In other words, a lot of Nepalis project a lot and struggle greatly to #empathize!
Accepting and accommodating such people--fellow Nepalis who are very different from themselves, who are unpredictable & highly independent--they find really challenging, of course. #Nepal
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1/n In 2018, following d US-Bangla airplane crash, I had two questions (img 1) b/c d #AviationAccident record was horrendous.
ONE reason? Lack of proper investigations. We had clocked ~1 fatal accident/yr since 1990 & BUT most had been blamed on the pilot (img 2). #Nepal
2/n Sure, #Nepal's has one of the toughest & maybe even THE toughest terrain.
3/n My own educated conclusion? The State of #Nepal has scant regard for human life. (You can see that not just in the #AviationIndustry but also in the way it has done NOTHING to address d incredibly high rate of accidents on d roads & highways.
(Src: dorjegurung.com/blog/2018/03/t…)
One? The quantity of the textbooks. They are HORRENDOUS. This thread is about (parts of) the books I have reviewed. This is about a Grade 9 book. dorjegurung.com/blog/2020/01/l…
Another blog about another horrendous Nepali school textbook.
One of the many things that never ceases to #amaze & #amuse me:
Nepalis countering/characterizing/interpreting commentary/statement abt #caste or anything that remotely appears to be an "attack" on a caste etc. as "hatred" etc.
Another one of the many things that never ceases to #amaze & #amuse me:
Nepalis characterizing/interpreting commentary/statement abt #caste as "bigotry"/ "discrimination"/"prejudice."
Talking about caste/race, to them, is to be a #casteist/#racist! 🤣🤣
Some recent egs. #Nepal
BUT then again, in most cases, it's NOT their fault.
The fault lies with our #EducationSystem.
What can you expect from products of an #EducationSystem that educates its population on WHAT to think instead of HOW to think?!
(It certainly does NOT teach about #humanity.) #Nepal
2/ As you can tell (see image), Rato Bangala Kitab is the publisher. And this one is the 5th edition, published a year ago. The 1st Edition came out in 2062 BS (16 years ago).
Something else I find
amusing/sad about fellow Nepalis:
Things you are doing or saying
that few or hardly any Nepali
does or says they find/think/
believe to be "wrong" or "bad"
for no reason other than
d fact that...so few--or no--
fellow Nepalis do or say!
It's as if like d whole world
of ppl beyond d borders
of #Nepal doing & saying
different things didn't exist
& being a human being
mattered little...
while also wanting d best
education for their children,
both within & beyond
d confines of national, cultural,
& social borders!
To tie that to
something personal...
Nepalis with nowhere near
as much education &/or
life experiences (work in 5
& travel in +30 countries)
have questioned what I’m
doing &/or saying, & have
told me I’ve got it wrong even
abt things they clearly have
little to no idea abt.
There are MAJOR issues with the image below depicting #equality & #equity, HOWEVER, there are Nepalis (including an association of private school teachers in the country) that think/believe d third method is the way to go when it comes to providing equity in education! #Nepal 1/n
First, the MAJOR issues with the image.
"Imagine if you will, 3 people —all the same goddamn size. [...] The foundation on which these people stand is unequal, [....]"
In d context of education in #Nepal, what lies beyond d wall is QUALITY education...education which imparts #CriticalThinking skills, among other things, to a majority or a significant percentage of students. What we have, on this side of the wall, in d country is... #equity 3/n