻取得好成绩的压力。
School bags, the symbol of a highly competitive system are so heavy that the government recently introduced a way to restriction.
作为激烈竞争体系的象征，书包是如此沉重，以至于政府最近引进了一种限制方式。
The cheers to make it two prestigious universities begins early.
这让两所知名大学很早就开始欢呼。
"After school I study for a half hour then attend coaching classes then play for a while in the park then study from 8 to 10 and then have dinner."
“ 放学后，我会学习半小时，然后参加补习班，之后在公园里玩一会，然后从8点学习到10点，再吃晚饭。”
Delhi's Education Minister who spearheaded the project in a rigid education system hopes the new class will provide balance.
在僵化的教育制度中发起这个项目的德里教育部长希望新的课堂能够带来平衡。
"All over tension, all over burden, examination, anxiety, tension, then failure, success, "
所有的紧张，所有的压力，考试,焦虑,不安，失败，成功,
all these key words keep buzzing around in our minds and there was no happiness at all.
所有这些关键词一直在我们脑子里盘旋着，根本就快乐不起来。”
The happiness class has no grades or tests besides providing tools to cope with stress.
快乐课堂没有分数或考试，只是提供解决压力的方法。
It also aims to inculcate values such as telling the truth or not stealing.
它还旨在灌输诸如诚实或不偷窃等价值观。
The story this teacher relates encourages students many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep faith in themselves.
老师讲述的故事还鼓励了很多来自弱势背景的孩子要相信自己。
Five months on, Kedar Singh has noticed a change.
五个月过去了，Kedar Singh已经注意到了一个变化。
"They tell fewer lies. They have stopped skipping class. They sit down and focus better on studies. They also get less angry.
他们很少说谎了，他们已经不逃课了，他们能坐下来集中精力学习。他们也不再容易感到愤怒。
They used to complain habitually to teachers about each other but that has reduced."
以前他们习惯性地向老师抱怨其他人，但是现在已经很少了。”
More educators agreed that the focus and emotional well-being was long overdue for a generation coping with new challenges.
更多的教育者一致认为，对于应对新挑战的一代人来说，专注与健康的情绪已迟到了太久。
The scale of the project makes Minister Sisodia optimistic.
部长Sisodia对于这个项目的规模感到乐观
"The volume is like one million students every morning in twenty thousand classrooms together, do meditation,"
这个规模大概像每天早晨，在2万个教室里的100万名学生，进行冥想，
discuss about the happiness, discuss about the relationship, emotional science.
讨论快乐的意义，讨论关系，情感科学。
It will help a lot in this sight."
这将受益无穷”
But educators caution that the project's success will depend on how individual teachers reach out to students.
但是教育者提醒这个项目的成功将取决于个体老师接触学生的方式。
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