Originally posted by: Daydreamer123
True.
Nowadays parents focus on their child's Marks and percentage nothing else. They want their child to be better than their friends or neighbour's child. So they will pressurize them. At the age when kids should play,they are forced to join different classes.
If their child is interested in sports and extracurricular activities. They tell them to focus on studies and instead of encouraging them they always discount them.
I know studies are important. But if your child is not interested in studies, if he is interested in sports or other activities let him/her focus on them. He/she will master in that and will lead a good and happy life.
According to me schools should be like this:
Till 5th make children participate in everything. After 5th teachers and parents will know in which field the particular child has interest.
After that their should be streams like music,sports,dance,drama,reading,study (from textbooks) and so on.
It wont happen in india.. as u said they focus more on marks .. they should get more marks than neighbours n frnds kids etx..sick attitude.
U know n swara my kid goes for swimming.. so many mothers n gprents come there with their kids but nobody sees whether their kids r enjoying swimming or not whether they r ok continuing or not.. 95% mothers r busy in playing or talking in mobiles.. u cant believe it ..mothers!!!
Most of the kids just cry n cry there but bloody nobody except their coaches cares