It is sad to know that some schools and teachers still do away with corporal punishment. A news headline in today’s paper says that a boy is beaten to bled by teacher and it is learnt that some teachers and schools are still averse to the idea of giving away with punishment to kids. I am only trying to say that children should be disciplined, but its possible through love and affection and not this kind of treatment.
It came as a shock to me when I heard from a friend of mine that a parent (who also worked as a teacher) disciplines her two kids (one aged 11 years and the other 4) through unimaginable ways. She puts ‘soodu’ (heat a steel ladle and transferring the heat to her child’s skin by touch) and it seems she beats on the tender knuckles of their fingers. And call it coincidence or her fortune; her kids are so disciplined and behave so well. I was answering to some question on a forum recently for a question if it were right to mix girls with boys in a school. How can one think of not mixing girls and boys I wonder?
Do you think delinquent kids are born? They aren’t for sure. They are a result of a malfunctioning home and a society. I see this 12-year-old boy in our colony who is always mistaken for his misbehaving. His parents are in white-collar jobs and he is looked after by himself once he is back from school. The mother locks all rooms but one (god knows for what reasons). He was remarking other day, how it hurts if one’s own mother doesn’t trust one. How true? Why should she lock all of the rooms? She doesn’t get time to educate him on the good and bad, instead spanks when she gets little time.
People in our colony by now came to conclusion that he is a neglected child and I wonder when the parents will realize this. The boy is a kleptomaniac and steals money from people, writes graffiti inside lift, does all crap one can’t imagine a boy of that age could do in fact. He can’t be blamed but only his parents for what he is today. I can only wish that he didn’t become one anti social and threat to society.
Punishment is never a solution to discipline a child.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Brain Damage- Just for laughs
In the hospital, where their family member lay gravely ill, the relatives gathered in the waiting room.
Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and sombre.
'I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news,' he said as he surveyed the worried faces. 'The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It's an experimental procedure, very risky but it is the only hope.
Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the brain yourselves.'
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a great length of time, someone asked, 'Well, how much does a brain cost?'
The doctor quickly responded, '$5,000 for a male brain, and $200 for a female brain.'
The moment turned awkward. Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the women, but some actually smirked.
A man unable to control his curiosity, blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask,
'Why is the male brain so much more?'
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, 'It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to mark down the price of the female brains, because they've actually been used.'
Courtesy: Email received one!
Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and sombre.
'I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news,' he said as he surveyed the worried faces. 'The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It's an experimental procedure, very risky but it is the only hope.
Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the brain yourselves.'
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a great length of time, someone asked, 'Well, how much does a brain cost?'
The doctor quickly responded, '$5,000 for a male brain, and $200 for a female brain.'
The moment turned awkward. Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the women, but some actually smirked.
A man unable to control his curiosity, blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask,
'Why is the male brain so much more?'
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, 'It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to mark down the price of the female brains, because they've actually been used.'
Courtesy: Email received one!
We will now see a Millionaire Slumdog
If the industry gossips are to be taken seriously, here’s some news. Danny Boyle (you got him right, the director of Slumdog Millionaire) approached Satyam’s former CEO, B Ramalinga Raju and asked him to play the lead role in his next endeavor titled ‘Millionaire Slumdog’ (for whatever reasons he named it so). And, yes, rumors are that it's about real life story of a Slumdog Millionaire...ah!....What did I say, nah nah...real life story of B Ramalinga Raju.
So, will it be a reverse of what we saw in the storyline of Slumdog Millionaire…a rich jerk ending up behind bars after acting somewhere stupid? Well we need to wait. But their is already so much of a hullabaloo about the term slumdog and wonder if they approve of a title like this with an anti-hero element in the story!
But Ramalinga Raju himself enacting as Ramalinga Raju will be great to watch. I would exclaim a WOW for the chance this man had got inspite of being behind bars! We saw Anil Kapoor quoting “I am delighted that Slumdog Millionaire, which has me in a major role has my own story.”
Back to the former CEO and our own rich jerk Ramalinga Raju, he will strive to win the hearts of women audience, especially in his home state Andhra, and with the sympathy ground who knows he will dare float a political party to have ONLY his community Rajus as party convenors and this and that. Unfortunaltely, Sanjay Dutt wasn’t that smart enough to float something on his own and is seen flirting with 'some ajwadi' party. But yes this man is smarter and he must be dreaming of the same from behind bars.
So, will it be a reverse of what we saw in the storyline of Slumdog Millionaire…a rich jerk ending up behind bars after acting somewhere stupid? Well we need to wait. But their is already so much of a hullabaloo about the term slumdog and wonder if they approve of a title like this with an anti-hero element in the story!
But Ramalinga Raju himself enacting as Ramalinga Raju will be great to watch. I would exclaim a WOW for the chance this man had got inspite of being behind bars! We saw Anil Kapoor quoting “I am delighted that Slumdog Millionaire, which has me in a major role has my own story.”
Back to the former CEO and our own rich jerk Ramalinga Raju, he will strive to win the hearts of women audience, especially in his home state Andhra, and with the sympathy ground who knows he will dare float a political party to have ONLY his community Rajus as party convenors and this and that. Unfortunaltely, Sanjay Dutt wasn’t that smart enough to float something on his own and is seen flirting with 'some ajwadi' party. But yes this man is smarter and he must be dreaming of the same from behind bars.
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