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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Fausto, > I applaud Mr. Noronha's desire for stability and justice, but I'm not sure how he proposes to achieve this or develop the Shakespeares and Einsteins he is looking for among Indians disadvanted by an accident of birth, simply by reserving so many seats for them. > Does putting people currently having lower intellectual abilities into the same highly competitive educational environment as people with higher intellectual abilities help them, or does it destroy their self-worth when most of them discover that they cannot compete. I'm not talking about innate desire and abilities here, but undeveloped ones competing with highly developed ones. > To truly help those who have been disadvantaged, FOR WHATEVER REASON, not just their pedigree, isn't it better to bring their knowledge base and intellectual abilities up to par in a separate setting, before throwing them into the "den of wolves" which the highly competitive educational system in India resembles? > Why don't you give us your suggestions, which you declined to do previously? > Mario > --- fausto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mr. Noronha > > But I do not agree that having quotas in the > institutions of higher learning is the correct > approach. I do have suggestions, but I will leave > those for another time. I will only request > you, Mr. Noronha, to find out how the majority of > "reserved" candidates fare. A few do brilliantly I > concede...but the majority....... Incidentally, > You must have heard (in the ET) of the kid who > refused a quota seat. He did not get into IIMA, but > did get into one of the better management schools. > The kid says he has no regrets, he retrained his > self worth. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frederick Noronha" > > > > We don't know how many Shakespeares and Einstins > we are killing unsung > > by keeping them illiterate and badly educated. The > faster India offers > > social justice to its various groups, the better > chances it has to go > > ahead globally. An unjust society is an unstable > one. FN > > _____________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. > Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org) > _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)