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Saturday, August 8, 2009

At the Threshold

What is education? What is a school? What is the relevance of being a student or a teacher? What’s so special about being an educationist? Why do we go to school? Why do teachers go to school?
Well, all these questions are a part of a much bigger system; a system on which our human civilization works; A system through which human beings (supposedly) become civilized.
We (supposedly) teach our children to be good, nice, truthful, compassionate, generous, disciplined etc etc. Why I used this word ‘supposedly’ because our act is more of an everyday routine rather then being an act of an earnest desire. We feel good when we teach those small innocent children. Really, we feel excellent, because it satisfies our ego in a way that ‘yes, we too can teach someone’! It gives us a strange kind of satisfaction in teaching (read ‘bullying’) those small and vulnerable children. They in turn look up to us as role models, they follow us and they are scared of us. And we on our side are fully aware of the fact that we are just following a daily routine. This routine of ours’ is a part of that big routine of education. Our teachings and guidance are severely lacking in the department of true earnest desires. What we teach is strictly meant for a routine for those small children, and not for us. Soon those innocent children realize this hypocrisy and within no time they start following us.

Today, in 2009, just have a look at the people, look at their lives, look at their behavior and look at the way they are treating each other. Look at our present, look carefully, and you’ll get a clear picture of our future. These people were once four year old children. They were sweet and cute. They followed the routine of education and also the routine of teachings/guidance from their parents and from the society.

Look carefully and think again and soon you’ll find yourself surrounded by the same questions. What is education? What is a school….??

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