School seems lame
Schooling is our birthright, we are what we are because of our education (to an extent). But as I am already out of school & even college to that matter, I understand the deeper meaning of our education (& I know I am not the only one).
BTW...
How many of us are doing what we like in the industry we belong too?
How many of us have had change of plans, after graduating & being academically custom fit for a particular industry?
How many of us wait for a Friday night on every day of the week?
How many of us just work as there is no other alternative i.e. some other job or studies?
How many of us are confused of what we want even after a good 16yrs of education?
How many of us wish there were competence based interview and not experience/academic based?
Not necessarily everyone falls in the YES I DO category but the point is most likely people do it. Try tutoring kids from 5th-8th standard, the content seems to the point & right on but the way they are examined is so not wise & justified. Learning some definitions & vomiting the same shit out in the answer paper to score well is not the conclusion to our schooling.Instead making it more flexible for people to remember the facts irrespective of what the textbook/teacher suggests coz when we turn 20 we need to know in general about what is an ecosystem or what is matter or the green house gases, not that we require the exact definition. I was going through a lot of things & was teaching my cousins for their quarterly, all the questions seem perfect but the answers are unnecessarily 2 page long & that's what makes a small concept look like an invention of bulb. I remember the time when I was at school & struggled with these basic/simple concepts, thinking its some rocket science...man! I am not built for this race at all.
Our education ministry has done a great thing by scrapping the boards for 10th graders but now it's time they look into some revamp of what's been taught to the students. These changes are not drastic nor we expect them to be but just as we have Nandan Nilekani for UID, we can get great expertise of other industrialists, actual research people & guys who are determined to bring change on how they would like a student to proceed with his schooling/education.
PS: Schools are so crucial, now I understand as that's what has brought in a good amount of change in my life. Even if some of them ( I ;-)) are academically week, their intellectual capabilities would really surpass those with the so called 1st in the class credentials.
PS: Education systems needs flexibility & some great tweaking for producing some class apart generation of students. An engineer should be allowed to carry with something other than technology & a law student who shows interest in science should be allowed to the enter the field with proper evaluation...m drunk!! ;-D
BTW...
How many of us are doing what we like in the industry we belong too?
How many of us have had change of plans, after graduating & being academically custom fit for a particular industry?
How many of us wait for a Friday night on every day of the week?
How many of us just work as there is no other alternative i.e. some other job or studies?
How many of us are confused of what we want even after a good 16yrs of education?
How many of us wish there were competence based interview and not experience/academic based?
Not necessarily everyone falls in the YES I DO category but the point is most likely people do it. Try tutoring kids from 5th-8th standard, the content seems to the point & right on but the way they are examined is so not wise & justified. Learning some definitions & vomiting the same shit out in the answer paper to score well is not the conclusion to our schooling.Instead making it more flexible for people to remember the facts irrespective of what the textbook/teacher suggests coz when we turn 20 we need to know in general about what is an ecosystem or what is matter or the green house gases, not that we require the exact definition. I was going through a lot of things & was teaching my cousins for their quarterly, all the questions seem perfect but the answers are unnecessarily 2 page long & that's what makes a small concept look like an invention of bulb. I remember the time when I was at school & struggled with these basic/simple concepts, thinking its some rocket science...man! I am not built for this race at all.
Our education ministry has done a great thing by scrapping the boards for 10th graders but now it's time they look into some revamp of what's been taught to the students. These changes are not drastic nor we expect them to be but just as we have Nandan Nilekani for UID, we can get great expertise of other industrialists, actual research people & guys who are determined to bring change on how they would like a student to proceed with his schooling/education.
PS: Schools are so crucial, now I understand as that's what has brought in a good amount of change in my life. Even if some of them ( I ;-)) are academically week, their intellectual capabilities would really surpass those with the so called 1st in the class credentials.
PS: Education systems needs flexibility & some great tweaking for producing some class apart generation of students. An engineer should be allowed to carry with something other than technology & a law student who shows interest in science should be allowed to the enter the field with proper evaluation...m drunk!! ;-D
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