During my days of literature study I read various poems, both in Hindi and English, exhilarating joys of childhood. But if you have a look at today's child, you will vexed at the burden he/she is under. The number of courses a child undergoes during primary education is astounding.Most of them are useless and serve no purpose. Some students excel at those courses (which is bound to happen in a populous country as India) and those who don't are deemed failures. The teachers don't teach nowadays. They 'finish'. Yes, they finish syllabus and in that process the desire to learn in most of the students. I remember my history teacher virtually reading through the course text books when I was appearing for council exams in class Xth. The reason: syllabus should be finished and the students should secure high marks. If in the process you learn something... OK added bonus. There is no learning in practical environments. A typical child is expected to know history, geography, civics, mathematics, science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology in class sixth) and a plethora of books in languages (literature and grammar).
What this humongous syllabus ensures is that 'chapters' are finished and contents are 'crammed'. Most of the high scoring students are not able to apply concepts on their own. And yes, everyone conveniently forgets the stuff in no time (in some cases this could be as less as few hours after the exam). If this torture was not enough we have a myriads of exams and tests to plague a child's mind. As expected, majority of students need extra tuition to keep pace with this madness. 8 hrs of school and then 3 hrs of tuition. Add to it the commute time, and you must now be wondering that your job is not that hectic. I don't know about you, but I as a final year student pf engineering surely don't want to be child again. At least I have choices (to some extent) in doing courses and areas I want to work on.
Where's the fun in growing up?
What this humongous syllabus ensures is that 'chapters' are finished and contents are 'crammed'. Most of the high scoring students are not able to apply concepts on their own. And yes, everyone conveniently forgets the stuff in no time (in some cases this could be as less as few hours after the exam). If this torture was not enough we have a myriads of exams and tests to plague a child's mind. As expected, majority of students need extra tuition to keep pace with this madness. 8 hrs of school and then 3 hrs of tuition. Add to it the commute time, and you must now be wondering that your job is not that hectic. I don't know about you, but I as a final year student pf engineering surely don't want to be child again. At least I have choices (to some extent) in doing courses and areas I want to work on.
Where's the fun in growing up?
