Bane of Online Classes

Online classes effect!

A little boy was doing maths homework, ...

saying to himself...

2+5, the son of bitch is 7

3+6, the son of bitch is 9

His mother heard this & asked,  ... What are you doing? ??

Boy: Doing my maths homework ??

Mom: Is this how your teacher taught you? ??

Boy: Yes ??

Infuriated mother ??called the teacher: 

Are you teaching maths to children by saying... 2+2, the son of bitch is 4? ??

The teacher started laughing & answered: 

What I taught them was... 2+2 THE SUM OF WHICH is 4

Maybe the audio problem......"??????

Moral: PHONETICS is important ... ????

English (Languages) must be mastered before Maths or any subject for that matter.??

Now, please allow me to react/respond to the above episode.

First, it is better to suspend schools and colleges for 6 months and even a year (in the current pandemic situation). Parents must act courageously now than ever before. Nothing is going to change dramatically.  Instead, children should learn cooking, cleaning, gardening and other life's skills. 

Second, I am loudly thinking.  The world will be a better place, that is up to 10th Grade, i.e. up to the age of 15/16 years, if we teach only

(A) Languages (at least three, five would be great; I'm personally good at four) and 

(B) Maths, that is Basic Operations Only (not algebra, calculus etc)

After 10th Grade, he or she can pursue the subject that he/she wants including medicine, engineering, law, accountancy, music, art or any subject for that matter. Since the person would have mastered at least three languages and some basic operational mathematics, one can self-learn (of course, Universities or Research Institutions should only be guiding platforms and/or facilities, and they will be better utilised than the current way of imposed education mechanism which is nothing but chasing grades!) any subject of their choice and be good at them, in fact, he/she will be a master of it because of total dedication, energy and creativity that will go in on the strong foundation of the languages mastered already and also it is his/her choice.

For me basic Maths ends at Numbers, Basic Operations (+ * - / ) and Geometry.  Anything beyond is just NOT required.  From my experience, I am sharing. I have done Chartered Accountancy and MBA ( and I was taught some algebra and calculus etc.  I never used them in my life at all).

Finally, I believe 17th Century and earlier children were taught 3 Rs only ( i.e. Reading, WRiting, and ARithmetics). Gradually things changed in the name of uniform basic education (maybe a fresh form to create bonded labourers to support the Industrial Revolution). We have landed here, where the majority end up in Corporates as bonded labourers and the mastery of languages decimated along with it self-learning, creativity, energy and purposes of life are also killed/lost!

It is time to re-think! It is time re-create our lives and our purposes. It starts with the mastery of languages and going back to basics.

Thanks for reading. Like, share or comment freely what do you think about this article. It does not matter if you agree or disagree with my views. What matters most is that we are becoming more of slaves than masters of our own lives! It is time to stop the trend and re-create a better future for one and all.