This week Dehradun witnessed pomp and show displayed by the schools as they celebrated their respective founders day function. There was an unsaid competition amongst the schools to score more public attention and gather more admissions. Good marks, grades are so popular in schools that today our institutions have become examination centres Do marks really empower us? Are name, fame and status the true benchmarks of success? If yes, then how come this girl who happens to be the Principal's daughter was not empowered enough to deal with the day to day challenges of life?
We are questioned everyday by life itself.
Life has a unique of questioning us and testing us, its ways are very different from the lessons of Physics, economics, bio, etc. that we acquire from school. Life questions us by throwing challenges at us. As a school teacher I remember the constant pressure of making students score good marks was always there at the back of mind. I also remember one very fond experience of tutoring a young boy. I spent two months with this boy and I supposed to teach science and maths. However I hardly taught him anything for two months I just spent time with him and made him feel good. The outcome was that from 33 percent marks in maths this boy went to score ninety percent.
The well qualified principal of the school might be exceptionally good in teaching or managing staff members in the school but was she competent in making her daughter feel good about herself? Was she able to empower her child to make the best decisions of her life? Even as parents we seriously need to ponder over what is criteria of success for us. After all what is the use of name, fame and status if we are not emotionally and spiritually healthy beings and do not know how to handle setbacks of our lives. We all have the power of being happy, and to be happy we do not need things or people - we alone are sufficient; because we carry the spark of God within us.
"That education which does not help the common mass of people to equip themselves for the struggle of life, which does not bring out the strength of character, a spirit of philanthropy, and the courage of a lion -- is it worth the name?" - Swami Vivekananda.
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Life has a unique of questioning us and testing us, its ways are very different from the lessons of Physics, economics, bio, etc. that we acquire from school. Life questions us by throwing challenges at us. As a school teacher I remember the constant pressure of making students score good marks was always there at the back of mind. I also remember one very fond experience of tutoring a young boy. I spent two months with this boy and I supposed to teach science and maths. However I hardly taught him anything for two months I just spent time with him and made him feel good. The outcome was that from 33 percent marks in maths this boy went to score ninety percent.
The well qualified principal of the school might be exceptionally good in teaching or managing staff members in the school but was she competent in making her daughter feel good about herself? Was she able to empower her child to make the best decisions of her life? Even as parents we seriously need to ponder over what is criteria of success for us. After all what is the use of name, fame and status if we are not emotionally and spiritually healthy beings and do not know how to handle setbacks of our lives. We all have the power of being happy, and to be happy we do not need things or people - we alone are sufficient; because we carry the spark of God within us."That education which does not help the common mass of people to equip themselves for the struggle of life, which does not bring out the strength of character, a spirit of philanthropy, and the courage of a lion -- is it worth the name?" - Swami Vivekananda.
To see the complete news, please visit- http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-TOP-girl-found-hanging-in-school-premises-4783806-NOR.html
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