Second language
I don’t know about how others feel, but I feel that I should share my views about the recently issued state government’s order regarding the second language or Hindi being taught in the schools today.
All of us know that the present government is against Hindi being taught in the schools as second language. Fine. But what about those hopeful parents who wish that their wards would complete higher education and fill up those vacant posts in the north? And what does this bloody order do? Just dampen the spirit of a number of hopefuls.
As an affected parent, I can say that my child does not stand a fair chance with those who have already been taught Tamil as their second language. Why? Because my kid, from her pre-kindergarten to her Lower kindergarten has been learning Hindi. And what happens now? She is forced to learn what her friends have taken 1-2 years in just a month! Something similar to joining a marathon two laps behind of schedule. Doesn’t it sound absurd?? (One can imagine what it is to learn a language, a new one). And I am not the only one worried by this idiocy. Even the thought that you are not alone suffering this act of stupidity by the government does not offer any solace. The fear, the anxiety, and the uneasiness will last till the kid completes her education, where a ‘just pass’ alone isn’t enough in the highly competitive world.
I would certainly term this as act as yet another of its impressive failures. The earlier one was imposing a ban on ‘Da Vinci Code’. Yet another instance was the ban (of the Centre) on the blogs following the blasts in Mumbai. If the government were that much worried about blocking blogs that were causing/were bound to cause hate/anxiety, it should have considered blocking or banning only those which promoted hate, not order a general ban on all the blogs. This high-handedness was one more classic example of sloppy administration; proving that it does not have sufficient level headed politicians to manage the government.
Update: My stand against the state’s decision on the second language stands good. In fact, renewed every time I get to see my child’s grades in that subject in her class tests. LOL.
All of us know that the present government is against Hindi being taught in the schools as second language. Fine. But what about those hopeful parents who wish that their wards would complete higher education and fill up those vacant posts in the north? And what does this bloody order do? Just dampen the spirit of a number of hopefuls.
As an affected parent, I can say that my child does not stand a fair chance with those who have already been taught Tamil as their second language. Why? Because my kid, from her pre-kindergarten to her Lower kindergarten has been learning Hindi. And what happens now? She is forced to learn what her friends have taken 1-2 years in just a month! Something similar to joining a marathon two laps behind of schedule. Doesn’t it sound absurd?? (One can imagine what it is to learn a language, a new one). And I am not the only one worried by this idiocy. Even the thought that you are not alone suffering this act of stupidity by the government does not offer any solace. The fear, the anxiety, and the uneasiness will last till the kid completes her education, where a ‘just pass’ alone isn’t enough in the highly competitive world.
I would certainly term this as act as yet another of its impressive failures. The earlier one was imposing a ban on ‘Da Vinci Code’. Yet another instance was the ban (of the Centre) on the blogs following the blasts in Mumbai. If the government were that much worried about blocking blogs that were causing/were bound to cause hate/anxiety, it should have considered blocking or banning only those which promoted hate, not order a general ban on all the blogs. This high-handedness was one more classic example of sloppy administration; proving that it does not have sufficient level headed politicians to manage the government.
Update: My stand against the state’s decision on the second language stands good. In fact, renewed every time I get to see my child’s grades in that subject in her class tests. LOL.
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