tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post4525389892344409051..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Finnish EnvyAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-23199522925293185262011-08-31T12:10:34.731+05:302011-08-31T12:10:34.731+05:30Does this have any correlation to happenings at No...Does this have any correlation to happenings at Nokia of late? Just asking...Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14131293872629529227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-5398905473240807232011-08-29T20:20:01.138+05:302011-08-29T20:20:01.138+05:30US is the worst place for working women as they ge...US is the worst place for working women as they get only 3 month maternity leave and that too UNPAID! So, most working women take only one month and soon join the work although their body and the motherhood responsibilities would have enjoyed couple of more months leave. Thanks to Modern technology like breast pump etc and women don't have to be physically present to feed the baby as long as some nanny/mother/mother-in-law is there to take care of the baby! In Europe,UK and some other countries, women get atleast 8 month maternity leave with 80-100% covered through social security or other means. <br /><br />All matters is who are on the educational board. I would say all children should be allowed to learn in a creative setting until age 7/8 without any force. What i found in the majority of the great minds(who also won Nobel) early childhood life was a 'carefree' learning experience about Nature. <br /><br />One example is quoted often by many scientists. One 6 yr old was drawing 'something' seriously. The teached asked 'what are you drawing?' The girl said 'I am drawing the picture of God' to which teacher replied 'how do you know? Nobody has seen God'. The girl said 'they will know in a minute'. <br /><br />Kids are naturally curious about knowledge and have no inhibitions and least of all they don't care what others would think if they asked a stupid question. Unfortunately that creativity is killed by the school system these days. The trajedy is that the schools interview the parents to admit 3-4 yr olds into their schools. How schizophrenic the system can get? This is the state of some of my friend's kids who go to schools like Padma Seshadri in Chennai and the like in other cities. <br /><br />When Bill Gates was on Jon Stewart show, Gates said 'they are currently experimenting with the educational method in 4 schools in US as high school education in US sucks'. Jon asked 'Dude(Jon addressed Bill Gates!), if you go at this rate, when will you change the entire system?' I'm pretty sure Feynman will not be happy in his grave Bill Gates buying his lectures series from Cornell and not making it accessible to the public on Youtube for the welfare of science/Physics. Stanford has uploaded so many wonderful lectures in Math/Physics on youtube. Why can't Bill Gates do the same wrt Feynman's lectures. It can & will motivate so many young people to go into Physics/science as Feynman was a lively character in delivering Physics. Money/fame/power rules over everything else!Nappinnai NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194198351094733007noreply@blogger.com