Once upon a time, two thumbs decided to take on a jackfruit. The jackfruit was a young chap – and very thick skinned, but unarmed. The thumbs on the other hand, had between themselves one knife. The left thumb was weaker. She took the knife first. She tried pulling it against the jackfruit’s tough skin. … Read more
Success is Danger. A DNA changer. In the conquest of knowledge, You got a good college. Companies fought to employ, This blue-eyed boy. But a steady pulse rate is a sure sign, Of a heart attack in a short time. The law of averages delivered a wham, From being the chef, you were now the … Read more
Passage 1 There are no places left unsearched in my modern world Genetic strands they say control my soul My smiles are nerve endings stretching themselves far My tears are excited glands secreting some gooey tar My fear is controlled by adrenalin level My factory is my living hell My children are two fused chromosomes … Read more
The Knowledge is Power Program, commonly known as KIPP, is a network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory schools in low income communities throughout the United States. Their motto – Work Hard. Be Nice. I think we can look at that as a positioning statement for our school. KIPP schools work from 8 to 8. Had asked … Read more
When we were hunter gatherers, we had limited needs. All that we got was used for satisfying our own needs and possibly our immediate family members. Then agriculture happened – and our nomadic life got replaced with village life. That was around the time we realised that all us people need not be involved in … Read more
Pune’s Waldorf School, Swadha, was started by Shefali in 2012. One of the main ways of marketing the school is through parent presentations. I attended one recently along with 8 other parents. Most of them had heard about the school through a friend. Almost all of them had visited the School website – swadhaschool.org. There … Read more
Had been hearing about Vigyan Ashram a lot – so last week team Bulls Eye Pune decided that we must spend half a day there. We got in touch with the school principal, Anand Gosavi, who said that we can visit any weekday – so we made the 2 hour journey to Pabal. Pabal can … Read more
Rajesh Rengan, who stays in Boston, visited the school and interacted with teachers and students of 1st to 4th. Made valiant efforts to speak in his American accented Hindi. Rajesh talked about the differences in the education system in the US and in India. Most students enter schooling late in the US. As a result, … Read more
Tidbits about Arvind Gupta and other great teachers. Arvind’s father was an illiterate in a small town in UP. He ensured that his four children received a good education. He sent all of them to the best convent school in his town. Arvind was a bright student – but given his family background, he could … Read more
Josephites visit PTP, 29 Dec, 2018 The Joseph gang landed up on Saturday for a visit to Peepal Tree School, Pune. Vinod Nair was the first to come, followed by Rohitesh, Gautam and Amarjeet. The trio of Rex, Rajiv and Balbir landed up 45 minutes later. The gang trooped into different classrooms to spend about … Read more
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