I am a child… please teach me that way…One of the big lessons that I have learnt by engaging with children has been that the word curiosity has a very different meaning in the…Aug 8, 2024Aug 8, 2024
Learning vs. UnderstandingBarry Marshall (along with J Robbin Warren) won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for proving that stomach ulcers (or what are also called as…Dec 17, 2023Dec 17, 2023
Children!Let me share an interesting incident that happened in one of my recent Science class. For those of you who don’t know, I teach an…Jul 16, 20231Jul 16, 20231
Science and EmpathyI am fond of saying all the time that empathy is probably the most important skill that an education system needs to nurture in children…Sep 25, 2022Sep 25, 2022
Let me tell you… It’s a childSome journeys make us realize our intelligence and some journeys make us realize our ignorance. After experiencing both the journeys (in…Jun 12, 20225Jun 12, 20225
The Relevance of Reverence in EducationRephrasing Ayn Rand’s famous quote, “When you see that education is done, not by consent, but by compulsion — when you see that in order…May 21, 2022May 21, 2022
Hand of God… Really?Let me tell you a short story. A person X cheated another person Y to take away his money and then with that money X created a successful…May 8, 2022May 8, 2022
Do we really need to teach kids (explicitly)A parent once reached out to me asking that her kid wants to know as to why water is wet. Typical of me I asked her to first ask her kid as…Sep 4, 2021Sep 4, 2021
Once a parent asked me…Parent: My child is always distracted. How do I make her focus on doing her studies?Apr 17, 20211Apr 17, 20211
Jeene ko to jeete haine sabhi…Let me state upfront one thing. I am not a WhiteHat Jr employee/management/investor/advisor/sympathizer etc. etc. In fact, with all my…Dec 6, 2020Dec 6, 2020
All of us want our kids to be happy…Over the last 4 years of conversation with parents, I have heard each and every parent say the same thing, “I want my child to be happy”…Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
Why are our kids not learning meaningfully? (Part6 of series on Education)In the first 5 parts (Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5) of this series on education, we have understood that an education model built on…Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
Why are our kids not learning meaningfully? (Part5 of series on Education)In Part1 we concluded that there is something wrong with our education system because of which our kids are not able to learn meaningfully…Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
Why are our kids not learning meaningfully? (Part4 of series on education)In Part3 we learnt as to why it’s critical to structure an education system around curiosity that emanates from the minds of kids. Let’s…Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
Why are our kids not learning meaningfully? (Part3 of series on educationIn Part 1 we concluded that there is something wrong with our education system because of which our kids are not able to learn…Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
Why are our kids not learning meaningfully? (Part2 of series on Education)In Part1 of this series on education we concluded that there is something wrong with our education system because of which our kids are…Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
Why are our kids not learning meaningfully? (Part1 of Series on Education)I have heard this many time and I am sure each one of you would have also heard this many time — parents complaining about the fact that…Apr 22, 20201Apr 22, 20201
