DURING VACATION TIME:

The children who study here either work as labour on farms or are just too poor enough to afford going to a school.https://shapingminds.in/do-you-know-that-you-are-unique/ During last summer holidays I saw a lot of things and it somehow surprised me. Girls still don’t have the privilege to be a part of such an institution as it is difficult to convince the parents that the girl child also needs to study.

On my last visit, I was invited to teach the children so that it would inspire them to keep trying to learn. The logic being that an outsider would have greater impact on the kids rather than someone close harping about its importance day in and day out. I mulled over what to teach such a lot because I was sure that hardly anything would make sense to them.

Having no choice I started by telling them about the map of India and a bit of social science. The response was overwhelming .Before leaving; one girl asked me, Bhaiya ji “humko doctor banne ke liye kya padhna padega?” (What do we have to study to become a doctor?) https://shapingminds.in/मैडम-को-apple-की-स्पेलिंग-नहीं-आ/At that moment a lot of conflicting emotions hit me- I was so touched and glad that they have the hunger to learn and yet saddened by the fact that though the hunger exists, the opportunities were not going to be easy to come by.