The Postgraduate Department of Commerce organized a fun activity on February 14, 2020 to help students understand the concept of stress management. The activity was a game called ‘passing the action’.
Two students of M.Com Part II – Miss Priya Pai Vaidya & Miss Natasha Fernandes began the activity by introducing stress management and discussing the various non-personal & personal causes of stress. The students also discussed the various means of dealing with stress.
Rules:
- Form a straight line, one behind the other
- No repetition of actions
- No turning behind and watching others do the actions
The activity:
30 students were asked to stand one behind the other in a straight line, facing straight ahead.
The student standing at the end of the line was shown five actions which she had to pass on to the student standing in front of her.
The students were not allowed to repeat the actions or to look behind and see others do the actions.
The participants were asked to memorize the actions and pass them on to the next person in one go. The task was to remember all 5 actions in proper order. Only a few students at the beginning could recollect all the 5 actions; others were confused and couldn’t recollect all the actions. Finally, the student standing at the beginning of the line received only 2 actions out of 5.
After the activity was completed, the students were asked what they learned from this activity.
Students responded that they understood the concept of stress and how to manage it by performing certain activities which would help them to calm down and focus better on their work.
Through this activity they understood that sometimes we feel stressed out due to situations in our daily life or changes taking place in our work environment. And by doing certain activities that makes us feel happy and relaxed, we can deal with this stress in a better way, concentrate better on our work and perform more efficiently. The students enjoyed the activity.
