Saturday, May 31, 2008

Simple...Simpler....Simplest

School Life - Most of us could never forget these days where in we were like butterflies without any troubles in life. When we were kids we always used to think that we are the ones who have the most troubles in life like studying for exams, getting good marks, participating in a competition, winning prizes and the so.We always wanted to grow big soon now knowing what was waiting there for us.

I always believe that we not only learn text lessons but also life lessons in school. If you ask any school student which subject they like the most , they will say the subject whose teacher they like the most. One of my aunt who was a teacher used to tell me "I like being a school teacher because you get the hero/heroine worship there". Thats very true. If school kids are impressed by the teachers ,they like the subject they teach. How many teachers from your school days do yoou remember. I am sure you will remember the ones whom you liked.

Its a great responsibility for the teachers to make students like the subject. Studies should be always simple. When i was learning graphs in Maths in school days , they just taught me how to plot the graphs.I was confused and i used to think what is this plotting going to do in my life.Instead if they could have taught me with a practical example i know i would have understood it much better.



When i learnt Trigonometry i never had a clue what cosine , sine and tan angles will do for me in life. I never understood why i was studying them.Later in life you understand their practical meanings.But when you are learning them initially if you had been told what it is for, why it is for, where it is used and how it is used our perspective would have been different.



Lesson go well into your head when they come with simple practical examples. I really don't know if this is the case only with me or everyone.When a kid is learning maths instead of asking him to count 2+2 ask him what would you get when you add two more chocolates? He would learn it better.There is a way of learning everything. Understanding and learning will yield good results.The teachers should help the students to make them understand things better.

Some famous quotes by Einstein:

The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat.– Albert Einstein

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.– Albert Einstein

I tried to imagine the easiest way God could have done it.– Albert Einstein

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."

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