School Bus - 8.30 am
Lunch - 11.30 am (away from home)
Back on Bus…Street Corner - 4.30 pm
Math lessons - 5.30 pm
Science tuitions - Just after Math lessons
Music & painting classes - Every alternate days
Back home - 7.00 pm
Bath - Next 15 minutes
Quick re-union & some advises
Homework time - 7.30
Dinner - 8.30
Back to bed - Best time of the day ….
Just got up…..The school bus is waiting at the street corner…
Sounds familiar. That’s CHILDHOOD for you.
Marbles, Kites, Fish catching, stealing mangoes, roof-top music concerts, Half-day school, Day off with grand parents, Weekend getaway to zoos & of course Ice creams in summer…
Seems not too long away…
So, here’s what our children have for the golden years of their lives. We are inculcating market driven thoughts into our children even before the alphabets seem to be coming right. Education system thrives on fear, peer pressure, and a false sense of security for the parents…
Grades are the God. Go get it any cost … even if it means losing your life …That’s what our children fill their their hearts with - The hearts don’t beat to the tunes of Tagore’s songs any more.
So, is it so surprising that we have so many suicides just around the exam time …So many shootouts in some of the best schools in US.
Well, Parents, wake up and stop this assembly production of future Rat racers.
Let the childhood bloom & explore the secrets of life & nature. Rest will come in proper shape & time. Nature shaped the greatest minds in the history - Einstein, Edison, Henry Ford, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Shakespeare … Not The Coaching Institutes.
hermit
Very well said , Beautiful article !!!
Comment by Monika — May 11, 2008 @ 4:50 pm