My Thought on Schools - Contd from last post!!

Maybe my yesterday's post was a bit raw and clumsy to an extent as I just penned it down what I thought at that moment and also I was rushing! But I stand by what ever I said in the last post!

The outlook towards school, according to me, has to change (and in both the posts I am talking about the Indian scenario).....and again I would like to stress...I am not talking about ALL the schools and the attitude of ALL the people put together, but am talking of the majority, there are always exceptions!

Let me leave these things apart....now why did I want to write about schools and teaching? Because - I simply love schools and the very thought of school brings a lot of happiness to me!

I am one of those people who firmly beleive that there should be a revolution soon - if things have to change - even a bit! Am just an optimist, that things will change for the better! Just pick up ANY day's news paper and see what is presented there - Violence, War, Rape, Suicide Bombings, religious fights...and what not! If these things have to change - the next generation has to change! The next generation has to be given the chance to think - they need to be equipped with the required knowledge and wisdom to think and make decisions! They need to be moulded to be GOOD people and NOT only Rich people!! I think it is the responsibilty of the schools to do so! Running a school should not be seen as a business thought.......

Just would like to quote Mr. J.Krishnamurty's words on school here....

"A school is a place where one learns both the importance of knowledge and its irrelevance. It is a place where one learns to observe the world without a particular point of view or conclusion. One learns to look at the whole of man's endeavor, his search for beauty, his search for truth and a way of living that is not a contradiction between conclusion and action. It is a place where both teacher and the taught learn a way of life in which conflict ends."

"It is the concern of the schools to bring about a new generation of human beings who are free from self-centered action, to bring about a mind that has no conflict within itself and so end the struggle and conflict in the world about us."