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Why Indian children excel ?
Here is a very funny take on the super-success that Indian children exhibit around the world. Ofcourse as someone once said (if not then I am saying it) that comedy is the complement of tragedy as in
(tragedy) ^ -1 = comedy ;
similarly I can say all that is written is not false. The moment the child starts going to school Indian parents seemingly transmorgify from extremely doting (mollycoddling would be the apt word) people into entities that form the basis for all psychiatrists' explanations for all mental troubles;iin the modern Western world ofcourse because here we do not believe in the shrink.
Ofcourse it would be wrong to say all parents are like this. My parents were strict too but thankfully torturous props were never used in teaching me the importance of education.Ofcourse that does not mean I never got spanked for my truants. But I had heard many horror stories in school from my less fortunate friends and the fact that there existed such a manner of punishment would terrify us as we giggled and joked about it (yes those were the times when we were yet not aware of the existence of the fairer sex and friends congregated for such mundane reasons other than when we were playing or being ministered mass punishment in our school).
Perhaps the pressure of inculcating Indian culture and ensuring that the child achieves the 2fs viz fame and fortune (ok guys I know F is also the starting alphabet for females but I am talking in a genderless tone) and also fulfills their unachieved dreams is a bit too much for some people. Maybe the incessant discipline gives rise to the competitive spirit in Indian children. With a population of a billion that has the least regard for scientific inventions like the latex, limited seats in educational institutions(which themselves are so less in number) entrusted with the responsibilty of cleaning up the ancient inequalities that have plagued India due to the catse system in a matter of years in the form of reservations, neighbours and relatives who make it a point to devise new measurement scales that can compare their progeny with yours and a psuedo-social status based on marks one's child got in the boards, the fact that we do good is not a thing to be astounded about.
(tragedy) ^ -1 = comedy ;
similarly I can say all that is written is not false. The moment the child starts going to school Indian parents seemingly transmorgify from extremely doting (mollycoddling would be the apt word) people into entities that form the basis for all psychiatrists' explanations for all mental troubles;iin the modern Western world ofcourse because here we do not believe in the shrink.
Ofcourse it would be wrong to say all parents are like this. My parents were strict too but thankfully torturous props were never used in teaching me the importance of education.Ofcourse that does not mean I never got spanked for my truants. But I had heard many horror stories in school from my less fortunate friends and the fact that there existed such a manner of punishment would terrify us as we giggled and joked about it (yes those were the times when we were yet not aware of the existence of the fairer sex and friends congregated for such mundane reasons other than when we were playing or being ministered mass punishment in our school).
Perhaps the pressure of inculcating Indian culture and ensuring that the child achieves the 2fs viz fame and fortune (ok guys I know F is also the starting alphabet for females but I am talking in a genderless tone) and also fulfills their unachieved dreams is a bit too much for some people. Maybe the incessant discipline gives rise to the competitive spirit in Indian children. With a population of a billion that has the least regard for scientific inventions like the latex, limited seats in educational institutions(which themselves are so less in number) entrusted with the responsibilty of cleaning up the ancient inequalities that have plagued India due to the catse system in a matter of years in the form of reservations, neighbours and relatives who make it a point to devise new measurement scales that can compare their progeny with yours and a psuedo-social status based on marks one's child got in the boards, the fact that we do good is not a thing to be astounded about.
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