Education - The best ways and means to get decent education

[nirosha sen]

Please feel free to share your idea of a decent education and learning methods, currently in use, from kindergartens right up to tertiary level!!

Are you happy with the school system in your country or wherever it is you are residing. What's your idea of the ideal????

Our discussion here ought to also include the school buildings, play-grounds, class-rooms to of course, the ubiquitous teachers, without whom schools out!!

[Idiappam]

What's your idea of the ideal????

That the pupil feels that he couldn't have done anything any better!

[hehehewalrus]

This thread is just a curiosity itch. ignore.

Its more like the hungry guy who went to a restaurant, guzzled all the starters, slobbered all over the soup, unabashedly asked for a second helping of the main course, sank his face into the dessert, barely had enough strength to sign the bill, had to be dragged home off the table, and when he got home asked "Why do we need food?"

[nirosha sen]

Ah.....metaphors!! Whatever would we do without them, hmmm??

Figurative speech, proverbs and idioms are all but lost in our grammar books today!!

[Idiappam]

You don't seem to understand!

[lordstanher]

Well, altho I feel we've partly discussed Indiaz education system in the ICSE syllabus thread, I still feel its a worthy topic to discuss.......!
IMHO (from the 1st thing tat comes to my mind while thinking of this issue), the education system in Indiaz good enuff upto school level.....unless u count certain absurdly tedious subject syllabus, viz. Maths (in ICSE afa I know!).......
But I really hate the standard of higher (college/univ.) education in our country!
Getting into a good college herez a gamble........deliberately difficult entrance exams, reservations ( ), u name it!
Also the fact tat its poss' to obtain a degree cert. from most colleges even w/out even attending classes/passing the exams if ur rich enuff......!
Its high time our country improvised on this.....
Glad if ne-one else has nething to say abt this........!

[nirosha sen]

Hmm.....you have your problems over there, Pa!! But still, you do have good dedicated teachers willing to get the job done!

Out here, we have more than our share of misery!! Education has been hijacked by folks with more ulterior motives called politicians! As a result, what we have now is a hatchet job that seems to be fraying!!

Every now and then, there's a policy change. To make matters worse, education is not even in the hands of all it citizens to give a decent input!!

And the icing on the cake is affirmative action policies in favour of the majority!! That really is sweet! We spend so much time revolving around this issue that it just plain saps away any other kind of argument, one could have spent time on!!

[nirosha sen]

You don't seem to understand!

I don't understand droll remarks, huh????!!! Please.......

[lordstanher]

Hmm.....you have your problems over there, Pa!! But still, you do have good dedicated teachers willing to get the job done!

Yes tats true mostly in case of the schools (read priv. schools )........its the higher level (college/Univ.) I was targeting.......

Out here, we have more than our share of misery!! Education has been hijacked by folks with more ulterior motives called politicians! Every now and then, there's a policy change.

Hmm....surprised to hear a similar situation abt Malaysia!
Well, therez politics even in Indian colleges/Univs. (esp. Govt. ones)......main reason y the reservation factor exists.......
& even here sumtimes when the Govt. changes they make new policies, viz. increasing the % of reservation in colleges/univs.....!
Also in many govt. colleges there is student politics as well......aided by rowdy-ism......!

[nirosha sen]

Out here, students are not allowed to make political statements or to demonstrate/picket their feelings for any political ideology!! They are liable to be selectively prosecuted under the Universities Act!!