2.6 Money

2.6 Money

ICE BREAKERS:
 Discuss in the class about 'Importance of money.'
(a) Money is used as capital in business.

(b) With money, you can rule the materialistic world.

(c) If you have money, signs of poverty will never approach you and you can maintain your life.

(d)  money is the basic thing that is used for calculating the status of any person.

(e) Money is a source to fulfill basic needs as well as source of comfort in life.


 Complete the web.
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 Make a list of the good qualities of your friend.
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(a) He is honest in relationships.

(b) He is kind to everyone.

(c) He is generous with their belongings.

(d) He think of others.

(e) He make friends easily.

(f) He make the best out of every situation.

(g) He is Loyal.

(h) He is Protective.

Share your views on 'Money is the root of all evils'.
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1) The major ways of earning money were loot, blunder and high taxation. That is the reason kings were always in state of war with other kingdoms.


2) If a person discovers a new medicine against corona virus, he isn't taking anyone else's share. He will actually grow the global pie.


 Do you lend money to your friend? Give reasons.
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BRAINSTORMING:
(A1) (i) 'Money does not mean everything in life'. Discuss with your partner and justify the statement by giving examples. Take help of the following points.
(a) Money cannot give you eternal happiness.
Ans: Money gives us happiness which is temporary and materialistic. To get eternal or permanent happiness we need love and affection. We get love and affection only from true friends and affectionate relatives. They remain always with us during good times as well as in hardships.

(b) Art, music and literature can give you unending happiness.
Ans:  Art, music and literature have potential qualities to activate our senses. At the same time they have abilities to engage the audience and the readers. With the company of these things we forget our worries and difficulties. The priceless values of these things continues the and cherish us forever.

(c) Money is short-lived.
Ans: We know many examples in which situation turns around and people loose their money, position and jobs. Pandemic like Novel Corona has broken down the economy of countries as well as of individuals and they have lost their money. Many rich people have faced bankruptcy. It proves that money is short lived.

(d) Money cannot purchase happiness and contentment.
Ans: This statement is also true. There are many people who don't have financial problems and still they commit suicide such people commit suicide because their money couldn't bring happiness and contentment in their lives.

(ii) Debate on the following topic in groups. 
Money is the solution for everything.
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For: We need money for Education-Travel Food Clothes Medicines 
Against : One cannot eat money itself/one must have food. We should not buy more than essential clothes / no need to buy often-Good hygiene and food habits will ensure health-Government schools are available Travel is not needed for survival.

(A2) (i) State whether the following statements are True or False. Correct the False statements with the help of the poem.
(a) The poet knew no joy till he was rich.  - True

(b) The poet felt that he should talk about his poverty. - False
- He didn't feel so as his friends were selfish.

(c) When poet had money, he had many true friends. - False
- When he had money he had selfish friends.

(d) When poet became poor he had a few real friends. - True

(ii) Write reasons for the following statements.
(a) Friends came knocking all day at the poet’s door.
Ans: Actually the poet was a rich person and there are many people around us who make relationships to get benefits from others. Here also friends were not friends . Actually they were only selfish people. They disappear when money disappears.

(b) Poor men’s wives hum like bees.
Ans: Poor men's wives have to work from morning to night. They have true relationships. There is, in general, no scope to be unhappy. The contentment and happiness they have in their lives make them to sing a song. Their busy schedule becomes easy bu humming like bees.

(iii) Money makes the world go round. Explain it in the light of the poet's experience.
Ans: Money is necessary when we fall in crisis. During accidents or illness money is the only remedy. But when you come to the real and eternal happiness money works nothing. To fulfill his needs the poet has to become peddler and streat singer. But while living a life of a poor person he experienced the true happiness

(iv) Poor men need not go up so much as rich men should come down. Express your views regarding this statement.
Ans: I do not completely agree with the statement of the poet. I do accept that the rich should know the reality that, God forbid, if they lose their prosperity, they will be able to handle the situation.
But the poor have all the rights to get the fruits of their labour and live a secured life. Both the rich and the poor should know how no keep their feet on the ground. If the poor man goes up ladder in life, he should be able to recognize who his true friend is and stay away from pretences in life. The rich man also in his days of prosperity should be able to make out who are with him only because of his power of money. It depends on how practical the person is to understand the truth of life.

(A3) (i) Find out meanings of the phrases given below and use them in your own sentences.
(a) be in the money :
Meaning- to become rich 
Sentence - it seems that he is in the money after getting job in multinational company.   
  
(b) win lots of money : 
Meaning - make a fortune
Sentence - My uncle has won lots of money from his business.

(c) for my money :
Meaning - compensation of the money / In my opinion
Sentence - The work you have done for my money is not sufficient.  
                   
(d) money for old rope :
Meaning - money or reward earned for little or no effort
Sentence - The astrologer charged two hundred rupee, for reading the horoscope it was really money for old rope.

(e) put one's money where one's mouth is :
Meaning - To do the things in support of what we say
Sentence - The government needs to put its money where its mouth is to fulfill the promises made before election.


(ii) Complete the crossword with the help of the clues from the poem.

