http://www.thezonelive.com/zone/public/6/schoolHome.asp
check the handbook to see that even in the US there are dress codes --not just
in Indian Univs (some of them) (page 16) as many on AssamNet regret all the
time about Moral Police in Univ admin.
Even in Vancouver, Canada where I was till exactly one year ago Sep 30, 2006
for my visa- there was a dress code (I think) despite the www.ubc.ca being
right above the biggest nudist beach (clothing optional) in the world. UBC is
ranked higher than IITs.
Today saw the the first football match (US style) of my life in the field of
Fairfax High School. Many of my students study there as did an ex-roommate (he
studied there for 3 months, before that he was at Winston Churchill High in
Potomac,Maryland statte 20 miles away and the previous three months of 11 grade
at a Chennai high school in India. No wonder he dropped out of college.
http://www.fcps.edu/FairfaxHS/
Today I found that despite a dismal performance on home turf ( 0 - 35 on last
count - I left 8 minutes earlier) the school has a Nobel Laureate as an
alum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_C._Mello That made it a unique school.
The football game was very slickly organized complete with those seeking
elections in senate etc distributing leaflets and even mini footballs for free.
The school band and cheerleading are nationally ranked - as per some drunk
grownups who chose to sit behind me and spoke in a common DC accent who made it
more interesting by constantly deriding the school football team and praising
the rival team. I dared not clap for the winning rivals -of Centerville
High-since noone else was. The digital scoreboard seemed better than India's
top stadium one's and the astro turf was great giving the field a stylish look.
I saw a couple of my students in the band and one in the audience. They have
8-9 such football games per year - which rival the annual functions in Indian
schools - butthis is only for football - they perhaps have simliar ones for
other sports - baskeball court seemed superb (indoors). No wonder they have to
be on their toes to keep up in studies. In summers band practice is 5 hours all
weekdays etc.
If nothing else sports is a great place for bonding. All my great friends are
those who studied and also played on school fields. My Harvard sponsor's
younger brother was my running partner (8 miles daily on the road in army cantt
near my house -we kept it up for atleast a month). My Harvard sponsor still
runs two marathons a year atleast at Los Angeles.
You gain superb confidence even if you lose the game/competition. The bookworms
lose out in the end???
Umesh
Umesh Sharma
Washington D.C.
1-202-215-4328 [Cell]
Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005
http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)
www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used )
http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
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