Theres a lot of wrong going on around.... and theres a lot of good too.... and thats what makes it a world.... it takes all kinds alright....but these are some of things that I am coming across more frequently off late... and something about them is not right...
1) Attitudes of teachers of high school in Andhra Pradesh
My brother is now going through what I had been through a decade ago.... only the magnitude of the pressure has since increased by the multitude...the uncertainty of what the future holds, the fear of the failure at the most critical juncture of life, the pressures of a nerve wrecking 3 hours that changes our lives forever...oh the kids of 11th/12th have already enough to worry about... and obviously the higher the stakes, the higher the parents would be ready to invest in.... naturally turning the whole thing into a humongous economic potential.. and even more naturally tapped into by the managements of "semi" residential schools, tutorial colleges, tutoring/coaching centers, and the more "rank" fetching junior colleges....
firstly, its wrong to make a business out of education... i very strongly believe certain institutions of the society are more than a business... they are more a social responsibility than an industry...and thats why the governments should intervene and regulate.... healthcare and education should and will always top that list....
Knowing our politicians who bring in socialism only when it directly can help them raise their own personal fortunes... and knowing even too well, the most "retired" politicians run the education business, it only makes sense to see that the junior college and the professional colleges have been left unregulated for too long.....
while the kind of money charged is one thing, what is even more saddening to see is that during the most impressionable years, these teens are day in and out told that wouldnt succeed at that entrance exams for the professional courses at the first shot!!! why??? just so they can come back to the college for a "long" term "tutoring" that would then "equip" them to crack the entrance the second time..... CRAZY!.... first they cram very very high concepts of biology and calculus into two years of the 11 and the 12th.... thanks to our vedic genes, most of us do manage to get it in time and be ready for it atleast 4 months ahead of the exams..... the following months is just pure revision and tremendous practise with mock tests that train us into handling almost any kind of questions....after all this, tell me how can anyone go back to the learning the same thing all over for another year? of what good is that teaching? and of what good are these teachers who instead of instilling courage and confidence to face these exams, tell us that we are bound to fail and we should already consider joining them again for a long term training?
pathetic.... i only hope this is the nadir and the next generation quickly starts climbing up the quality curve...
2) Desis and quickstar, amway.....
Ever since I have been in the US, I come across these people at a regular frequency... only the language and tone is different based on what year I have been in the US... first year (and mostly unfunded year) "I have a project I could use some help on"... second/third and subsequent years.... "what do you do on the weekends? how about some little fun work that would get you some extra buck?"...
theres nothing wrong in amassing personal wealth... each one to his own..... but seriously dude.... why are you frigging using the pretext of friendship??!! why are guys bringing this to a point that no one can ever get friendly to new people without them getting alarmed about another quickstar crack?? its now come to this....a compliment from a random desi at the mall? back off... quickstar guy.... random scraps on orkut introducing as some mutual friend's friend? BACK OFF!!!! AMWAY TO NOWAY!!! it just drives you nuts.... why cant these quick star people understand they LOSE MORE FRIENDS THAN THEY EVER MAKE? (do they ever make any friends?)... why cant these crazy nuts understand that MOST people wouldnt want their frigging amway soaps.... we have our walmart where we can choose what we want!!!! its like they are out on a hunt and unassuming desis like us are their prey??!!! somethings wrong somewhere....
8 comments:
1. someone put it well in a movie "chaduvukunna wallu teacherlu ayyaru, chaduvuraani wallu schools peteskunaru!"
2. red flag words: buddy, here is my number, we should meet/talk!!
2. Truly said...I am had a "nice" experience of these guys.. Now, whenever I get a scrap from any unknown person introducing himself as some mutual friend, I get it..its nothing but Quickstar...lolz..They leave nos in my scrapbook "Hey are u in Houston..what u studying..here's my no..call me sometime on weekend..!!!"
Hmm, that comment on Quickstar actually struck a common cord with me, LS... It's always a desi friend who approaches and the opening line is "what would you do with $XXX extra per month?"... Quixtar, Amway, Brit WorldWide..... MLM by any other name would sound just as nasty.....
What pisses me off is their approach... they are pushing it to a point when every time someone talks to you, you have consider their ulterior motive as to why is this guy being nice to me... theres just no more genuine nicety/friendship left? sigh.... its tough times .....
If
A desi smiles and comes near you
and
you have never met him before
then
RUN AWAY
else
You will end you writing something like the above post :-)
we call them as 'Hello Gang'. Being there in that jungle out of obligation for about a semester, I know how different your life will be, if you continue to stay in.
All the time, they talk about not advertising their stuff on TVs. Irony is, I have been seeing their products on TV lately..
What ever... stay away from it.
I am no sure no amount of persuasion can get me into it... but ya, like they say... better still from the horse's mouth... sure.... will stay out it...
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