A father and his 8 year old kid are watching TV. Guests(another father & is 8 year old kid) stopped by to share some sweets.
Host_Father took a sweet while inviting them inside.
Guest_Father: "You know, My boy has Got First rank in 4th Grade annual exams"
Host_Father: "That's great, You must be very proud"
Guest_Father: "Indeed I am, (looking at Host_Son) how about your son? What rank did he get?"
Host_Father: " (Bending is head in shame), Aah, he managed to be in Top-10, He got 9th rank"
Guest_Father:" (Showing an air of attitude), 9th rank !!!, that is too bad, if that's what he could achieve now, imagine his future when he appears for Entrance Exams or higher studies, you should take special care about him, maybe join him in the same school as my son, try evening tuition also, make sure he gets first rank"
Host_Father: "Its not like that, last year he got 4th rank, but this time, he had malaria during exam time, that is why, he slipped in ranks, but sure, I will think about all you said"
Guest_Father: "Anything we do, it is for our kids own benefit, anyways, we still have more houses to visit, we will leave now"
The Host_Father waved as the guests left onto the next street and walked in with anger and insult on his face, he slammed the door hard and switched off the TV. He pulled his son out of the sofa and started yelling at him
"Are you happy now, for what you have done, aren't you not ashamed?. This is the worst moment in my life, its all because of you and and your stupid rank, how many times should I tell you to study well and do everything you can to get a first rank"
The grandfather stepped out of his room on hearing all of this yelling. The kid, who was frightened, ran into his grandpa's arms and started crying.
Grandfather was trying to defend the kid. He started yelling back "Why do you shout at him like that? Just because you shout, will he get 1st rank? You very well know that he had malaria during exams, still u expect to get 1st rank? this is utter foolishness"
Grandfather was trying to defend the kid. He started yelling back "Why do you shout at him like that? Just because you shout, will he get 1st rank? You very well know that he had malaria during exams, still u expect to get 1st rank? this is utter foolishness"
The father shot back at Grandpa, "Its all because of you. You take his side, every time I try to correct him. U should have heard what all brain-washing just happened now, if Malaria was the complaint, then what about last year? He got only 4th rank!!. The same drama happened last year too, not just once, its happened twice. Now tell me, how should I feel !!"
Grandfather sat in the sofa, with the grandson cuddled, and started laughing, "How come you talk so stupid, let me explain. First of all never compare apples with oranges"
Father irritatedly, too sat in the chair and said "What do you mean apples and oranges, don't you think I don't have that much of common sense?"
Grandfather said, "Yes, you are really lacking common sense, let me explain"
Father cooled down a bit and started to listen, the grandfather continued "Firstly, your kid and his kid go to different schools, so obviously there will be some difference in how each school teaches and how each student learns, also, your kid does his homework all by himself at home, where as, his kid gets his homework done with the help of tuition.
Do you know the importance of homework? It is to estimate how much the student understood from what he was taught at school, if the kid never does his homework on his own and always gets help even for that, when will his IQ improve?"
Do you know the importance of homework? It is to estimate how much the student understood from what he was taught at school, if the kid never does his homework on his own and always gets help even for that, when will his IQ improve?"
"Secondly, the standard and syllabus of your kid is comparatively higher than his kid, so for the very obvious reason, your kid has got only 4th rank last year"
"Thirdly, last year though your kid got 4th rank, he got 85%. where as the other kid got 83% and got 1st rank. Now tell me whether rank is important or marks are important?"
The father wore a confused face.
Grandfather continued, "Finally and most important, its not the marks the matter, its how much knowledge that is always with you. When I asked that kid to recite a poem from last year's English, you know what he said? "It is 3rd standard syllabus, I don't have to remember"
That is how the kids of this generation are being taught and trained. They think marks are the only criteria and that learning is only a momentary thing. They start to develop an attitude where somehow get the marks and jump the fence without bothering how much of it they actually understood."
That is how the kids of this generation are being taught and trained. They think marks are the only criteria and that learning is only a momentary thing. They start to develop an attitude where somehow get the marks and jump the fence without bothering how much of it they actually understood."
Father said, "What you said might be true, but in this competitive world, marks are the criteria, how can you escape from that"
Grandfather shot back "But in competitive exams, these marks wouldn't help you, its your knowledge and IQ what matters. I am not asking you to completely forget about marks, I am asking you to give priority on how much he learned and remembered"
From the above arguments, it is quite evident that both have a point. Both are trying to do in the best interest of the kid, however their perception is levying a hidden pressure on the kid. He acts according to the teachers/parents directions.
When the director himself is not clear on how things should be, then eventually it is the actor who fails. For someone who have an obsession of only achieving highest mark and to be called a HERO, most likely, turn ZERO. I personally know how HEROs turned ZEROs in competitive exams. Its purely lack of commonsense which MARK the supposedly HERO as ZERO
When the director himself is not clear on how things should be, then eventually it is the actor who fails. For someone who have an obsession of only achieving highest mark and to be called a HERO, most likely, turn ZERO. I personally know how HEROs turned ZEROs in competitive exams. Its purely lack of commonsense which MARK the supposedly HERO as ZERO
Have a Look At This:
Passed 1st grade with 95%(lacking 5% of knowledge which one is supposed to have by the end of 1st grade)
Passed 2nd grade with 93%(lacking additional 7% of knowledge which one is supposed to have by the end of 2nd grade).
In the best case, he would learned the missing 5% from 1st grade in 2nd grade, so overall lacking knowledge is 7%
in the worst case, he would not have learned the missing 5% from 1st grade in 2nd grade, so overall lacking knowledge is 12%
so on and so forth.
So by the end of say Bachelors, all this lacking knowledge adds up to a good sum and in the best case, one would be lacking 25% knowledge and in the worst case, one would be lacking 50% knowledge.
The truth is, one only has a fair amount of knowledge on what he is currently working/learning, the rest is history gone down deep in our memory shelves and too difficult to access.
How many of us remember Kepler's laws of motion?? At least, I am honest to say, I don't remember. But, thanks to Google(Man's best modern day invention) I have an opportunity to refresh everything I forgot.
If we learn only to forget, what is the purpose of learning anyway. I was born smart, education ruined me. A supposedly HERO, MARKED me to ZERO
