Strange how within a span of three days, I had this discussion with three different people - and all had the same thing to say. Not rocket science, you say? You are right! And yet, the way marks and performance are discussed, the way mothers give up stuff before boards for kids, the way mothers start visiting temples during exams - one would think there was a connection!
I am not saying high scorers are duds. Let's accept they are intelligent. But those who score lower, are they duds?
Now, having had a bindaas attitude through school and college - crying on the morning of getting the report card in the ninth in Cal is ruled out because that was the first time I encountered serious education, and in subsequent years, went back to being bindaas - I am quite amused and confused about the way education is increasingly becoming a pressure point. 100% cut off! For a humanities student, it is a far fetched dream. But even if one can score in commerce...is that what we want - only the top, the rest go drown? Already IIT coaching starts from 9th. Next what? From UKG?
We need utopia in more ways than one!
Let Children Enjoy; Framework for Children; Bringing Up
I am not saying high scorers are duds. Let's accept they are intelligent. But those who score lower, are they duds?
Now, having had a bindaas attitude through school and college - crying on the morning of getting the report card in the ninth in Cal is ruled out because that was the first time I encountered serious education, and in subsequent years, went back to being bindaas - I am quite amused and confused about the way education is increasingly becoming a pressure point. 100% cut off! For a humanities student, it is a far fetched dream. But even if one can score in commerce...is that what we want - only the top, the rest go drown? Already IIT coaching starts from 9th. Next what? From UKG?
We need utopia in more ways than one!
Let Children Enjoy; Framework for Children; Bringing Up
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