Comments on: Schooling for life http://www.teacherplus.org/editorial/schooling-for-life?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=schooling-for-life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:13:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: madhu kapoor http://www.teacherplus.org/editorial/schooling-for-life/comment-page-1#comment-9136 madhu kapoor Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:22:31 +0000 http://www.teacherplus.org/?p=2901#comment-9136 The Editor's pen very rightly puts forward the problem of knowledge and the skills that go with it..It is mostly found in this competitive atmosphere, it is what the parents are also after the same rote learning and marks in glory. But why do we forget that this is not the real world outside, in different walks of life, we are faced with different sorts of problems and these high achievers face a lot of difficulties when they face tough competition rejection. One needs to manage his studies, games, social and cultural behaviour side by side..in order to be a balanced human being. Knowledge with life skills, their application makes a child more useful to self and to the others around him/her.Even a course in painting walls or furniture, carpentry, plumbing, stitching, embroidery or typing etc, can at least make him/her independent and be proud of oneself.Not everyone going to be a doctor,engineer have the right to be proud of something they can manage with ease.Thanks for the thought-provoking articles. Madhu Kapoor, CSKM Public School. 26675143 The Editor’s pen very rightly puts forward the problem of knowledge and the skills that go with it..It is mostly found in this competitive atmosphere, it is what the parents are also after the same rote learning and marks in glory. But why do we forget that this is not the real world outside, in different walks of life, we are faced with different sorts of problems and these high achievers face a lot of difficulties when they face tough competition rejection. One needs to manage his studies, games, social and cultural behaviour side by side..in order to be a balanced human being. Knowledge with life skills, their application makes a child more useful to self and to the others around him/her.Even a course in painting walls or furniture, carpentry, plumbing, stitching, embroidery or typing etc, can at least make him/her independent and be proud of oneself.Not everyone going to be a doctor,engineer have the right to be proud of something they can manage with ease.Thanks for the thought-provoking articles.

Madhu Kapoor,
CSKM Public School.
26675143

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