Across Down
(1) A brass musical instrument            (5) Not imaginary
(2) A low steady continuous sound      (6) Ponder
(3) False                                                  (7) Stinging insects
(4) Say Something                                  (8) In large number
(9) Strike a surface noisily

(A4) (i) Complete the following table.
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(ii) Identify the rhyme scheme of all the stanzas of the poem.
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Stanza no 1 to 4 has 'abcb' rhyming scheme. 
Rhyming Scheme of 5th stanza is 'abab'

(iii) Compose a short poem on 'Friendship'.
Ans:                           Thank You, Friend

Thank you, friend, for all the things

That mean so much to me-

For concern and understanding 

You give abundantly.

Thanks for listening with your heart; 

For cheering me when I'm blue; 

For bringing out the best in me; 

And just for being you.

Thanks for in-depth conversation 

That stimulates my brain; 

For silly times we laugh out loud; 

For things I can't explain.

For looking past my flaws and faults; 

For all the time you spend; 

For all the kind things that you do, 

Thank you; thank you, friend.

(A5) Write an appreciation of the poem. Refer to the earlier poems for the points to be covered for appreciation.
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Money - the poem by William H. Davies, talks about the lives of haves and have-nots, The poet is disillusioned with living the life as a rich person. He blames money for leading the life of falsehood. He begins the poem with an exclamation that shows the anguish in his heart and he feels money is the root cause of that. He is tired of having untrue friends all around him. Even a child has the freedom to use the trumpet the way he wants to if he does not know how to blow it. But the poet does not have the liberty to lead his life according to his wishes because he is rich. He decides not to let the world know about his freedom

The poet has thought extensively about life and has found out that even after working hard throughout the day, the poor cannot make their family members happy because of their financial insecurity So, they are never light-hearted. But even these poor people laugh when they see the rich lose their prosperity. The poet wants that the poor people need not become rich as their life will become artificial. But the rich must experience hardship so that they can handle the reverse situation well

The poem ends with another exclamation which comes out of the distressed heart of the poet who has experienced so much of falseness in friendship because of his prosperity. They love his money and have never been true to him. he is happy now as he has lost his prosperity but gained in true friendship.

The theme of the poem is about a rich man who wants to be poor in search of real happiness.

The poet has used the rhyme scheme in the first four stanzas where the second and fourth lines rhyme. But in the last stanza he changes the rhyme scheme as he is repeating the first line of the poem with the first line of the fifth stanza where he laments his days of prosperity. The figures of speeches used by the poet are common ones but used appropriately to show the power of money as well as the untrue lives led by the rich people. They also bring out the deep thoughts of the poet.

The poem has a clear message about the value of true friendship which cannot be purchased by money. Money is important in life as long as it does not have to compromise with falsehood. When the poet became poor, he got contentment in spite of not having the power of money as he has gained a mare valuable thing in life a few true friends. This message impresses me the most as it is so difficult to find a true friend in the materialistic world.

(A6) (i) Visit a library and read a few poems written by 
              William H. Davies.
Ans:                             A Great Time

                       Sweet Chance, that led my steps abroad,

                    Beyond the town, where wild flowers grow --

A rainbow and a cuckoo, Lord,

How rich and great the times are now!

Know, all ye sheep

And cows, that keep

On staring that I stand so long

In grass that's wet from heavy rain --

A rainbow and a cuckoo's song

May never come together again;

May never come

This side the tomb.

A Fleeting Passion

                      Thou shalt not laugh, thou shalt not romp,

                          Let's grimly kiss with bated breath;
                                    As quietly and solemnly
                                As Life when it is kissing Death.
                                 Now in the silence of the grave,
                             My hand is squeezing that soft breast;
                               While thou dost in such passion lie,
                                  It mocks me with its look of rest.

                               But when the morning comes at last,
                               And we must part, our passions cold,
                              You'll think of some new feather, scarf
                                To buy with my small piece of gold;
                                 And I'll be dreaming of green lanes,
                               Where little things with beating hearts
                                Hold shining eyes between the leaves,
                                  Till men with horses pass, and carts.

                                            A Plain Life

No idle gold -- since this fine sun, my friend,
Is no mean miser, but doth freely spend.

No precious stones -- since these green mornings show,
Without a charge, their pearls where'er I go.

No lifeless books -- since birds with their sweet tongues
Will read aloud to me their happier songs.

No painted scenes -- since clouds can change their skies
A hundred times a day to please my eyes.

No headstrong wine -- since, when I drink, the spring
Into my eager ears will softly sing.

No surplus clothes -- since every simple beast
Can teach me to be happy with the least.

(ii) There are many career opportunities related to finance and planning. Try to get information about the following careers by surfing the internet.
(a) Finance Management
(b) Banking and Finance
(c) Actuaries
(d) Economics
(e) Share Market
(f) Accountancy
(g) Company Secretary

(iii) Economics is a very important subject in which you can pursue your career. Browse the websites of these institutions and get information for various courses in Economics.
(a) Delhi School of Economics
(b) Indian Statistical Institute
(c) Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune
(d) Madras School of Economics