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##This letter is supposedly written by Abraham Lincoln## I am moved by the respect and concerns he has for the teacher and values .... “My son starts school today. It is all going to be strange and new to him for a while and I wish you would treat him gently. It is an adventure that might take him across continents. All adventures that probably include wars, tragedy and sorrow. To live this life will require faith, love and courage. So dear Teacher, will you please take him by his hand and teach him things he will have to know, teaching him - but gently, if you can. Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend. He will have to know that all men are not just, that all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero, that for every crooked politician, there is a dedicated leader. Teach him if you can that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar found. In school, teacher, it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to lea...

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I am reading a book called 'What did you ask at school today?' by Kamala V Mukunda. Would like to share some learning. The book is intended for teachers as primary audience, nevertheless, good for any adult to gain deeper understanding on learning process. She talks about brain structure, innate and non-innate learning aspects and talks about synergy needed between the two in the first two chapters. Firstly, innate learning is something that would not need explicit training. For example, kids learning the language. They wont feel strained or stressed during this kind of learning, just because they enjoy the process, where as non-innate learning focuses more on class room learning. It is accepted that learning through playful means will have more impact on kids than the impact through the structured learning. A physcologist, David Geary puts it this way - while learning through playful means has more impact, children should be encouraged to learn the skills through structure...

I was discussing sociallism vs capitalism with my father, who is a retired economics professor. Found some interesting facts ... Sharing them ... Socialism believes in distributing wealth equally. For example: If there is INR 10000 and 10 people in the pool, every one gets INR 1000. Wow, that sounds great in a diversified society like ours. Will this work? My take is NO. Because, the focus is only on sharing the wealth. If every one gets equal share, high acheiver will downgrade himself or herself and low acheivers will still downgrade themselves. This is a chain reaction and will reach a point where you will not have anything to distribute. The opposite side is 'Capitalism' where only the acheiver gets the rewards for his or her efforts. India adopts hybrid policy of Socialism and Capitalism, where the distribution of wealth happens through public sector enterprises and wealth creation happens through private sectors. The policies will be made in such a way that private se...

What I am talking is not totally a new discovery, but am sharing only my experience. Requisites: Treadmill Any WLAN capable mobile device Wireless router Headset Hook your mobile to your wireless router, log into youtube. Choose anything that interests you, say, online tutorial videos, motivation lectures, songs, serials and so forth... Good thing is, since the screen size is small, you dont experience, great buffering delays. Video expeience is very much acceptable. More over, your workout will now have access to different content, rather than just usual workout music. Hope you liked it..