MAHATMA STEPS OUT of character as Gandhi
“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It is to enjoy each step along the way.” ~Dr. Wayne Dyer
They’re neither dumb to use today’s technologies or social networking sites nor they believe that “Mark Zuckerberg will create an application in the future that helps them get their study on while Facebook stalking.” In spite of the distracting nature of technologies, they don’t think of deactivating their Facebook account. Sometimes they even found themselves mindlessly minimizing Microsoft Word to log into Facebook.
A small minority of today’s university students don’t use email and others are confused by the array of technologies available at universities. Yet many students couldn’t bear to be without their mobile phones and find themselves distracted by social networking sites during study. […] The distracting nature of technologies was commonly cited in the interviews but also happily accepted. Most students had developed ways to cope with the distractions while studying. These ranged from switching off the sources of distraction to taking breaks for social networking.
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How not to fall asleep during the preparation for exam… Student of Madras (now, Chennai) University, India used to tie hair to a nail in wall to prevent falling into sleep.
[Pic of 1948]
Dedication.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2vrxbOf0f1r9lqwdo1_1280.jpg)
How not to fall asleep during the preparation for exam… Student of Madras (now, Chennai) University, India used to tie hair to a nail in wall to prevent falling into sleep.
[Pic of 1948]
Dedication.
- Teacher: What is the most common phrase used in school?
- Student: I don't know!
- Teacher: Correct!
The number of standardized tests students have to take is about to increase, but the according to a national survey from Scholastic and the Gates Foundation, the nation’s teachers overwhelmingly don’t see the high-stakes exams as essential.
The survey asked more than 10,000 educators about their classrooms, schools, and how student and teacher performances should be measured. A huge majority of teachers believe in measuring student achievement, but they believe it should be measured with a variety of assessments, not just standardized tests. (via Only 7 Percent of Teachers Believe in Standardized Tests - Education - GOOD)
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Amen.
I’m proud of my India.
