On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 6:16 AM, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's one of the few things that parents think they have some control over.
Folks with grey strands (difficult to spot with hair coloring being
the rage an all) opine that they dont have any control over anything,
much less
On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 23:11 +0530, Ramjee Swaminathan wrote:
What we need to do is to make the child blossom on its own, giving it
a good environment, choices, and feedback as parents and as folks not
interested in Dgeneration . As the Godfather2 dialogue goes - it is
difficult, but not
On 4/10/08, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Ingrid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Except that in choosing both residential neighbourhoods and schools,
parents
(usually) determine peer group as well.
Which brings us back to square one -- my worry about
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Ramjee Swaminathan
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Typically, many of the non traditional schools are small in size, have
only a few 'dedicated' folks behind the show, they subscribe to some
didactic philosophy
(Montessori/Steiner/Horseburgh/Krishnamurthy/Neill/MK
On 4/10/08, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I was growing up, my parents lacked the money or connections or
even knowledge to be able to send me to schools like Rishi Valley.
They did send me to pretty good mainstream disciplinarian, 100%
success rate (Most of our students get into IIT)
On Thursday 10 Apr 2008 9:59:14 pm Ramjee Swaminathan wrote:
I am merely
hinting at the possibility that it's effect is minimal and that the
damage/goodwork done to the child (direclty and indirectly) is already
done by the time peers enter the picture.
True IMO.
The peer group become
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:11 PM, Ramjee Swaminathan
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Anyway, the point is that regular or irregular schools, the onus is
actually on the parents.
That, in fact, is the crux of the matter. Personally, the
responsibility of making sure my kid turns out normal (let alone
