Today one of my favourite kids who always used to get average marks in school, came & showed me very high marks in her recently completed class 8th terminal exams. I used to be so happy when I used to see her average marks. It made me feel more sure that she was enjoying her childhood and growing up right. I have forever tried to tell kids growing up around me to study only if they enjoy... else just do what they want (of course I have tried to encourage them to read literature and luckily barring one all are big time into reading)... And I just can't believe that in classes like 6th, 7th, 8th etc there could be many kids who enjoy studies... Firstly that's the age to play more.. secondly given the below average quality of teachers in most schools how can kids enjoy studies.. and finally with the kind of approach to studies in most schools kids just can't enjoy studies. So I want to hear from children around me about their friends.. their sports..their first crush etc.....
Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri
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