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I saw this story in Bangalore Mirror about the new rules for fresher in colleges. I have just one thing to say...this whole thing is RIDICULOUS.
Iam sure all of us who have been to college know what an integral part of our lives it is. The fun we had bunking classes, the fun we had attending classes and how everything we did was FUN. The heterogeneous group which consisted of both girls and boys, the platonic friendship shared, the innocent and some non-innocent fun we had. I wonder where that FREEDOM has gone. The kids entering college are gonna have none of these. I feel very very sad for them.
Just imagine a “separation code” which is means male students cannot sit with female students inside a classroom!!! When are we going to teach our youngsters to be comfortable in the presence of the opposite sex? That ALL of them are not beasts and its not “wrong” to sit next to a boy/girl and AIDS doesn’t spread by touch???
Someone has prescribed a code of ethics where mingling between students of the opposite sex is looked as intimacy!
“Hello!!! Sir / Madam, what exactly are you thinking? How much more pervert can your mind be???”
Some other college has banned high heels bcos its injurious to heath!
“Hello Dear Principal, keep you college canteen and toilets clean and then your students will be hale and hearty”
When it comes to bunking I kinda agree with the colleges to an extent and also caution students that if you don’t want you college to swallow more of your parents hard earned money, DON’T BUNK.
Dress Codes are another big pain. Why do you have to enforce something on students? This makes them rebel more. College lecturers talk in length about the “teen”age and how it can make the person do things. By enforcing a dress code in the college, don’t you think the college is not taking complete responsibility of a student’s growth. They restrict students from wearing particular kind of clothes in the college premises, I have known students who hide clothes in bags and wear them once out of home/college. If they ever get into trouble the first name they drop is that of the college! Now that’s bad PR. You don’t want to issue statements in the press about dress codes and the very next day you have your student caught at a rave party and the college name in the very same newspaper.
Instead – Give your students the liberty, let them analyse and think what is good for them. If you stumble upon inappropriately dressed students, send them home on the spot, confiscate the ID cards, fine them, form student leaders who will report campus irregularities. Do things to make them realize their mistake. The college will be responsible for shy and introvert citizens in the big bad world. Students who are not taught to think for themselves will never excel.
When else in life will your students get to wear those funky tees, cargos and jeans??? All corporates and work places have enforced formal wear. They will be wearing it for the rest of their lives, let them have fun in college and cherish good memories of college like we did.
So all city colleges, take a cue from UP University, they have banned any kind of enforcement of dress codes. Bangalore being a Cosmopolitan City can do much better.
Don’t expose to the younger generation that Educational Institutions are incapable to moulding them into responsible and worthy citizens.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Krishna Chaitanya
Krishna Chaitanya means absolute consciousness of Lord Krishna. This place is indeed heaven on earth for the kids who live there. Located in the village of Byrohalli near Kengeri Satellite Town, Bangalore. It is a place one should visit atleast once in a lifetime for it will bring you in touch with reality of the lives of the mentally challenged children. And only once you meet these children will you have a motivation to do something for them. Just by reading in newspapers doesn’t awaken any emotion in a person.
A boarding school where a mentally retarded child is admitted on the basis of his/her level of IQ and behaviour and are taught basic education, or rather, the teachers try their best to train these children to be as independent as possible -to eat by themselves, to clean themselves, to achieve bowel controls, to talk clearly and if possible to learn a few alphabets and numbers. They have classrooms divided into accommodating children of specific IQ levels. More like a Montessori set up. The food is cooked in the kitchen by cooks and like any other school they have a playground, garden and all other facilities. You must be wondering “What’s the big deal then?” The big deal here is that this school is run for the children from underprivileged families, who cannot afford the high maintenance.
In such households, every person has to go out to work and they cannot depute one person to look after a mentally retarded child. Krishna Chaitanya is one such place where these children are looked after and it is obvious that funding will be really low considering the backgrounds they come from. Mr. Mahesh and his wife who live nearby bring these children over to their facility over the weekend to train them on using the computer.(between the age group 12 – 18 with an IQ level )They also learn horse riding here under the watchful eye of Ms.Pushpa. Classes are available for other children as well as adult. Not too sure of the price, but should be ranging from Rs.250-300 per session of 45 mins.
The main assistance the students of Krishna Chaitanya need is in the form of some people who can volunteer to teach them, even if it is on weekends. Mr. Mahesh has set up a vocational training centre at his residence so that these children may be able to secure a future in this big world of opportunities. Iam also one of the volunteers who work with these lovely children. If you wanna join me, just email me sreeja18@gmail.com
Donations are also welcome in the form of money or even if you would like to spend a day doing something special for the children there.
A boarding school where a mentally retarded child is admitted on the basis of his/her level of IQ and behaviour and are taught basic education, or rather, the teachers try their best to train these children to be as independent as possible -to eat by themselves, to clean themselves, to achieve bowel controls, to talk clearly and if possible to learn a few alphabets and numbers. They have classrooms divided into accommodating children of specific IQ levels. More like a Montessori set up. The food is cooked in the kitchen by cooks and like any other school they have a playground, garden and all other facilities. You must be wondering “What’s the big deal then?” The big deal here is that this school is run for the children from underprivileged families, who cannot afford the high maintenance.
In such households, every person has to go out to work and they cannot depute one person to look after a mentally retarded child. Krishna Chaitanya is one such place where these children are looked after and it is obvious that funding will be really low considering the backgrounds they come from. Mr. Mahesh and his wife who live nearby bring these children over to their facility over the weekend to train them on using the computer.(between the age group 12 – 18 with an IQ level )They also learn horse riding here under the watchful eye of Ms.Pushpa. Classes are available for other children as well as adult. Not too sure of the price, but should be ranging from Rs.250-300 per session of 45 mins.
The main assistance the students of Krishna Chaitanya need is in the form of some people who can volunteer to teach them, even if it is on weekends. Mr. Mahesh has set up a vocational training centre at his residence so that these children may be able to secure a future in this big world of opportunities. Iam also one of the volunteers who work with these lovely children. If you wanna join me, just email me sreeja18@gmail.com
Donations are also welcome in the form of money or even if you would like to spend a day doing something special for the children there.
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