Dear MEL Topic Readers,
The child's maths lesson video that is outraging India
Are disciplinary actions effective to teach children math? If yes, to how far?
It is indeed critical to be very good at math in India where math and science are essential competencies to step up the career ladder or initiate a new business. Parents, especially the middle-class, are so eager to have their children learn better than others for their future. They believe good education is the surest and safest way to be successful in India’s prospective but competitive environment.
However, one mother, or her sister, went too far to force her three-year-old girl to learn numbers. She not only pushed the girl to the point where she started crying and begging for mercy, she also slapped the girl’s face to have her say the numbers correctly, like the way shown in this video;
The video went viral on social media and received numbers of criticisms in and outside of India. There seems to be a lot of postings from those who are critical of the conduct but what about others? Are there a lot of parents who do such harsh disciplinary actions to their children?
See the video and read the article. You may also want to check Vol.2010 about 'In school, but learning nothing' to compare where there is education and there isn’t.
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