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SAGE ON THE STAGE OR GUIDE BY THE SIDE?
I was speaking to my wife who, sharing a few friends’ experiences, mentioned that teaching kids in the West was more difficult than teaching kids in India. The main difference, she felt, is of...
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CHILD ABUSE NUMBERS THAT WILL LEAVE YOU COLD.
Data from India. Source: The Telegraph Think of it another way. If you have two kids, it is highly probable that one of them will be beaten while at school. I don’t know whether the numbers looked at...
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STOP THIN-SLICING YOUR STUDENTS!
The three-day hiatus in blogging owes in large part to several visits to Doctors (the medical kind). It’s depressing business, sitting in hospitals for hours waiting in grubby offices, but I now know...
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DOES YOUR SCHOOL OR DISTRICT HAVE A YEAR ROUND CALENDAR?
Over the last two summers, I have been closely watching a K-12 school in North India. I don’t work there, I happen to have visited it on many occasions and keep in close touch with the Principal....
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POST ON LITTLE THOUGHTS OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS
With only ten days to go before I head to the United States, I’ve been bust typing up odds and ends leaving me with little time in which to think about writing a thoughtful post. Between all the...
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GOVERNMENT TO TAX STUDENTS GETTING JOBS ABROAD
I came across this in the Economic Times this morning: The government has been asked by a parliamentary panel to consider the possibility of levying an ‘exit tax’ on graduates from the “premier...
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THE 133rd CARNIVAL OF EDUCATION
Welcome to the Carnival ! I am honoured to host the Carnival of Education, now in its 133rd avatar. Thanks Ed! It’s been quite an exercise, but I’ve tried my best to make it fun by including...
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LOVE IS THE GREATEST TEACHER
I took music lessons from age six to fourteen, but had no luck with my teachers, for whom music did not transcend mechanical practicing. I really began to learn after I had fallen in love with...
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THE MALE SEX OFFENDER STEREOTYPE
A few weeks ago, Ryan mentioned he the only male primary teacher in his school. My theory (in his comments section) was that in several countries (like in India) teacher pay is graded by class taught,...
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HOW WOMEN TEACHERS CAME TO BE
Last March, when I was interviewing a few teaching candidates, one told me that “Teaching was a Woman’s job” and that men “should find themselves something better.” I have often wondered what some...
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