Juggling thoughts

  As I retrospect the kinds of books that taught moral values and other social norms during our foundational years of learning. I am thankful for some of the moral values based lesson I have had learnt while at school . But I also don’t much agree with all of it. Now that I have my own son who I try to teach equality and equity of all gender, respect for all, beautiful things that makes beautiful minds. I want to make sure, that I do not lay his foundational learning with contents that may create an image in his mind about differences: in abilities, responsibilities and the concept of every fair and ugly things . Little did we know that, it all begin from the time we read a lesson in hindi or english that gives an example: Rani the fat, dark child. And Priya the fair, beautiful and smart girl in the class. Didn’t it not make us believe that 'fair' is beautiful and 'dark' is ugly? Why was it Raju who only played cricket and football and not Riya? Why was it Charu w...

 Albert Einstein wrote, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” The question that caught me thinking today is "What is your genius? What is my genius?" The nurturing of a child is a journey together of the teachers and parents. And in this long uncertain journey, let's remember to love and appreciate every child for who they are . I remember this quotation that alludes to a long stand allegory. It is unfair to judge the animal by its skill they do not posses. If monkeys are forced to swim, if fish are forced to climb, if frogs are compelled to fly, if birds are expected to slitter and if snakes are to walk. How good the result would be? It will be a folly on our part to try to run all kinds of children through the same mold or to bring  all to the same standard of uniformity or level of intelligence. Every child is unique and we must also learn to embrace them all with their ...