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Dorje Gurung, ScD (h.c.)

@Dorje_sDooing

Aug 13

#EducationSystem in #Nepal is of abysmally poor quality. Evidences abound.

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.

This is about a HORRENDOUS part of a grade 5 science textbook & how it could have been different/better. #Nepal dorjegurung.com/blog/2019/02/n…

This is about Grade 8 Social Studies textbook.

Shamefully, it declares #religion & #caste to be "small issues." AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE ENTRY ON THE #CaseSystem. Shoving things under the rug & pretending everything is great is a Nepali past time. #Nepal dorjegurung.com/blog/2018/07/g…

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Dorje Gurung, ScD (h.c.)

@Dorje_sDooing

Jun 26

1/n
Nepalis generally struggle--or have difficulties--with a lot of things.

Here is a list of things that, as far as I am concerned, a lot of Nepalis find #INTELLECTUALLY #challenging.

1. imagining others DOING things that they can't imagine themselves doing

#Nepal

2/n

List of things a lot of Nepalis find #INTELLECTUALLY #challenging:

2. imagining others #WANTING things that they can't imagine themselves wanting

3. imagining others #THINKING about & in ways that they can't imagine themselves thinking

#Nepal

3/n
List of things a lot of Nepalis find #INTELLECTUALLY #challenging:

4. imagining others #BELIEVING things that they can't imagine themselves believing

5. imagining others #REPRESENTING things that they can't imagine themselves representing

#Nepal

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Dorje Gurung, ScD (h.c.)

@Dorje_sDooing

Nov 13, 2020

@scoannie

1/
This is my little nephew's school-issued #poetry #textbook that's part of the curriculum. He's in 4th grade.

Annie Shrestha (@scoannie) & I did a little #analysis of d contents of this textbook & made some interesting discoveries.

#Nepal #Caste #Gender #NepalEducation

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).

#Nepal #Caste #CasteIssues #Gender #NepalEducation #NepaliLiterature #GenderIssues

3/
The book contains 108 poems (see images).

#Nepal #Caste #CasteIssues #Gender #NepalEducation #NepaliLiterature #GenderIssues #Exclusion #Diversity #Inclusion #representation #RepresentationMatters

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Dorje Gurung, ScD (h.c.)

@Dorje_sDooing

Nov 11, 2020

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!

#Nepal #Nepalipan

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.

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Dorje Gurung, ScD (h.c.)

@Dorje_sDooing

May 2, 2020

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, [....]"

That is, the PEOPLE aren't the problem! Follow link for more. 2/n #Equality #Equity medium.com/@eec/this-equi…

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

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Dorje Gurung, ScD (h.c.)

@Dorje_sDooing

Apr 8, 2020

@aavaas_412

@aavaas_412 @ritinewa 1/ Avaas, here's why I am confused.

You seemed to be making a gender-based argument for how violence is NOT just a male domain. And yet, your supporting argument seems to be that women with power can be violent. I can see how if power were something ONLY women had then...

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@aavaas_412 @ritinewa 2/ ...it would bolster your your gender-based contention about violence. But it's not. When there is power differential between people, the more powerful (whether a man, a woman, a child, able bodied, disabled, a trans etc.) has the potential to be and can be violent on a less...

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@aavaas_412 @ritinewa 3/ powerful individual(s) regardless of their gender (sex, age, sexuality, physical capabilities etc.!

I agree with you and @RITiNews about that violence. The violence that woman metted out was based on race where she, thinking of herself as a superior race & feeling more...

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