tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25446828.post8631354169364988136..comments2024-03-11T18:44:59.286+05:30Comments on The Limericker: School, results and cut-offsAnoNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08006406744563893191noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25446828.post-62052929831257297172007-07-14T23:56:00.000+05:302007-07-14T23:56:00.000+05:30very much what everyone thinks at the moment..unfo...very much what everyone thinks at the moment..unfortunately we live in a land of bureaucracy.Anisha Zaverihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855175456498903848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25446828.post-76553825066129158292007-07-09T15:13:00.000+05:302007-07-09T15:13:00.000+05:30Rote learning has become de rigeur for students in...Rote learning has become de rigeur for students in the country. I have done it too. If you guys see the third year math class in our college, you will be flummoxed just by seeing the level of their knowledge. Most of them are just in it to get a 'degree'. Many do not know algebraic expansion formulas that have been taught in school 8 years ago! The teachers are so bad that nobody respects them, absolutely nobody; not even these guys. Those who are really good, do get the opportunities to excel, but in the same class, the gap between the people who know their math(there is only one guy in my class; and it is not me...) and those who do not is bewildering. This is the direct outcome of the seriously flawed education system at the grassroots. There is too much that can be said on this, a comment of this size is just not enough. The problems run too deep to be fathomed, even by educationists.Amar Mainkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16744695795103819411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25446828.post-64648645847983629622007-07-09T12:21:00.000+05:302007-07-09T12:21:00.000+05:30Whoa! Your system sounds way different to mine!Her...Whoa! Your system sounds way different to mine!<BR/><BR/>Here in Victoria, Australia your academic future pretty much depends on your ENTER score. It's basically a ranking of your grades compared to every other yr 12 student in the state.<BR/>The sucky thing is it's based on your top 3 subjects plus english and 10% of your grades for any other subjects you do. So you could get A+ for one subject but C for English and English would still be the subject that gets more weight in your ENTER. That could knock down your enter by like, heaps! So a student could be perfect for a course but not get in because they just happen to not be able to articulately express in 45 minutes how the film GATTACA relates to today's society!<BR/><BR/>Btw. About the thinking. Over here, in highschool anyway, we're taught to think... just inside the square. Rote learning is less important than applying that learning. I think I was once told that I could be an individual AFTER I got my 90+ ENTER. Lol!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17510655589540332731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25446828.post-16572296951986987292007-07-07T20:22:00.000+05:302007-07-07T20:22:00.000+05:30What you have expressed is,I believe,the general o...What you have expressed is,I believe,the general opinion of all people who THINK.But I don't really see much of a change being broubht about,at least in the near future.Thankfully the micro dept. in Ruia is making us rack our brains and use all our potential with ABSOLUTE AVERSION to rote learning.The emphais is on thinking.And oh,the limericks are as good as ever...The Book Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13570022040760620107noreply@blogger.com