Why do those who get into IIT feel special ? Or IIM. Or MIT or Caltech ...
This is a question i am seeking answers to. I think it has answers to many questions...
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Anirudhra Boganadham The same way how students as well as their parents felt elated studying in convents.
Aparna Krishnan Anirudhra Boganadham yes, it's a pattern. Of blind and blinder ...
Sunny Pawar By product of colonization???
Anirudhra Boganadham Aparna Krishnan Indeed!!
Hariharan Sukumar Its because the society values this rotten and second hand knowledge is the best
- Aparna Krishnan Hariharan Sukumar sure. And the holders of these degrees also uncritically buy into the mindless narrative that they are greater aa ?
Hariharan Sukumar Aparna Krishnan because that works to their advantage and massage their egos- Aparna Krishnan Hariharan Sukumar where did the vivekam go ? In all the highly celebrated intelligences ...
- Hariharan Sukumar Aparna Krishnan the right word here is intellect rather than intelligence. Naturally Viveka requires compassion and empathy. I don't think intellect gives that. Education should bring humility but unfortunately it is bringing arrogance in people. Also, the thought that some jobs are menial than others are the reason for this rot..
- Aparna Krishnan Hariharan Sukumar unless this is seen, understood. None of our other agendas will lead anywhere. Better schooling, for instance. Without questioning the schooling narrative itself.
- Aparna Krishnan Hariharan Sukumar or what success is. Or what growth is.
- Hariharan Sukumar True..why do we study what we study? This question shall be asked by every student..why do we teach what we teach? Every educationist must ask this question..unless we do..it may be impossible to clean this rot. There may be pockets of excellence but they won't gather enough momentum.
- Hariharan Sukumar Aparna Krishnan Afaic? This growth and success are value dependent things..what my success is not urs..and vice versa.. however, there is a common materialistic narratives of success that the society perpetrates and most of us fall prey to it. We only realise after a long time that these material success is nothing..may be that's why our rishis lived in poverty but had lofty goals of enlightenment.
- Aparna Krishnan Whats afaic ?
- Hariharan Sukumar AFAIC - as far as I am concerned
- Aparna Krishnan meaning what ??
Sridhar Lakshmanan Hariharan Sukumar fantastic translation- Hariharan Sukumar Sridhar Lakshmanan thanks so much
Sunny Pawar Yes & y do engineers become bankers ???- Sunny Pawar Any idea ?
- Aparna Krishnan and keep reminding people that they are from iit !!
- Hariharan Sukumar Sunny Pawar It is because of the same rhetoric that we are discussing here..the materialistic success!! Bankers get paid the most!! And its cool to be a banker for IITians!!
- Aparna Krishnan And then I see the desperate attachment to money. Growing and growing. And everything beginning to be measured in those terms. The decline ...
Srinivas Samudrala Perks, Prestige, Peer groups recognition - World wide.- Aparna Krishnan Srinivas Samudrala To not need all this real self confidence. Name and fame are supports for those essentially insecure. Security comes from within.
Srinivas Samudrala Aparna Krishnan Can we expect to get these degrees without Self confidence.
It's matter of Priority, Pride, rubbing shoulders with stalwarts in the selected fields etc
Everyones path is different - if one gets Name and Fame along with work, why it should be seen as bad.
How many IITians, IIMs, Millionaires/Billionaires are born with golden spoon. They're also from masses only.
Billions of people wait for Opportunity, few get/grab it and rise above the rest.- Aparna Krishnan There are other worlds. Greater worlds.
Sivapriya Krishnan Partially because of the brand value created by none other than us Humans.
Partially because of the better facilities available for academic indulgence, learning and research.
Partially because of the difficulty in getting through these places and bein…See More
Aparna Krishnan Sivapriya Krishnan the question is more basic. It is not about the quality of engineering teaching.
1. It is about the assuned greater value of this over other learnings.
2. And when that learning is not tempered with other values of Rinam and Dharmam, of ethics, of answerabilities, of social responsibilities. That learning is devoid of soul.
Meenakshi Negi Label. We are a consumerist society
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