My Vision for Education

My vision for education is, “Complete Holistic Development of a child”. We should aim to develop 

the potential of each student in a stimulating environment which will help them to recognize their

talents and hone their skills in a way that learning becomes fun. The educational framework needs

to recognize the “holistic” nature of knowledge and respond accordingly by providing not just heaps

of facts and information but also wisdom that guides students to carefully use the power that comes

with the knowledge. Education fails, if it doesn’t prepare the child for community living.

Besides developing a child academically, education should focus in developing the ability in a child

to survive in this modern world. In this modern world things are changing so fast, that one can cope

up with these changes without getting stressed, only if one has creative mind and ability to adapt.

This is possible if emphasis is given at school level on social skills, communication skills, physical

fitness, collaboration and emotional quotient along with providing experimental learning. This would

prepare students for solving real-life problems and devising effective solutions.

I believe this model of education can shape generations of students to be an agents of

transformation of our society. After all today’s students are tomorrow’s global citizens. So it’s

important to impart right traits in them, starting in their primitive years.

Judging & Prophesying about others ?

Oh my God! You have failed in giving the right prophecies.

You prophesied about someone, this person is bound to fail in his/her life.

You prophesied, this person is never going to find happiness in his/her life.

You prophesied, this person can never gain respect in the society.

Because you think, that person doesn’t take the right decisions, but to your surprise that same person is becoming quite successful, very happy and well respected in the society.

How can this be true? How come your prophecy went wrong?

Actually, we often judge others on our own minuscule set parameters, the way we are or, what we think is right or wrong. We instantly start labelling people as good or bad; successful or a failure; affectionate or cold; but, we forget people are different – for that matter in the same family, even siblings who are brought up under similar family conditions turn out to have different personalities. They think differently, have different priorities, different motivating factors and different circumstances in which they take a particular decision and even act differently under the same circumstance.  

We all need to understand this fact and appreciate others for being different. For this, we first need to stop our habit of instantly judging and prophesying about others and see a positive aspect in every person we know and appreciate them for that. This automatically will start removing the cloud of ignorance and arrogance from our eyes and mind.

Moreover, once we see our prophecy has failed it hurts us the most, we start feeling jealous and our egotism increases – how come a person whom I have always thought as useless has now become so successful? We start thinking even harder to dig into their personalities to prove ourselves, rather than anybody else that, that person is still wrong. We  start using our mind in destructive manner to hurt that person or to do all that which can put that person down because this act satisfies our ego, rather than admitting that the person just took a different route to reach his/her destination.

There could be a hundred ways which one can adopt in reaching his/her destination, it is not necessary someone will adopt your way because you think that is the only best way of doing that thing.

Instead of getting into this vicious pain cycle, if we just start appreciating others for being different and love them for their positive attributes we can avoid all this agony and pain.

Set your parameters for yourself not for others; judge yourself on them, not others; because those are your set parameters not theirs.

So let’s not get into all this rather ---------- Let’s start appreciating others for being different.

Lessons learned from a kid.

While we teach our children what is right and what is wrong, sometimes our children teach us what should be done and what shouldn’t be.

Recently, by mistake, I broke my three and half year old daughter’s favourite plate. I was feeling so bad and by the time I could pick up the broken pieces my little one came and saw broken pieces of her favourite plate. Obviously, I immediately said sorry to her before she started to create a scene.

To my surprise, she was silent for some time, looked at me and said “it’s ok; we will buy new one from the market, but next time be careful with my things and hold them properly, Ok –“

I was amazed by her behaviour how sensibly she controlled her anxiety, it was highly appreciable. Though mama broke her plate ---- her favorite plate but she didn’t create any fuss about it. ----- Isn’t it quite surprising -------- small kids generally are very possessive about their things. In fact even she is; they are prone to throw tantrums for smallest issues but today she reacted so sensibly and maturely.

Wow!!!! Great ---------- isn’t it?

Anyways I threw that plate in the dustbin and started with some other activity and thought whenever next I will go to market I will definitely buy a beautiful plate for her.

Somehow I got busy and didn’t get the time to go to market and two days later while I was doing some cleaning in the study room, I saw the broken plate hidden in the computer table. I asked her ------ “You picked this plate from the dustbin?” She replied “Yes, I have kept this plate safe till the time you will get new one for me. Once you will buy new one for me then only I will throw this, but till date you haven’t got the new one.”

At that time I realized her greatness, actually the day I broke her plate she definitely felt bad that I have broken her favorite plate but she also sensed feeling of sorry in my eyes and also that I was feeling bad about it, so she was just trying to make me feel comfortable as if nothing big had happened. She didn’t want to embarrass me further. But when I was away without me noticing her she picked the- broken plate and hid it, as her attachment was still with that plate.

The very next day I went to market and bought a plate for her to make her realize I am meeting my commitment; and also that I appreciate her gesture of pardoning me gracefully though actually I was two days late.

Now on I am very careful in handling her smallest things more than mine but one thing I am sure of if ever I commit any mistake my little one knows how to pardon me gracefully; but I don’t want to hurt her feelings even by mistake.

Lessons Learned

1.       Learn to pardon others gracefully.

2.       No need to create fuss and embarrass anyone for the mistakes they are themselves sorry about.

3.       Small things should be ignored rather than creating an unnecessary fuss about them.

4.       Lift the spirits of your loved ones by telling them you love them unconditionally – even if you have been hurt because of their act but you still love them because your relation with them is beyond these materialistic things.

5.       Let the other person know gracefully what would be the right thing to do next time – make your expectation clear to them so that they know what you expect from them otherwise they tend to hurt you again thinking they haven't done anything or it doesn't matter to you

6.        At the same time do not take anyone for granted, if somebody is pardoning you appreciate that gesture and meet your commitments as soon as possible rather than delaying it so that you make them feel that pardoning you was the right thing that person did and you highly appreciate that person for that.

7.       Try not to repeat your mistakes and make others feel that you are in habit of committing mistakes and then saying sorry.

8.       Most Important – be careful in handling other person’s feelings even if they do not react. If someone doesn’t react it doesn’t mean you will take them for granted rather one should appreciate their greatness.

Run the Race of Life

I often think what life is. If I see around - everybody is running for money, for Job, for success, for being famous at the same time also running away from their loved ones.

 We often forget whatever we gain we can enjoy those only if we are with our loved ones else there is always a feeling of dissatisfaction if not now may be later but then we will be so far in our race leaving all our loved ones behind or in different paths that even if we want to go back or correct our mistakes or take a different route sometimes we can’t, which further lead us to keep running away from them and then later we think what we have gained and what we have lost.

How good it would be if we all start thinking just one thing --- Life is not a Race just behind materialistic things but definitely it’s about giving our best in whatever we do not only in our jobs or work or business but also giving our best to our family our relatives our society or nation as well as to the world. When we say best it doesn’t mean we start feeling frustrated by comparing ourselves from others, one should definitely learn from others but in a positive way and every morning should think how can today be a better day then yesterday vis-à-vis my work , my relations, my contribution towards society, nation and world. We should keep doing our best day after day and rest leave on the God because it’s He who is the rider of our life race.

Lets run the Race of life and God be the rider