…to question why
she needs permission
to answer nature
…to wonder aloud
why ‘adults’ often
discuss kids’ issues
without consulting them
…to inform ‘leaders’
that their needs
are critical too
…to remind elders
that they maybe
citizens of tomorrow
but are around now!
Inspired by what I saw and heard from and about the young during the Civil Society Summit 2010, a commemoration and re-examination of 60 years of the Indian Republic and its constitution, held in Bangalore from 24th-26th January.
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Beautiful Poem, one that I resonate with. I am a teacher in a primary school, and the first thing that happens whenever I enter a classroom is that at least ten students ask me for permission to go drink water / toilet. Reason? Other teachers refuse permission!
Some teachers believe that they are jailors and that school is a prison. No wonder all of us have so much educational trauma.
One of the most attractive and fulfilling chapters of the QMP programme I am into these days, deals with the educational trauma.
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