Here's the latest gem I picked up while marking an essay written by a 15-year old who is supposed to be 'good in science'... Stephen Hawkins is the world's greatest astrologer.
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- Suvro Chatterjee
- Durgapur, West Bengal, India
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It will probably sound like a very nasty thing to say (and it probably really is), but that one statement has succeeded in grounding that kid in the framework of a very Bāngali middle class household, with all the narrowness of scope of imagination associated with the same. The only word he probably has come across that remotely looks like what 'Hawking' would in his mind is the tag of a certain brand of utensils, say and as for the 'astrologer' bit, it's a shame, really. Like you said, no comments on that.
I guess our budding genius believes astronomy and astrology to be the same!
Shame on such fellows. Well, Yesterday my aunt had asked out a class kg boy about his aim in life , this boy wants to be a ENGINEER. What does he know about engineering?? God please help.(This issue might be a little out of topic but I had to share.)
Dear Mr. Chatterjee,
Very nice post, though I must say that the comment by Mr. Arijit almost eclipsed the humour of the original post (something about a teacher asking out a little boy....). On a more serious note, a class kg boy isn't supposed to know much about any of the professions of grown up men, so, either the question was nonsensical to begin with, or Mr. Arijit was wrong to make fun of the little boy based on his answer..
Thank you, Mr. Bhattacharya, but I wonder what exactly you found nice about it, seeing that it was so short, and virtually without comment. And in defence of Arijit, I can assure you that in my part of the country both the aunt and the child are very common types - that might lead you to reflect on what kind of society we are living in! As for A's sense of fun and your nor finding it in good taste, one thing that writing for three years on this blog has taught me is that people find very different things funny (or not)...
Sir ,
And still this boy's parents would be very happy if he scores 90% in science subjects in his regular school exams learning by heart all the textbooks. It makes me rather sad to see how certain subjects, not only science, are being cheapened by our current system of education.
With regards,
Soham Mukhopadhyay
Shocking & alarming Sir....!!
Regards ,
Shameek.
Read what Soham wrote just before you, Shameek? My earnest plea to your entire generation: all those between the ages of 15 and 30, I mean - please, please don't bring up your children this way!
Perhaps, this is what Shakespeare meant by "Thus men may grow wiser every day"....
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