RACE TO REGRETS - ILa Gautam

Today education has turned to be a mob mobility to attain Midas touch. Money, time and effort seek after the key to a highly paid profession whether at home or abroad. The failures direct the career opportunities.  Parents, teachers or society acknowledge only bright students.  The student who is worthy enough at the time of admission, gains all the flaws if doesn’t score good. Father says, “I don’t have time.” Mother says, “I am not tech smart.” The child gets each necessity packed with luxuries, but does anyone bother to make him aware how to steer them. The anxious companions such as social media, games, and many more are ready 24/7 to hold you for ever. The belief that intellect can be built only with money is minted greatly. No hand comes forward to hold the little innocence. The innocence that can be camouflage into Lata Mangeshkar, Jamini Roy or Abdul Kalam survives in regrets.

Education means training for brain so that people can build a good nation with wise humans. The concept of each subject taught in school are the bricks for the foundation of character. Freedom to choose any field for specialisation needs exposure to the available opportunities. Education never leaves life. And life never leaves education. The advancement in technology has facilitated multiple options in every field of life but killed will to work hard, emotions for humanity. In ancient time people would learn from parents who had years expertise and practical experiences. Today years are spent to understand theory and gain expertise. Until it gets transferred to the child, his young and creative mind demands more ideas which can hardly be nurtured either without resources or without zeal. The most important need of the hour is patience that allow a child to learn from his mistakes, that connects a child with the empathy of his teacher, family and acquaintances, that stimulate acceptance for efforts be done until the good results come, that develops strength to face the uncertainties of life.

Ila Gautam
Century School