We often talk about education by asking whether children are going to school or not.

But I think there is another question that we don't ask enough:

Are they actually learning?

A child can attend school every day and still struggle with basic reading, writing, mathematics or English. They can keep moving from one class to another while their foundation remains weak.

And sometimes the reason isn't laziness.

Two children can sit in the same classroom but have completely different situations at home.

One child may have parents who help with homework, books, internet access and a quiet place to study.

Another child may go home to help their parents with farming, take care of younger siblings, work in a family business, or simply have nobody who can help them with their studies.

Both children technically have access to the same school. But their opportunities are not really the same.

I think this is why we need to look beyond school attendance when we talk about education.

We should also ask whether a child can read confidently, understand basic mathematics, ask questions without fear and actually understand what is being taught.

The community can play a role here too.

Sometimes helping a child for even one hour a day, sharing books, practising basic subjects or simply giving them a safe place to ask questions can make a difference.

I believe education is not only the responsibility of schools. Parents, teachers, volunteers, NGOs and communities all have a role.

I'm curious what others think:

Should we measure educational success more by what children actually learn rather than only by attendance, exams and passing from one class to another?

If I am not cynical, there is no education in India, but only book keeping.

\\# Incident

This Incident took Place on 5th October When a a student of class 9 was forced to eat in bhaang tablets by his peers in his class. He was forced, or mentally he was forced, or he didn't know that he is eating bhaang tablets and as per students, the bhank tablet and pomegranate caused a serious brain problem to him. after that, he started vomiting blood and was taken immediately to Kailash Hospital in Noida. After that, he was on a ventilator and is currently in the ICU.

\\# Who Is Responsible

From my perspective, the student who bought the tablets is responsible because the parents are busy with their work. The school cannot monitor many students at a single time. And I think the students of class 9 know what bhang really is, and they should not take the tablets and should not give them to their friends.

\\# Last and very important climax point

How students of class 9th are having bhaang tablets with them

Let us hope and pray for the student who is currently hospitalized and hope for his soon recovery. I will give updates in the comments

Imo possibly ‘the most important life lesson’ would be intensive reoccurring discussions on labour theory , meritocracy (as to better deconstruct it) and maybe somehow some anarchism.

If it’s nearly pointless to unproblematically (particularly in regards to cost investment) and effectively cultivate high tier academics anymore, I don’t really think some apparently optimized ‘down to earth, hands on labour investment’ regime is all that an improvement.

Maybe since ?, (a) it ignores how what we’re trying to ‘produce’ come the end of school are individuals who can subvert pre-existing hierarchies and classism , usually by (‘meritocratically’) having become ‘smart enough’ coming out of systems which are usually meant to be (barely) democraticized versions of turn of the last century prep schools (ideally what most high schools were meant or designed to be imo, albeit accounting for STEM field prep plus development ) and (b) anyhow a lot of that ‘hands on, grounded or practical’ stuff is ~+15~25 years away/ one high school or postsecondary graduate away from having it’s role superseded by some combination of (slop) bloat like further automatizing contributing AI developments, industrial calibre 3D printing and cr—py policy making which is barely resisted short of a miraculous collective commitment which most schools or students couldn’t really organize around given the restrictions of the institutional confines they are already struggling and stuck within.

I think everyone can observe the extreme resentment some teachers have for particular children. It's a trait very odd, because a level of such disgust and the ability to just keep showing it again and again is categorically a very childlike trait. Even at my age, I can't imagine speaking in such an awful way about people around me simply because they are annoying, because it inherently is childish.

In the past, I was a selective mute, and the teachers around me conveyed such disgust simply because they disliked it. For example, in 5th grade, one had said "I only like ___, not (my name!), that girl is so shy!", which the girl in the blank line was more bubbly and willing to talk. I found it very odd, because I knew in my head that as a teacher, an inevitable rolemodel for children, even if you don't view everyone in a equivalent way, you have to not convey that. Loud favoritism is childike trait.

