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One more Idiot

In India, the approach to 'studying' has many flaws. I will elucidate a few that 3 idiots points to: Flaw number 1: Children are told that they must study well to earn well in future Actually, what the child needs to be told is that we all study because it is the most fun thing to do - you learn about new things and studying increases your chances of getting what you want out of life. Flaw number 2: In schools, teachers do often insist on following textbooks - blindly. They even "cut marks" if you miss out a word here or there or break the sequence etc thereby destroying creative and out of the box thinking Flaw number 3: The whole learning process is restrained by schedules and discipline. Flaw number 4: When they call it "extra co curricular activities" they mean extra. Singing, painting, acting, sports etc are strictly discouraged from becoming your mainstream activity. Flaw number 5: Engineering, medicine and more recently an MBA are the ONLY way to pr