On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Mahesh Murthy <[email protected]> wrote: > again perhaps SS lives a little in the past
You know what they say about the bast being *behind* us. (ba-da-dum-dish!) > The experience before that, in retrospect, was equally meaningless. I > studied in average schools - Kendriya Vidyalayas - or government-subsidised > low-end schools for the non-Indians on this list - and while reminiscing > with alumni recently, we agreed unanimously that we had crap textbooks, crap > teachers, crap facilities and still turned out ok. I agree with almost all of your post except for this paragraph. Kendriya Vidyalayas are hardly low-end schools. They may not have the same nerd-snob appeal as Delhi Public School or Padma Seshadri or PS Senior, but they are (pulling a number from thin air) in the top 10-15% of schools in India. And the high school CBSE textbooks are pretty damn good. If you think they were crap, you should check out the Tamil Nadu state board text books - Tamil Nadu being one of those states where the education system is far better than in most other states. I completely agree about crap teachers and crap facilities. > But I do believe it makes a huge difference who your peer group is while > you're at school-going age - especially secondary and high school. Ab.so.lute.ly spot-on! Thaths -- Marge: Quick, somebody perform CPR! Homer: Umm (singing) I see a bad moon rising. Marge: That's CCR! Homer: Looks like we're in for nasty weather. Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
