It all boils down to the attitude of the teachers. Tell me honestly, how many of you out there have never broken into a cold sweat thinking about that unfinished report and the stern teacher whos going to punish you in front of the whole class for it tomorrow? So, fear of reprisal is what makes the kids do homework more than a willingness to overcome a challenge or intellectual stimulation. Moreover our schools should teach us the implications and aspects of the world around us and the events that helped shape it to where it is now.
The Vedas contain a great deal of science, in fact Albert Einstein is supposed to have said in his later years that all he had ever achieved in his quest for science could have been achieved a long time back had he got to know the Baghwat Gita a lot earlier in his life. He always carried a copy of the Gita with him in his later years. The greatest minds ever produced in India were definitely way before the current system of education was in place. The shining examples of the present educational system are the greedy corporate who can think of nothing but money and to make tons of it even at the cost of someones blood. What we need to understand is that Learning and Studying are two different things. You learn when theres a creative urge in you to reach out and unravel the mysteries of our world. You STUDY only out of fear or some external compulsion, some of the examples could be, getting into trouble with the teacher if you dont, parents push you to study because thats what the child next door is doing and thats what under their sadly mistaken notions would make you a better individual. A child hunched over a desk and reciting loudly from his book is not learning but studying. You study when you memorize the fine black print on the paper. You learn when you realize the implications of what that print is trying to tell you. Finally..YES, I STUDIED in school
