Let's redefine ideas

How many nights in a month, on average, have full moon? I think your answer to this question must be “What? Don’t you know!” Answer is obvious. Its only one night every 28 days. But, a full night of moon is possible for more days. Do you remember your childhood days? How awestruck you were watching moon on a clear sky? Or, what about a cloudy night with a full moon? Didn’t you ever play hide-and-seek with the moon? In my childhood years, I sometimes spent hours simply gazing the sky with eyes wide open, following the moon. I wanted to clear the mystery of whereabouts of the moon in broad daylight. Have you gone through this experience again after gaining maturity? Perhaps, no. It seems to be childish or wastage of time. We are too busy to spare time for such activities. Or you may reject the idea for reasons best known to you. A break from routine life is a good idea. That’s why we plan trips, parties, etc. How about spending a full night of moon? I again am asking th

Last night I was helping my son remember a small speech he was supposed to deliver in his school the next day. My wife asked me to hear out what he had remembered so far. He stuck at a particular sentence twice as he failed to recall a word (kind of a keyword, which might help him to recall the following text). I advised him to understand and memorize the context and the purpose of the message not the exact words. He retorted, “How will then I remember if I don’t remember exactly what is mentioned here?” He then snatched the notes from me and started reading it aloud (it helps to cram, I mean, memorize any content you read). I was lost into thoughts. I want to relate this incident with the situation of our education system. I myself am a college lecturer. I have been teaching computer science for last 13 years. Of all the students I have taught till date, I have found that only 5% students are willing to go extra mile, who wish to learn more, do some experiments and seek answers