Give Life Skills First Priority – Always!
First things first. What are “life skills”? It’s rather simple actually. They are the skills that help you simply live. The things that you would need to provide yourself essential sustenance – whether within or outside established systems. It starts from very basic needs which are essential to sustenance (survival). Things like: Growing, harvesting and …
Schooling is NOT Education
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education” – Mark Twain While the authenticity of the above quote can be challenged, Mark Twain is a figure who is very likely to have said something along the above lines. Lets take into account the terms “schooling”, “education” and “literacy”. I’m going to break these …
The Archery Exercise
Lets examine how a really interested student would pursue knowledge even if they’re interested in just a single topic. The question we are examing is, “If we let a student who is extremely interested in archery follow their passion, where would they end up?” You can do this with any topic, but for some reason …
Vanasuma – A Flower in the Forest
The flower in a forest is just there, sitting, unassuming, non-judgemental, not trying to impress anyone … just being. The name came from a poem in Kannada, and the meaning is simple. This is what we are striving to be. Like a flower in a forest that buds, blossoms and falls, does its duty, serves …