tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766640.post110536663901571316..comments2024-03-24T10:29:28.588+05:30Comments on like a feather....: Not quite a post...Erotemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677513867884448593noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766640.post-1133342750691795372005-11-30T14:55:00.000+05:302005-11-30T14:55:00.000+05:30Money and status are sweet! Why condemn them? It i...Money and status are sweet! Why condemn them? It is lack of these commodities that forces people resort to adopt the wrong professions and jobs in order to obtain money and status! If these were already there, all your beloved students can pursue non-money making professions without a second thought. Money doesnt create any problems; it is the lack of money that creates each and every problem in life...And as Swaminathann Ankalesaria Iyer the Economist says - Give me problems that come to me because of too much money any day any time; not the ones that are the result of having too little money...<BR/><BR/>Status is more intangible, but very satisfying because it solidifies your confidence in being a part of this society. You not only belong, but do so with a certainty which is unassailable...<BR/><BR/>Your idea has these loopholes - the student might make all the wrong decisions even with all this care taken to give her the best data to take decisions regarding her future.<BR/><BR/>But the intent is kind. But at the young age, their likes and dislikes might keep vacillating and they might not have the maturity to get the right perceptions / absorb the right data from their varied apprenticeships and may take decisions which they might regret tomorrow, immediately - and if adults are anyway going to overlook their ultimate decisions or determine them or influence them, your idea just becomes a slight way of giving the student too the idea of participating in the decision making. <BR/><BR/>2 years for this? 5% of my professional life for this? Hmmm. <BR/><BR/>NOthing much to the idea methinks..It wouldn't revolutionaize the child's happiness much I think...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9766640.post-1105421381204387182005-01-11T10:59:00.000+05:302005-01-11T10:59:00.000+05:30Speaking idealistically, IF only we can break the ...Speaking idealistically, IF only we can break the conditionings of "practicality" in our society - wont it do wonders to the educational system? Or would it merely produce dreamers? :)<br /><br />That said, don't you think education is not only about having choices but also about nurturing the "courage" to pursue the chosen?Meerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071364623578237334noreply@blogger.com