tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post3630698987702047490..comments2024-03-07T03:01:03.278+05:30Comments on Farm, yeah: "we are all valedictorians"csmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11557461643577046017noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-20826934174383118352021-04-21T11:53:11.593+05:302021-04-21T11:53:11.593+05:30Online home tuition in Bangalore is the need of t...Online <a href="https://ziyyara.in/home-tuition/online-home-tuition-in-bangalore" rel="nofollow"> home tuition in Bangalore</a> is the need of the hour as school learning is not enough, thus students are seeking online home tutors in Bangalore to clear their concepts. <br />Call Our Experts :- +91-9654271931ziyyaraedutechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15440038962098802924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-20232655462403592402010-08-23T09:13:40.873+05:302010-08-23T09:13:40.873+05:30mayank, while every effort could have some value, ...mayank, while every effort could have some value, its the compensation provided for the efforts that is tainted. <br />why should buying and selling commodities in the air be more valuable than actually toiling towards growing those commodities? <br />when there seems to be little hope towards equity, it does turn one a bit cynical and even a little angry. i do not think we should let go of this kpthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337552182115848706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-23767204179822634532010-08-15T23:50:00.987+05:302010-08-15T23:50:00.987+05:30"do the educated class ever discuss anything ..."do the educated class ever discuss anything with the uneducated class? <br />while the educated are typing away inanities in the garb of deep intellectual debate, the uneducated are toiling away creating real value"<br /><br />Sorry to say this but find these views deeply cynical. Seems you have a lot of grouse within you. Relax a bit. It may affect your well being. Life has its good Mayanknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-89878090638993156602010-08-15T16:29:07.971+05:302010-08-15T16:29:07.971+05:30pratapan - the comment #2 and 5 are by anonymous.
...pratapan - the comment #2 and 5 are by anonymous.<br />you also posted as anonymous (albeit signing off).<br />did you post the earlier anon comments too?<br /><br />dv - do the educated class ever discuss anything with the uneducated class? <br />while the educated are typing away inanities in the garb of deep intellectual debate, the uneducated are toiling away creating real value.csmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557461643577046017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-70098566320796389872010-08-14T23:19:50.797+05:302010-08-14T23:19:50.797+05:30phew! what a great debate.
do you notice only th...phew! what a great debate. <br />do you notice only the educated seem to discuss education. <br />the one virtue of formal education that i value is learning to cope and relate with peers. and perchance, learn from uniqueness-es swirling in the classroom.<br />i hardly remember the lessons, but value the bunch of people who grew to be friends.dvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-76498491845967457442010-08-14T04:31:44.203+05:302010-08-14T04:31:44.203+05:30whatsinaname!,
I agree to disagree with your view ...whatsinaname!,<br />I agree to disagree with your view on IIT.<br />csm, <br />Do you mean I made both the posts (prathpan & whatsinaname!). <br />Answer :no<br /><br />- PrathapanPrathapanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352164501521309982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-91389872990014459782010-08-13T14:19:00.511+05:302010-08-13T14:19:00.511+05:30prathapan - are you the earlier anons too?
IITs ar...prathapan - are you the earlier anons too?<br />IITs are suspect examples of good education. i am a product of it, and most of the important things that i learnt for life were in her playgrounds :-)<br /><br />wina - temper please.<br /><br />alex - india and most of the established eastern cultural traditions are being scorched away. i agree with martha and when she says, "but it is unwise csmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557461643577046017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-23757343651376100862010-08-13T11:42:37.151+05:302010-08-13T11:42:37.151+05:30Prathapan,
Don't even get me started on the b...Prathapan,<br /><br />Don't even get me started on the benefits of IIT. Since you seem to be so smitten by IIT bug I want to remind you about its pitfalls.<br /><br />IIT success is a myth that can only be explained within a narrow context, once you see the broader context, you can understand the "REAL" nature of IIT's success. <br /><br />To give you a single example that IITAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881221326224485278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-58684545070911788172010-08-13T11:33:46.717+05:302010-08-13T11:33:46.717+05:30Another related article of interest: http://www.tn...Another related article of interest: http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/76997/what-we-could-learn-india-and-korea-education-povertyAlexander Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863255585843164453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-43206706458397929992010-08-13T04:36:15.296+05:302010-08-13T04:36:15.296+05:30I think Erica's opinion is biased. Look at the...I think Erica's opinion is biased. Look at the folks come out of our own IIT. We know the drill to get into IIT. Lots and lots of brilliant minds from IIT making difference in all walks of life<br /><br />PrathapanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-54982978741453921592010-08-12T21:06:30.897+05:302010-08-12T21:06:30.897+05:30wina - thanks for the ken info. i have heard him a...wina - thanks for the ken info. i have heard him and have agreed fully with his views.<br /><br />anon - agree that this forum is incorrect for such a debate.<br /><br />i have a thought on the alternate, but it is not something i am ready to propound now.<br />as the cliche goes - lets agree to disagree.csmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557461643577046017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-61895940221990552422010-08-12T18:05:15.325+05:302010-08-12T18:05:15.325+05:30Well, I don't want to contend you or anyone si...Well, I don't want to contend you or anyone since I believe its a subject too vast for a forum of this nature and is anyways being debated globally. <br />Taking any side robs me the freedom to examine your or even my perspective. <br /><br />No one said that the system is foolproof. Neither me, not Erica, nor Ken Robinson nor Gardner or Dewey or anyone else.<br /><br />The technology system Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-90493407013921990972010-08-12T17:51:14.758+05:302010-08-12T17:51:14.758+05:30Veteran TED speaker Ken Robinson has been critical...Veteran TED speaker Ken Robinson has been critical of educational system for quite sometime. Erica is essentially saying the same. I would advice Alex and anon to get to know Ken Robinson's views, for more authoritative opinion, if Erica is too inexperienced.<br /><br />I agree with what Erica expressed!whatsinanamenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-89588367448515085412010-08-12T12:43:46.254+05:302010-08-12T12:43:46.254+05:30alex - of course erica is not talking for all high...alex - of course erica is not talking for all high school students just as you are not doing the same.<br /><br />she does point out a saviour in her English teacher, who i would conclude, is a rarity is most education systems. so she is still correct in making her point on the system being inert (anon - please note this point).<br /><br />alex - the very fact that there is a treadmill is the csmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557461643577046017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-39849775831603706632010-08-12T11:36:54.225+05:302010-08-12T11:36:54.225+05:30I agree that the language is prose like and can se...I agree that the language is prose like and can serve as a good writeup but interestingly a high school grader if she can express her thoughts in this form, she surely has learnt skills of reflective thinking, articulation and more than anything else, the virtue in working hard.<br /><br />In terms of her views probably she needs some more experience to understand the value that she already has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101267.post-39731759801239888622010-08-10T20:29:21.299+05:302010-08-10T20:29:21.299+05:30I obviously know a lot less about how it works in ...I obviously know a lot less about how it works in India than you do, but I don't think Erica is speaking for all American high school students. When I was the valedictorian, I felt that I was given greater opportunities to explore than many of the other students in my school, who had less (academic) freedom because of the perception that they would not use it wisely. It is certainly true thatAlexander Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863255585843164453noreply@blogger.com