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Like all students I was in my tenth standard once. I remember an interesting episode from that time. In my final board exam(not CBSE but Maharashtra board) we had a group D question which went like this: If we put an inverted cone in a cylinder full of water, the cylinder being of the same radius and height, how much water will spill..(and the radius and heights were given.) Even then, my memory was like a bowl containing petrol kept in hot summer sun. Things just evaporated out of it. And I could not remember what the formula for the volume of a cone was. I knew it was similar to that of a cylinder but that was the most my hard disc could store. I tried hard but could not reach any corner of my head where i could find even a slightest hint of the formula. Ironically, almost 10 years later, I still remember exactly, that i was trying enough to remember the day when my teacher (Dhond madam) taught us mensuration.So that if not the formula I could remember the day and then get some

This post may just be the most important post i ever write. I am going to attempt to develop a hybrid model for education in schools in india. <all the things in this post are evolving with time> Inspirations: Ken Robinson's TED talks and the one on RSA Hole in the Wall You tube for school Wikiversity ... The models: 1. Discovery sessions (maths, science) Before a topic is introduced a series of questions are asked by the teacher and answers are sought This session is followed by internet class where students are given 20 minutes to loo 2. Question generation round Everyday students are encouraged to ask questions in the morning. These questions are later answered by the teacher (who uses internet, expertise etc. to find them out) These questions will be filtered and classified according to the subject and a database will be built so that in case of lack of questions one of them can be asked to the students to ponder upon. 3. Show and Tell (for English): Da

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. -John Donne http://www.ted.com/talks/paddy_ashdown_the_global_power_shift.html

Music someshwar Lyrics yours truly Saakhi re saacha tera saath hi saacha saakhi Na vakht saacha, na rakht saacha Khuda ke hone ka bhi kyahi bharosa? Saacha tu khud aur saachi khudai hai Saavan saacha, pavan saacha Dhundli hai duniya ki reetein Dono kal kolaahal hi badhate. Par ... khara ya khota, bada ya chota jag jag samajhne ko inhe banaye sab kuch ek ye ek hi sootra hai