Childhood days were the interesting and happiest phase of
human lives. That’s the time when we had big hearts though we were small in
size. Some grew as HUMANS and others just grew in size.
Everything we
complain in our life has the direct link with the school and the higher
education that follows. Our anger on the member of the legislative assembly for
not doing the development works or our defective knowledge on traditions and
culture or our careless attitude towards the elders and kids. Everything is due
to deficiency in education.
90s Generation:
We were forced to do something called ‘studying’ in schools
and most of our parents being illiterate followed the rough instructions
provided by the school management. They simply hoped for their kids’ bright
future. Many scored good marks but only few came out educated. Fortunately at
least 50 percent of nineties’ kids belong to the latter category. Thanks to
those selfless teachers who made this possible. They knew the importance of
morality and other qualities that make the human life prosper.
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Equality in structure:
When we speak about equality, the foremost thing to be
unified is the schools. Every kid should be taught the same basics. Einstein’s
energy mass equivalence will remain the same whether you are in Punjab or
Kerala. It remains the same for a CBSE and a state board student. What differs
is the teaching methodology and the atmosphere. More importantly the manner in
which the student perceives the concept. They should be taught about the
velocity of light before equating it with the energy. Unfortunately this won’t
happen if the velocity of light doesn’t have any MARKS.
So the culprit here is marks. I still couldn’t accept the
fact that it’s possible to get centum in language papers. Definitely there will
be a space for essays or poems. How you are grading these arts? What sounds
royal to you might sound silly to the other. Moreover how good the writing be,
there will be a certain scope for further enhancement. If you award a kid cent
percent, you are stopping the growth of a creative student indirectly.
Public examinations
and the never ending hype:
The couple of standards in which the
schools invest a lot for their business development. We can’t blame them for
their intellectual minds. When you are into a business, you need to find ways
for improving the profit. Let them do it.
We, the general society have to think about it. Getting
state or national ranks is just a pleasure and not the pure joy. What if I said
that most of the state rank holders are currently working for software
developing companies just for earning BIG in dollars? Where their aims of becoming doctors and
Administrative officers to serve the society which they said during their
success interviews did gone? They were faded away just for the sake of the
society and the lust for money.
What primary schools
should do?
The schools should be structured in such a way that the
passion of each kid is identified before they reach the standard 9. There
should be tests to determine their field of interest after teaching them the
basics in almost every existing fields. Lessons on morality, patriotism,
freedom fighters, ancient culture, Indian Army, adolescent age physical and
mental changes, respect for elders & women, self-defensive techniques
should be taught with utmost care. Then in high school, teach them the subjects
they prefer and grade them.
Understanding reality:
Dhoni promotes McDowell’s No: 1 but he doesn’t like to drink
alcohol. Kids should be mentored to realise that they should do things on their
own interest and not because someone they like endorses it. If next gen kids
able to understand this, most product manufacturers will definitely start focusing
on the quality rather than marketing.
How great it will be if the kids were taught to understand
that cinema is just a form of an
entertainment to get rid of your boring hours and not an element which requires
your sacrifice of precious early morning sleep.
What parents can do?
Appreciate little things. Don’t force anything on your kids
just for improving your social status. Unless otherwise your son/daughter want
to become Hindi pundit, don’t torture them to learn Hindi. Just a spoken Hindi
course will help for the survival in states of North India. Instead teach them
swimming, Karate or any other outdoor sport, so that they stay healthy and fit.
Support them during examinations and don’t fix their target
marks. Just say them the range of score which comes under your “good mark”
category. Know their friends and interact with them often. IMO, better make
them study in a same school so that they have a good chance of creating
lifelong friends circle. And also make sure that your kid’s class comprises of
students from all economical background and not only the royal ones. This gives
more probability for your kid to witness the toughness of a lower class fellow
to buy a fountain pen and luxury of a royal one who fights for an iPhone with
his dad.
It’s better to have the school with in 5 Km radius. They
need your guidance at this age for everything. They need your parents to narrate
some vital stories with great affection and care. May be send them abroad or
anywhere for post-graduation. They will have a reliable base to carry on their
journey.
Ensure that they value people more than the things. Teach
them to have patience. Delay in gifting them a mobile but urge in giving them a
book to read. Make them watch Mahabharata. Let them understand the importance of
having a friend like Karna and a mentor like Krishna. If they say that it has
some illogical scenes, link those situations with current technology, so that
they accept the possibility of those happenings.
Guide them to learn good qualities from everyone. Not only
superstar, even the power star has some lessons for life.
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