On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 8:45 AM, SS <[email protected]> wrote: > This can happen even without mollycoddling/spoiling (the "autopilot"). A > child can simply do well in school and college because his interests and > ability happen to coincide with the direction his parents want him, and > encourage him, to take - so he cruises through early life until he hits > the first roadblock.
Fate may arrange a smooth ride for some, but when the bumps start you better have your seat belts on. I am bemused that high schools in India teach Abraham Maslow's "Heirarchy of needs" and other clinical models of self actualization. This is ironical in the extreme since every spiritual text in India is actually about getting the reader to self actualization and not merely observing that there are such people. I wish modern education would focus less on facts that can be tested in an exam and more on useful life skills. Schools should teach kids personal responsibility - that is taking charge of personal finance, personal relationships, physical health, and emotions. I suspect the problem is that the teachers themselves may need to take those lessons first.
