A room, a
place where knowledge is shared and learnt. But, somehow I feel its also a
place that curbs the very natural learning process....learning is 2-way process..it
may take place between the teacher and students OR between the students
themselves…
I still
remember the ‘good’ old days when we were reprimanded for being
vocal....reprimanded for speaking…how on earth can we have 40 OVER students in an
unattended classroom, and expect TOTAL SILENCE…try doing that to a bunch of
teachers…and then measure the volume level…
And to the
amazement of all, we have a Class Monitor who stands up in the absence of the
teacher, to start ‘monitoring’ the class…to start noting name of students whom
they feel are talking, or laughing…sharing…whispering…gossiping..:)
Oh!! The stories
children share, the stories children tell…you will be amazed to hear them,
their choice of words…gosh….bliss…
Unfortunately,
these vocal students will then be available for reprimand, if the teacher
enters the class in time…
Why are
students not allowed to be ‘FREE’ to speak, free to share, free to communicate,
free to joke, free to laugh, free to ridicule in their free time..yes, we do
have this free time during break/recess time…but why can’t we have it also in
the classroom…classmates bonding…
I believe this
is the place where the healthy bonding and constructive learning between
children/students can be nurtured, where there should be no fear instilled in
the hearts and minds of these innocent, yet intelligent beings…
Free to
speak, free to express….this is true FREEDOM….
Note: Our
current schools have classrooms just next to one another. One suggestion can be to have bigger
classrooms with reasonable distance/space between classrooms.
In this
way, students’ voices will be no more be noise, but a LANGUAGE..AN EXPRESSION…
HAPPY
CHILDREN produce HAPPY HOMES…and they grow to the HAPPY PEOPLE…
