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A Step Towards Practicality (2 of 2)

We just strive for better grades, without any focus on actual learning and fine tuning our personalities. That just ruins our precious time at the university. If there is strong interaction between our class fellows, juniors or seniors, a few years later we have brighter chances of a better business.

Here is another video, that speaks volumes about how impractical we are after more than a decade of "learning". I seriously urge the teachers and educationists, to design a practical syllabus, arrange activities outdoors, cooking, cleaning, building simple shelters, basic survival skill set, earning pocket money, reusing wasted materials, bringing down the costs of assignments by improvisation, practical knowledge of what's under the car hood, changing tyres, plastering a wall, shuttering, mowing a lawn, topiary, hitch hiking, self defense.... there is so much to do!!! Why can't we produce well rounded personalities? Cramming dates, tackling MCQs, filling in the missing words, short answers to theory questions really don't help in practical life. I am thinking of making my nieces learn how to build a low cost "jhuggi", a local tiny tensile structure, made of cloth, rope and shredded bamboo, that is seen in slums around the city :) I think, children of those slums are better able to deal with life, although they very underprivileged.



The truth about school in a 2-minute video
What is your opinion on the thoughts that are being expressed here? Agree? Disagree? A little bit of both?A video from: http://stormcloudsgathering.com/
Posted by Wali Zahid on Monday, June 8, 2015

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