Education & Schooling

Chanced upon an interesting article on a long and heavily debated issue: schooling and education. Putting the excerpt below with the link to full article

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By Deepti Priya Mehrotra 

You could put your children in a school that hammers them into assembly-line products. Or you could choose an education that nurtures your children into creative, sensitive individuals. First of a two-part report from the leading alternative schools and their underlying philosophy

1965. All of four years old, I'm bursting with excitement as I wear my new uniform-red checked skirt, starched white blouse, striped tie. I've been longing for this day, green with envy as I see my sister go to the 'bada ( big ) school' every morning. Already I have tasted school-an experimental 'model school' in which I've played on swings and slides, built blocks, crayoned and painted to my heart's content. I imagine 'bada school' to be a bigger, brighter version of this.

The day, however, turns out to be probably the worst one of my life. I have to sit at a desk, one of a row of small uniformed human beings. Uneasy, required to be quiet. I feel faceless, nameless. The teacher looks at us with lethargy and disinterest. I am chilled by the cold, unfriendly atmosphere.
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