Ram graduates with reasonable grades and gets a job. One day, his boss walks in, hands him a document and says, "We have an important presentation coming up, Ram. Read this and drop me a summary of the key points by tomorrow morning." Ram reads the … [Read more...]
Education needs to Change
The world is changing rapidly, creating unknown challenges, opportunities and unpredictability. We, as educators, are trying to educate a generation without being aware of the different kind of jobs which will be available 10 years from now, yet we … [Read more...]
I got the power!
In the initial years of our life, the brain is our fastest growing organ. Did you know that a newborn baby's brain is only around 25% of the size of an adult brain? And by the time your child is 3 years old, his brain reaches more than two-thirds of … [Read more...]
The value of hard work
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”- Confucius Children are like sponges- receptive, and soaking in all that they see around themselves. When children see how hard their parents work every day, they … [Read more...]
Jumpstart’14: Let’s Play!
On August 25, while people whined about the scorching heat, we were perspiring from a different kind of heat. Maria Montessori, nearly a century ago, had said, “Play is the work of the child.” But today, countless play schools surround our … [Read more...]
