August 22, 2007

School of thought.

Lakshmi remembers her school days fondly while dropping her daughter at school. And also wonders if moms today have become really competitive.

These kids are
three-and-half-years old, for God's sake. And what is worse, there
is immediate pressure on the child to perform well. Usually the competitions are
for stuff like "Bhagavat Gita Recitation". These kids are not even past their
kid-talk (my child cannot even pronounce "R" yet, and it is still "Labbit eat
Callot"), to actually recite heavy-duty Sanskrit slokas from the Gita AND BE
JUDGED FOR IT. Yes, it is probably a good idea to catch them young and
having them lisp the Gita is probably the most beautiful sound to a parent's
ear, but competitions? Why? Why induce the attitude of one-upping at
this age?

I hear ya, Lakshmi!

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Anonymous said...

I was also a student of HAC in Chennai and I think I know this Mrs. Birdy, LOL! Yes, I fully agree with Lakshmi.

AK

August 22, 2007 at 9:03 PM
mnamma said...

I have heard of these competitions too! It is one thing to teach your kids slokas but it is entirely another to put them under the pressure of a competition and being judged. Lakshmi's post was thought provoking.

August 24, 2007 at 10:44 PM
Anonymous said...

hey!

Great to see this blog specifically for Indian moms.

I found out that we have the privilege of having our very own community network.

It's over here:
www.imom.in

I have joined as an aware mom over there. Alright! Indian mommies you have finally arrived.

Jagriti

August 29, 2007 at 10:15 AM
Tarun said...

Hello Sujatha,

My wife and I moved from US to India very recently. We were looking for a house, my wife -- a job, planning to have kids and it was complete a nightmare for my wife.

She was so fed up with everything that she was looking for an online community of working mothers, so she ended up creating a community for working moms:
www.imom.in.

Since, she has put in a lot of hardwork in developing this community, I am trying to help here with popularizing it. Since, you maintain a blog on single moms. I was hoping if you could suggest some ways to promote it.

Thanks,
Tarun

tarun.bhalla@buildingblocks.in

August 29, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Fuzzylogic said...

I used to be one of those kids who were made to memorize the slokas and recite them for competitions but I was in my second grade when I did that. Then itself the pressure of being in a competition was too much and enrolling 3 1/2 yrs old tiny ones into competitions is insane. I agree with Lakshmi 100%

September 7, 2007 at 10:54 PM
Choxbox said...

101% with lakshmi.

October 12, 2007 at 11:39 PM
Parul said...

wow - do moms really do that? How will I ever ask Adi to recite slokas when for chrissake I can't do it myself??

Stressful world, eh?

October 13, 2007 at 2:28 PM
Anonymous said...

I see nothing wrong in memorizing. If you guys are inapet and incapable, so be it. Look at Koreans and Japanese, and memoring stuff is part of Hinduism cluture all along. If you are lazy, just sell burgers in USA

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