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BUT Y (Why)?!

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  Why do we discourage children from asking questions? Why we do not ask questions to understand a person and his or her worry before we jump in with friendly advice? My brother once asked me these quite valid and relevant questions: Has our education system failed in its objective of developing us into wise and happy human beings(individuals)? Why do we have so many online and F2F coaching and tutorial institutes mushrooming and flourishing in our country? Have our schools failed to educate us? because the students mandatorily attend tutorial and tuition classes after school from the teachers who teach them at school? As a school student, I remember my parents insisting on my academic as well as my personality (emotional) development. They did not insist on my topping the class in the exams and fetch excellent marks in all the exams I appeared for. They did not unduly stress my academic and professional achievements. We were fortunate enough to study in a school that took care of o

Contemporary Studies Through Mythology

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Contemporary Studies through Mythology Approach Paper Sunipa Sen 2010  Contact Details: sunipasen@gmail.com Contemporary Studies Through Mythology http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/twelvelabors/ig/12-Labors-of-Hercules/ Objective:  Middle and high(secondary) school students along with their facilitators use holistic and collaborative approach to cognitive learning of various disciplines-subjects. Through holistic and applied learning approach the learners consciously learn various concepts of different disciplines together under the guidance of their facilitators. This is  Applied learning effectively uses Learning Heuristics for, the learner applies the concepts, procedure and laws while becoming aware of them.  Depth of knowledge of various concepts are easily defined by the variation and degree of difficulty of the learning activity devised for the learners at different levels of learning. Mythologica