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A board that highlights all that is wrong with urban South Indian culture
This is how you shrink ambition in society - a culture where kids turn jaded and decadent by the time they reach youth (sometimes earlier)
This is how you shrink ambition in society - a culture where kids turn jaded and decadent by the time they reach youth (sometimes earlier)
Now a clarification -
I don't think it is wrong to push kids hard from a young age
What's wrong is to benchmark them against each other, without an absolute standard to aspire to
I don't think it is wrong to push kids hard from a young age
What's wrong is to benchmark them against each other, without an absolute standard to aspire to
When the culture is competitive, you shrink your ambition. You judge yourself on a relative scale
The great John Stuart Mill in the 19th century, who had a remarkable tutor in his father, warned against "competitive" education in his autobiography
The great John Stuart Mill in the 19th century, who had a remarkable tutor in his father, warned against "competitive" education in his autobiography
Here he is - 
