eds#2 my primary schooling experience.

I think when my parents had to make a choice about my education. they had two choices. english medium or hindi medium. and they ended up choosing hindi medium saraswati school, my parents were not very educated by themselves and I believe the whole motivation for them was to educate their child so he could have better future. they probably didn’t have much of the resources to know what would be the best school for me. and also not much of the clue on how schooling will make my future better. but one thing must be clear to them, without education it was all going to be dark for their child.

I don’t have much of the memory of my early schooling. all I can remember is reciting some arithmetic tables. sitting cross legged on the floor and probably being very obedient. I have some vague memory of playing, having some female teachers with parental heart. I don’t remember much but probably I made my first friend there itself. learning to be social. I think fee was something like 200rs/month. that was the time I was learning probably without any question, we used to have pencils and rubber. probably this was understood that we will make a lot mistake. this is all before 3rd grade.

I am really interested to know how did I learn to read and write. how is that process looks like, is it just repetition !.

I have some clear memory from 4th grade. I was able to read and write at that point in my mother tongue . the clear memory of coming back from train first time. determine to prove myself. video game, I was very much open to try new stuffs, I did cheat, steal and try all the things ( risky to boring ). I was good in sports and decent in study. then there was summer vacations where you are expected to do nothing for 2 months. oh I was living in katra at that point of time. I used to ball all day long. indeed obedient in school. the major drive for me was accepted and respected by pears and parents.
I was really into the games, indoors and outdoors. I believe I could read and write fairly well at the end of the 5th standard.

the whole point of primary education was to teach someone read and write. experiences could be very personal and impacting at this time, very high potential to learn new stuffs. and very obedient. I was excited about everything. calligraphy class, computers, games and ohhh karate. heart was wide open and mind was vigilant. only thing I cared about love and acceptance and they introduced the concept of competition and comparison. oh the praise everyone giving to the person who will top. pears, parents and teachers. as cheap as it was, it felt soo good. and just like everyone I were willing to put a lot of effort for that. this was the only way you can get that conditional love like thing called praise.

the teachers were the worst part I can imagine. they were like worst possible and frustrated manager. for almost everyone the sole purpose was to earn money. and they were insanely underpaid like 1000rs/month.

a lot of people I know from my primary schools. are vey underdeveloped in terms of wisdom and confidence.

the goal for a primary education should be teach a child how to read and write. make them feel comforted and loved, and teach them to explore, make choices on very small level. make them feel that whatever it is that anybody ever did. they can also do the same. teach them to ask questions.

ok ok practically speaking, what can I do to start a venture in primary school section. I don’t really remember how they teach people to read and write. but a lot of people in india really need a quicker and better way to do it. can I build a training program which can teach a child how to read and write as quickly as possible with fun. if we have this system we can teach a child who can not afford education in more disruptive pattern. and technology can foundationally help here. and than we need a platform where people can volunteer to be mentor of the program.

at some point we can make the education system a govt. sector kind of thing.