Recently I came across a blog by famous and eminent actor turned social
activist Nana Patekar which I thought everyone must read. Even make your child
read as it is too good and realistic.
The
earlier generation/baby boomers worked like donkeys to get higher education and
now the next generation has fallen to wits of the rat race.
The
expectations of today’s parents have mounted off to the height of Everest. They
want their children to score 100% in all the exams, should be black belt
holders, must be the experts in music or dance forms at the same time be rooted
and be able to chant Shlokas in Sanskrit, they are quite fine even if their
child is not able to understand the meaning of verses chanted by them.
Of
late, many schools have mushroomed who are giving false promises as a marketing
gimmick that they can turn their child in to ALBERT EINSTEIN in making. When in
reality Albert was a school dropout and never attended any school later.
The
schools have been launched by the investors and not by the educationist. The
simple logic behind the same works on the simple economics demand and supply
rule. Such schools have aptly recognised the deep desire of the parent
community along with the fancy dreams which they have fostered for their
children. They have increased the syllabus more than required. Children are not
only carrying the burden of heavy bags but they are overburdened by the
expectations of the parents and teachers, leading their life to real hell.
Our honourable
Prime Minister Mr.Modi addressed the students on the eve of Teacher’s day and
he raised a question to them that how many of you sweat yourself out in play
ground every day? Not single hand was raised. The reason is simple and obvious.
These millennium babies are born and brought up in AC rooms. Their standard
diet consists of chips and aerated drinks. The only games that they are aware
of are the mobile games, video games, X box. They do not come in contact with
the major five elements of the earth. They are oblivious of the things like
playing with their friends getting hurt in the process, the fun in loosing or winning the
game, the lessons learnt in process.
Before they cross the milestone of early
five, most of them have the vision issues, either they become malnourished or
they start walking on the path of obesity. Who is to be blamed for? As the
household kitchens started shrinking, the fast food era began. Instead of
adding the vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates in the food the things like
modified food starch, maltodextrin , hydrolysed corn gluten , disodium
iodinate/ guanylate, yeast extract and hydrolyzed soy protein etc got added.
The specialty of such ingredients is that they stay in the stomach for
longer time and absorb all the nutrients from the body . They literally stop
the hormonal and biological growth of the child which has lead highest number
of diabetic patients along with many other diseases in early childhood in India.
Further, today’s generation is facing a stiff
competition, education is not a means to attain knowledge, it is to perform
better than the rest. Ra
Once Tagore was sitting under the tree with few of
his disciples in Shantiniketan .Three- four students were engrossed in
reading and rest were busy climbing the
trees, trying to catch the butterflies , enjoying the fragrance of flowers
while nature walk...
Suddenly a gentleman dropped there to meet Gurudev
and raised a question,”Aren’t you worried about the children’s future who are
playing instead of reading?”
Gurudev replied politely with a smile,”Of course I do,
but not for the children who are playing,
For the children who are reading the books! They
have matured way before their age acting like adults.
It was Tagore’s passion to teach the children ,not the business, as he
used to enjoy being with
them. But today’s scenario is totally changed and our life is revolving around
the education , children run after gaining more and more knowledge, learning as
many as art forms ,parents bet on them and then starts a race .In the process
we forget to live our lives to the
fullest.
What is the learning for us as a Sanctamarian
parents and teachers? We have started this process at Sanctamaria .Each of us
cannot be Tagore but definitely started walking on the path that has laid for
us by Rabindranath Tagore.
What more can we contribute to make our children’s
lives enjoyable and at the same time focus on their overall growth ? This is
the thought we all should ponder upon..
- Ms. Pragati and Ms.Pradeepa
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