Stop stealing Dreams

CURRENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

-Race to nowhere

-What is wrong with education?

-Stop stealing Dreams

-Education –The change we need

-Knowledge for sale

If students think of education as a burden how will they chase their dreams? This educational system does not teach them what LIFE is? Then what do we mean by education?. I would yearn to live in an era where my son would ask me “papa why is Sunday a holiday for schools ”.So where should we change?

The present educational system makes students bookworms rather than knowledge seekers. They are made to compete among themselves without nurturing what is there in them. Mugging up topics and vomiting in exam paper is just not education. Education should add value to your life. It should be based on the ambitions and aspirations of students rather than the interest of teachers or parents. What is the use of exams when you expect the students to mug up and write the definitions that are given in textbook? You restrict the dreams and aspirations of students to the four walls of a classroom. Then how do you expect the students to grow or develop? Marks are considered to be the benchmarks to success. But are marks actually a criteria to measure a person’s talent? People these days have become so senseless that they send their six year old child to tuition for six subjects. They are put under a lot of pressure which makes them feel education as a burden. Why do they remember even the filmy dialogues but not the laws in physics?. This is where interest matters.How can we make education interesting?

Learning has to be tempered with a lot of innovation. Education should let the student explore his dreams and ideas so that he can choose the path he wants. Its better to go back to the system of gurukul where you don’t have classrooms, you study sitting in the lap of mother nature. You learn through experiments. You don’t have textbooks to mug up. But Education has become a business these days. Its time for us to change. We need to change our traditional educational system  in such a way that education  moulds a student to be a part of the social setup. Liberal education involves interactive learning and providing importance to moral values. Practical knowledge should be given more importance than theoretical  knowledge. Teaching  through games and other fun filled activities will help students picturise the content better. Remember that the development of a nation lies in the hands of the educated youth. Educated youth are being misguided these days. Happenings across the globe emphasizes on the fact that education is a realm for sculpting right attitude with the power of knowledge.

So it is high time that we put our thought in this subject and before I end  I would like to share a famous quote by Nelson Mandela  saying “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”.

15-19:

Do you love watching movies? Do you love reading story books? Probably the answer will be yes. But how many of you love going to schools daily? How many of  you love doing your homework’s regularly? How many of you think that school going is fun? So how can you make learning  a joyful experience? Learn through games, activities and  experiments.  Picturise everything that you see. You will start feeling the difference.

20-30:

Think ! Think ! Think ! was education  a nightmare for you? If yes think why it was so. If your answer is yes, this is probably not your fault. This traditional education system should undergo a transformation.Learning and teaching trends should change. Education  should fulfill the dreams and aspirations of students. Education should make children dream dream and dream. Education should inject moral values not just bookish knowledge.How can this be done?