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Vital Parenting Skills You Need to Have
Posted on 2011-10-08 14:18:52, by Jake Anderson in Education → Tutoring
Some people believe parenting should come naturally, and that it 's an instinct we 're born with. This may be true to some extent, but we live in a complex world and sometimes we have to learn new skills in various areas of our lives, and this includes parenting. What comes most naturally to us might be appropriate, but sometimes we 're just repeating mistakes our own parents made. So it 's best to look at your own parenting style as honestly as possible and see where you might need to make some changes.Lots of parents make the mistake of not allowing kids to learn how to do things themselves. One of the ways we learn is through the making of mistakes and if kids aren 't given this opportunity ... Read More
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Is homework necessary?
Posted on 2011-08-20 10:02:41, by vidhya manohar in Education → Tutoring
Every afternoon a maenad’s dance is
required to get my nephew to do his homework. I am very sure I am not alone and
there are many others who are sailing in the same boat.
It is an arduous task to get 98
percentage of the children to do their homework. From the time of yore, it is
seen as a burden and the purpose never understood.
Work done at leisure to revise what’s
taught during the day is homework. But isn’t it done for the sake of it?
In most cases how is it done? Over
the phone, copied from guides or classmates, by parents or tuition teachers or
not done at all.
What’s the reason behind this? Over
burdening the children with homework which cannot be accomplished within the
time frame. In some cases the home work does not cover ... Read More
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How much did you score?
Posted on 2011-08-20 09:59:52, by vidhya manohar in Education → Tutoring
How much did you score?
Amit wakes up at 4.a.m. Packs his
breakfast, snacks and lunch and is out of the house at 4.30 am. He has to go
for maths tuitions at 5a.m, chemistry at 6.am, 7.30 to the best school which is
ten miles away. He is back by 4.30 p.m but is not free. He has physics tuitions
at 5.pm and biology at 6.00 pm. Apart from this he has homework to do,
assignments to complete, prepare for tests. He goes to bed at 12.00 pm. This is
Amit’s routine.
There are millions of Amit’s in
India. It is pathetic to see a sleepy two and a half year old being cramped
into a school bus to reach the PLAY SCHOOL at 7 in the morning. Here there are
schools where we have parents standing overnight at the ... Read More
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Effective ways of producing clones
Posted on 2011-08-20 09:58:30, by vidhya manohar in Education → Tutoring
Effective ways of producing clones
Who wants a child to score more marks
and why? There is a race to try and prove that their offspring is stronger and
better than someone else’s. This obsession has led to the current examination
system and this has retarded our educational system phenomenally.
Children are victims in this
educational system. There is no scope of being unique or being themselves.
Conspirators to this are manifold, parents, teachers, school, society,
government and the entire system as a whole. Here the child is the protagonist
but he has no say in this. It will reflect on him as he grows up. He will have
a conflict in decision making, conflict in facing a challenge, conflict in
leadership and you name it and he has a conflict.
Here an individual is slotted into a
role whereas it should be ... Read More
