Topic: Learn from the crisis

Resources -
1. https://www.oecd.org/naec/lessons-from-the-crisis/#The-economy-has-profoundly-changed
2.https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2020/04/22/three-lessons-to-learn-from-the-virus-crisis/?sh=3b558903
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3. https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/lessons-we-should-learn-covid-19-crisis
4.https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/01/7-things-leaders-can-learn-from-the-covid-19-crisis/
5. https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/magazine/do-we-learn-crisis
6 https://www.fsg.org/blog/learning-time-crisis

Email addresses -
Ridhima - ridhimapathak025@gmail.com
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Bhavya patel- bhavya.bp20@gmail.com
Bhavya Meghani- meghanibhavya143@gmail.com
Speech -
Making mistakes is an inevitable part of life. We all make them, but the important part is not to sulk over our errors, but
to use them to our advantage by learning from them and moving on. This unfortunate pandemic which we've had upon
us for about 2 years now, has partly been a result of our mistake in neglecting the covid protocols, and during this
burdensome time, many of us have realised the importance of cherishing every little thing in life.

The amount of problems which arose during the crisis was straight up painful. Be it shortage of masks, hungry animals
on the street, the exodus of migrants across India due to industries shutting down, or the loss of several human lives,
these happenings affected all aspects of our health to a great extent. Then there’s technology, oh the technology. A
teen’s savior, a parent’s adversary, alien to seniors, without technology we all would’ve been driven crazy—especially in
isolation. But, a lot of people are feeling resentful towards it at the moment, and not acknowledging how useful it has
been to the population as a whole. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is exactly what we should avoid.

During a crisis, everything is haywire, so instead of nitpicking on the bad, it is our job to realise we wake up to
exponential change, and take a moment to really appreciate how fast we’re growing for the better. Appreciating the
good during difficulty does not mean painting rainbows and sunflowers while the world crumbles around you like a
biscuit, but it means to acquire some sort of resilience from the good things around you. Think about it, when the Black
Death shook Europe in the mid-14th century, it killed half the population. The Spanish Flu killed around 50 million. Don’t
you feel that we have come a long way, don’t you feel blessed to live in a time when we are able to resist? I know I do.
We should also learn to be prepared so as to prevent a crisis from taking place at all. Bill Gates predicted this pandemic 5
years ago in a famous TED Talk, and so did the British government 4 years ago by running a series of tests. The
conclusions, however, were regretfully suppressed.
The point is, we should never let a good crisis go to waste. I know that sounds a bit problematic but trust me, a fine crisis
is a great opportunity to learn, overcome, and develop. To conclude, though, I would like to ask everybody one
question—Do we really need a crisis to teach us a lesson? Because I feel that it’s something to think about.