It’s exam time once again and various education boards have established counseling centers for students who are almost on the verge of splitting vertically.
We live in very strange times and stranger still are our total acceptability of the ills and apathy towards them.
The failure of a student indicates the following
1) The failure of the framework which considers X amount of learning to be done in Y amount of time as success.
2) The failure of content developers who are not able to put forward knowledge in a form which is all inclusive.
3) The failure of the delivery mechanism wherein the actors involved are unable to inspire and motivate learners towards learning
4) The failure of parents who are not ready to work together with the child towards identification of their special gifts and aptitude.
….in fact everything except the failure of the student. While all of us are amidst this gold rush for seats in engineering, medicine and finance what we tend to forget is that these positions merely apply existing knowledge and are at best resource exploiters; history has shown us that the true masters of Science, Arts and Business are people who had been rejected by the traditional schooling methods. As to why we are not ready to work towards that big change which can create an environment fostering creativity is an unknown factor. Do you have any clue?
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Good post, Rakesh! Why are we not ready for the big change that fosters an environment of creativity...? Seems obvious at times and like a mystery at other times...! 1. The craving for guaranteed monetary income means the path of least resistance...which means low creativity and high affinity towards routine and proven areas.
2.Creativity is seen as something unconventional. People want to, more often than not, confirm to the rules of society. Avoiding creative pursuits at times seems like an easy way to be seen as one among the crowd and 'normal'.
3. Creative pursuits mean traveling on uncharted paths, without too many role models and guidance or mentoring...increasing the uncertainty of even moderate success. Sort of goes back to the first point...
I think the introduction of a few new-age schools across the country is changing our perception and prejudices... :-)
Precisely the reason why so much money is pumped into the US/European Universities. It ensures that creativity is paid even if it doesn't have an immediate deliverable. Some people will always be comfortable in a herd, but by providing the right infrastructure you can at least have the right mix of work force.....but wait..wait ..where am i heading to
Does this mean that
"Creativity requires Patronage".
Need to think a little bit more
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