Education needs no System!
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 ...