Firstly, I don't care if this topic is widely covered.
Secondly, I had the strangest school life and/or childhood, so I should know
Thirdly, any fuckups must be forgiven as this is the very beginning of my blog writing phase. (I hope its not just a phase though)
Alright, now where do I start, I have no clue if my school life was strange, boring, interesting, good or bad, simply because i don't know what a good school life is. So I will just split up the pros and cons
CONS:
I was in a school with barely enough space for the kids to run, with teachers who would literally beat the living hell out of kids (until it was firmly established as a 'bad' thing, it wasn't obvious to these people that beating kids isn't good). My school was on a small site, had four floors and had classrooms which were absolutely crammed. For some strange reason, parents believed that a school which taught sanskrit from 5th grade was good, because, they believed that it is important for a kid to have a strong moral and cultural background, what they didn't realize however, was that there were very few teachers at this particular school who cared. Sitting through some classes just felt like going through the motions. Barely anybody talking, kids in the 2nd bench taking copious notes, (I say 2nd bench because the kids on the first were invariably those who were being punished for something they did), and having to ask for permission to drink water. School seemed very strange, and had huge repercussions on how the kid went on and grew up.
For example,
1. Alienation:
The girls and boys were split up and made to sit in separate rows and sitting amongst the other sex was viewed almost as a punishment. This would ultimately lead to absolute alienation between the sexes (I believe this is the reason why some Indian people just seem shady or, excuse my nonchalance, horny) , save a few who had common sense (me excluded, not that i'm overly horny).
2. Mediocrity:
It seemed to me that only a set of people were rewarded. Now many people reading this may find that i'm just being retarded, but as i saw it, up until 7th grade, (in MY school), whenever there was a contest of any kind, it was always the kid with a good rank, or one whom the teacher liked who was picked for them, this ultimately led to the kid not really realizing what he really liked, thus making him think that he's just moderate at everything, and doesn't really stand out at anything. Not that it mattered anyway, because everybody wants to do engineering or medicine (or law, yeah right!). Doing anything willingly other than those three is truly commendable, but i digress, now coming back, for the most part, that almost seems like what a government school in India seems to want to do, ie, to produce a bunch of adults who are completely indistinguishable. Which, as anybody would agree is a HUGE con
PROS:
1. Closeness:
I for one, am truly proud of being as close as I am to the people i met and became friends with in school. This is the case with many many people. Now, as i turn my twisted analysis at it, this is what i see. The reason why people remain close years after graduating and not getting sick of one another is this: They stuck together through one of the worst experiences, ie, school life. What I mean by worst experience is this, I mean that it would have been the worst experience if there was no company. Now, with a group of friends, a child pretty much identifies himself with that group, which ultimately leads to him thinking that he is a part of something big, thus increasing his self confidence. Coming back to the closeness thing, I think it is safe to assume that anybody who has gone through an experience as taxing and annoying as school will stick together until they find somebody who they have more in common with, or move away and are forced to.
Yes, sadly, I could only think of one good thing that came out of my school life, and that, indeed, is quite sad. Now, coming back to the heading, School life is the most important simply because they are the formative years of a child's life, because those are the days that any person, no matter how cynical, how jovial, how twisted, will remember and cherish them. Everything that we come to be defined by is basically rooted in our childhood, and that is the ultimate truth.
Thank you for reading.
Your humble first-time blogger,
Srikanth
Secondly, I had the strangest school life and/or childhood, so I should know
Thirdly, any fuckups must be forgiven as this is the very beginning of my blog writing phase. (I hope its not just a phase though)
Alright, now where do I start, I have no clue if my school life was strange, boring, interesting, good or bad, simply because i don't know what a good school life is. So I will just split up the pros and cons
CONS:
I was in a school with barely enough space for the kids to run, with teachers who would literally beat the living hell out of kids (until it was firmly established as a 'bad' thing, it wasn't obvious to these people that beating kids isn't good). My school was on a small site, had four floors and had classrooms which were absolutely crammed. For some strange reason, parents believed that a school which taught sanskrit from 5th grade was good, because, they believed that it is important for a kid to have a strong moral and cultural background, what they didn't realize however, was that there were very few teachers at this particular school who cared. Sitting through some classes just felt like going through the motions. Barely anybody talking, kids in the 2nd bench taking copious notes, (I say 2nd bench because the kids on the first were invariably those who were being punished for something they did), and having to ask for permission to drink water. School seemed very strange, and had huge repercussions on how the kid went on and grew up.
For example,
1. Alienation:
The girls and boys were split up and made to sit in separate rows and sitting amongst the other sex was viewed almost as a punishment. This would ultimately lead to absolute alienation between the sexes (I believe this is the reason why some Indian people just seem shady or, excuse my nonchalance, horny) , save a few who had common sense (me excluded, not that i'm overly horny).
2. Mediocrity:
It seemed to me that only a set of people were rewarded. Now many people reading this may find that i'm just being retarded, but as i saw it, up until 7th grade, (in MY school), whenever there was a contest of any kind, it was always the kid with a good rank, or one whom the teacher liked who was picked for them, this ultimately led to the kid not really realizing what he really liked, thus making him think that he's just moderate at everything, and doesn't really stand out at anything. Not that it mattered anyway, because everybody wants to do engineering or medicine (or law, yeah right!). Doing anything willingly other than those three is truly commendable, but i digress, now coming back, for the most part, that almost seems like what a government school in India seems to want to do, ie, to produce a bunch of adults who are completely indistinguishable. Which, as anybody would agree is a HUGE con
PROS:
1. Closeness:
I for one, am truly proud of being as close as I am to the people i met and became friends with in school. This is the case with many many people. Now, as i turn my twisted analysis at it, this is what i see. The reason why people remain close years after graduating and not getting sick of one another is this: They stuck together through one of the worst experiences, ie, school life. What I mean by worst experience is this, I mean that it would have been the worst experience if there was no company. Now, with a group of friends, a child pretty much identifies himself with that group, which ultimately leads to him thinking that he is a part of something big, thus increasing his self confidence. Coming back to the closeness thing, I think it is safe to assume that anybody who has gone through an experience as taxing and annoying as school will stick together until they find somebody who they have more in common with, or move away and are forced to.
Yes, sadly, I could only think of one good thing that came out of my school life, and that, indeed, is quite sad. Now, coming back to the heading, School life is the most important simply because they are the formative years of a child's life, because those are the days that any person, no matter how cynical, how jovial, how twisted, will remember and cherish them. Everything that we come to be defined by is basically rooted in our childhood, and that is the ultimate truth.
Thank you for reading.
Your humble first-time blogger,
Srikanth
did i go to the same school???? honestly, i wondered when ppl got nostalgic bout school life.. the fact is, this is the ultimate truth :)
ReplyDelete:P I thought i went overboard with the mediocrity thing. and the thing about people being horny. haha
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