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"Free From School" >From the blurb: It's not every day that a 16 year old writes a book. In fact, girls and boys of that age are supposed to spend their time studying what other people write. It is presumed that at that age they do not themselves have anything significant or interesting to say. And the education system guarantees just that. The best rewards go to those who can parrot set answers to set questions in examination halls. Those who try to use their imagination or reply differently are often punished with low grades. Rahul Alvares did not set out to write a book. Under the encouragement of his parents, he consciously set out to try his hand at learning things outside the school framework and you might say as a result, Free From School actually came looking for him! After his SSC, unlike his other classmates, he opted out of schooling to follow his instincts: fond of reptiles, he chased them up at the Pune Snake Park and at the Crocodile Bank at Mamallapuram. In the process, he also picked up trails of spiders, earthworms and turtles. He caught snakes in the company of Irula tribals. He got bitten by hot-tempered reptiles. He came out of it all grinning and wiser. 'Free From School' is his story of a year out of school, when the learning graph of his young life went up leaps and bounds. He wrote it to encourage other boys and girls his age to move out of the sterile school and college environment offered by India's antiquarian educational system, if they wish to experience another side to life and learning. He lost nothing but gained a lot. So did his parents. When you read his story, so will you. See http://www.geocities.com/rahulsnakesite Chapters in the above title deal with: a fish shop in Mapusa; learning a bit of farming; plant festivals (around Bardez); learning about mushrooms; a trip to Kerala; snakes alive; a vacation within a vacation; earthworms; spiders; crocodile dundee; learning to teach; you have sight, I have vision; surveying a forest; and chief guest at Belgaum. This book was created using Free Software (the Lyx software program). Our GNU/Linux users group in Goa would like to support and encourage authors wanting to put out their work, in the format of e-books. The idea is to showcase the potential of Free Software, and also to share knowledge and information... as it should be shared. If you'd like to have a look at this e-book, send in a line. FN ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