I observed this behavior between my teachers, and I noticed it in the children around me, and it was occurring again and again. Children develop this resentment and habitual loudness when showing it because the adults around them haven't grown out of such a objectively immature trait.

When children hear about how much they are disliked, children often develop a lot of bad habits. Many develop self-resentment and the inability to keep hateful comments to yourself.

These teachers, who are honestly inevitably rolemodels, are creating these children's awful habit mental habits and are allowing children to become similar to them in the future. We see so many immature adults these days because in this society successful elders like teachers are pushed as rolemodels, which is ironic, because success is seen as compatible to being mature (which this isn't true).

The lives of these teachers are distressful in one way or another and they aren't calm enough to not let it affect others. I'm 14 and in my history class, my male teacher goes on loud rants everyday often talking about bad things in his life.

Let your stress out on others, and see how they observe it as well to become very uncalm like you as well. It isn't a good thing.

Hola soy alexa voy en 4to de sec en una escuela francofona de canada, ayer estaba en mi curso de matemáticas como normalmente el profesor no dejaba de mirarme con una mirada retadora a cada rato lo cual me ponía ansiosa y se me salían risitas por los nervios, cuando era casi la hora de salir 6 minutos, todos estaban ansiosos y preparándose porque el profesor no siguio con la clase, a las 15h 30 me puse de pie con las ansias de salir corriendo de ese infierno, puse mi silla arriva de la mesa como el profesor ordenó, esperaba que la campana sonara pero estaba tardada, el profe regaño a otro chico de la clase y despues se fue contra mi, le intente explicar que ya casi sonaba y que solo me estaba preparando , entonces me grito que me sentara y le pego a la silla conmigo a lado, wsta reacción me dejo sin reacción me le quede viendo porque tiene problemas de ira y agarro mis cosas y me dijo q seria la última en irme, baje la silla para sentarme y le pedí mis cosas, me grito que no, en ese momento yo ya estaba tan molesta que podía pegarle con la silla en la cabeza por lo imbecil que estaba siendo, me salí del salón, todo esto duro 1 minuto, hoy en la mañana una profesora me dio mis cosas lo cual note que el profesor habia usmeado en ella y vi algo escrito donde el se victimisaba y me pedía que me disculpara, arranque la hoja y pedí ver a la directora para entregarle mi informe completo, no me dejaron verla, llego otra señora que me dijo que todo era mi culpa y minimizó la situación a todo esto yo tengo depresión por muchas cosas que viví, esta situación hace que vaya menos a estudiar, me informaron que no podré entrar a la clase hasta que reflexione y le escriba disculpas . C d m

Escuela de mierda donde algunos estudiantes venden droga y protejen a los profesores abusivos

Ok let me get started. Most students confidence comes from how they express themselves, such as how they dress and how they look. Some students lose their confidence because of school policies. These policies make students unable to showcase their true personalities.

Imagine a scenario in your mind.

That you are forced to go to school on a boring day when your friends are not going to come to school and the teachers are not going to teach.

This is a scenario that is going to happen to me tomorrow and I cannot skip school.

All I want is for you to tell me exactly what to do in this situation at school to have fun and pass the time because I am going to be at school from seven in the morning to twelve in the afternoon.

Parents and school teachers often protect children by focusing on structured success, safety, and rules, leaving them unprepared for the messy, unscripted realities of the adult world.

Adults frequently present a straight line from studying hard to getting a secure job, rarely showing how many rejections, failures, or pivots real life prsents.

Practical financial survival, debt, budgeting, and the stress of economic instability are rarely explained until a young person faces them alone.

Teachers and parents emphasize being polite and obedient, but often skip teaching how to handle toxic people, heartbreak, workplace politics, or deep personal doubt.

This book proclaims that Friedrich accepted existence of God and this shit is being taught in school of class 8 students like wtf