Its been nearly 10 years since I completed my Engineering degrees (also means I am away from the happening college crowd for 10 years, miss those time :( ).
Things have changed the way it was, now even school going kids have a mobile phone, iPods/iRiver, have acessible to computers more than we could, internet has bloomed to its full, information is just a click away, everything has become tech savvy, BUT seriously nothing has changed when it comes to the way education is taught, the syllabus (maybe it has changed, but seriously I do not see any perceivable changes that it is providing to the new lot as compared to when I was studying).
I strongly feel our education system lacks teeth, that killer instinct that has to be instilled in each and every child.
*** 07-Apr-2006 6:17pm *** (wish to complete)
The reason why I feel so is, apart from those dedicated and concerned individuals who go out of the way and teach the student apart from what is texted (not a typo, my word for contents in book), I was lucky to have one such teacher (during my pre-university classes), he used to tell us a lot about social values, what to do, what not to do - I used to always think what if the same was taught to me during my formative years, I would have been a much better human being that what I am.
Our education system, does it teach
- Us to be a law abiding people,
- Each one of us what it means to pay tax and how it benefits the society as a whole,
- Traffic discipline,
- Not to be corrupt,
- Politics is also a good option as a career and what difference does the educated clan can make to the current political scenario,
- Teach about the biggest scams which have happened in the recent past, and with it send a message that by doing it, we are hurting ourselves,
- India is one?
I can go on (which I will defnitely will do as and when required).
Sleeping when the house is on fire may help you not to see the damage but won't help in saving the house.
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