Today morning my son was reluctant to get up from the bed! He is muttering that he would not go to school today! With patience and affection, I asked him, why he wouldn’t go to school on the first day of the week? With a crying face he replied that the teacher would ask him to read a paragraph in front of the class. And his worry is that he may not be able to properly read the paragraph. I tried to convenience him that he is an intelligent boy and he would be able read the passage with much ease. Told him to read his best and not worry about the failure! And I won’t scold him . However, he says that it not about failing to read the paragraph. What else then?
Its seems that his teacher has told that he would not be promoted to Standard One, if he fails to read a passage in English! My Godness! Isn’t this activity of reading a paragraph on stage a too stressful activity for the 5+ year kid? Why should a school have a test or an assessment for Pre-Primary kids? As the formal education only starts from 1st Standard? Even if any assessment is done, why tell it to child and make him get scared? The child turns averse to go to school! Isn't there a better way?
This is not the first time, my son is reluctant go to school. Every other week, there is some or the other activity, which scares my son and he is demotivated to go to school? Why is that teachers and our education system is so insensible, unrealistic and stressful? Why do the schools sound more like a bane than a boon, for the students?
In the darkness of misnomer called "education", I see a ray of hope, when our union minister for human resource development asks the NCERT to reduce the school syllabus by 50% in the coming days. Hoping that the school education in the future days will be as enjoyable as watching a cartoon movie or playing a ludo game? Thank you for reading.
Mark Twain said - "In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards". Doesn't it make sense?
Its seems that his teacher has told that he would not be promoted to Standard One, if he fails to read a passage in English! My Godness! Isn’t this activity of reading a paragraph on stage a too stressful activity for the 5+ year kid? Why should a school have a test or an assessment for Pre-Primary kids? As the formal education only starts from 1st Standard? Even if any assessment is done, why tell it to child and make him get scared? The child turns averse to go to school! Isn't there a better way?
This is not the first time, my son is reluctant go to school. Every other week, there is some or the other activity, which scares my son and he is demotivated to go to school? Why is that teachers and our education system is so insensible, unrealistic and stressful? Why do the schools sound more like a bane than a boon, for the students?
In the darkness of misnomer called "education", I see a ray of hope, when our union minister for human resource development asks the NCERT to reduce the school syllabus by 50% in the coming days. Hoping that the school education in the future days will be as enjoyable as watching a cartoon movie or playing a ludo game? Thank you for reading.
Mark Twain said - "In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards". Doesn't it make sense?
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