Comments on: Reason #35213 Indian Kids are so Freakishly Smart

By: Iloveschool

Iloveschool — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:16:35 +0000

Wow! That’s scary. I don’t know about others but I love school. It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me(lmao..more like the only thing that’s ever happened o_O). So, yeah! I’ve always liked school(call me weird if you want to, but even my friends share the same opinion). And the teachers never even touch anyone.Except maybe when I was in 2nd grade or something, there was one teacher who loved threatening to hit kids(mostly boys) on their knuckles with a ruler. Jeez! I don’t quite remember but we used to be terrified of her. She even looked creepy. S_S And one day, she hit a kid on his knuckles. The next day, the parents came to complain to the principal. It wasn’t that much of a big issue but any sort of violence is strictly forbidden in our school, so the teacher had to apologize to the parents(No, she didn’t apologize to the kid!). Yup, that’s it I guess. I don’t remember anything much.

By: Trish

Trish — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:33:12 +0000

I dont know about beatings in school but one thing i remember is that in grade 6 i had this really fat mean teacher and all she did day and day after was talk about her little nephew jeez she just wouldnt hut up ofcoarse because of this we would get bad grades and she would tell our parents that we talk alot!!!!! hate her moved schools cause i couldnt tolerate her anymore.

By: very grateful

very grateful — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:51:49 +0000

Had my share of being made to run in 110 degree F heat, etc. and being rapped across the knuckles in Indian schools, but I also met some of the best and most caring teachers I have ever met. It is funny, I still remember some of what I learned from them. But my favourite moment was when I met a person who was in the same school as I was in when I was at a party. Suddenly 2 adults were transformed into babbling kids sharing fond tales of “inder ma’am’ ‘bonnie ma’am….”

By: Tushar

Tushar — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:02:56 +0000

I remember in india when i was in 7th grade, we had a mathematics teacher Mr. Nandan Gosai (still remember his face vividly). So one day, our whole class had’nt done the homework…..except those 2-3 “feel-like-murdering them-goody goody” teacher’s pets present in every classroom in the world……so “Sir” asked me to go outside and fetch a nice and smooth stick from a tree for a mathematics demonstration….i went outside and brought back a nice, long and smooth stick from a mango tree…..that fellow called me only first and hit me 5 times…..on each hand with that stick…..as for the rest of the class, he hit them only once on each hand…………….

SOOO HAPPY THAT SCHOOL IS FINALLY OVER……….

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:19:16 +0000

After reading all these, I wonder all you from India have only one incident to say ! OMG – I have hundreds like this. I had a male teacher in my high school and he was the hit master. We called him kannappan because he had round cruel eyes. All the lady teachers threaten us saying that they send us to him if we do some thing wrong. I had to go several times. He would ask us to stay on ond side of the table, bend forwad and catch hold of the other end of the table. Then he use his cane to wack us at the back. Once I almost fainted. I was afraid to tell to parents because I will get the remaining wacks from them if I tell. Good old days man !!!

By: hari

hari — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:51:48 +0000

Actually these punishments help me workhard to achieve something that my teacher had thought i will never achieve. My teachers used to beat on the back of my palm with a roller for 100 times for not preparing answers(i do read but i forget). I am not supporting these acts but It works for me emotionally (Emotional drive is my secret of success i am a software engineer and my friends take help from me and it feels great).

Thanks

By: Desi Parivar

Desi Parivar — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:47:23 +0000

Outside of the classroom my experience is that Indian people are the stupidest ones on the planet. They have no common sense or self-reliance.

I think the "parivar", Indian family, is both the greatest blessing and greatest curse to Indian individuals.

One of the reasons why desis do so well in academics and in their chosen professions is because of a strong family unit. Children from broken homes have a lot of issues and it effects their academic performance and job/career performance in later years. More often than not, desi kids do not come from broken homes but from two parent family homes and those parents are usually much stricter than non-desi parents and this creates an environment for study.

On the other hand, overbearing and controlling desi parents are probably the reason KN wrote what he did above. They can often disempower individual decision making in their offspring.

It's a double edged sword but you can't win em all.

By: KN

KN — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:35:28 +0000

Outside of the classroom my experience is that Indian people are the stupidest ones on the planet. They have no common sense or self-reliance.

By: khoofia

khoofia — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:15:44 +0000

funny this topic came out. someone forwarded me a sordid story the other day about a girl being beaten into a coma by her teacher. her crime. she didnt want to attend the extra-hours tuition administerd by the teacher. the teacher and his dad, also the principal and proprietor of the school, are absconding.

By: bhim

bhim — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:06:11 +0000

gee friends, even reading your posts gave me the creeps. well at least im fortunate enough to have never experienced any such torture. guess i am lucky to find some of the most amazing teachers one could have ever had. there was this mam called mrs sunanda. she was even more caring than our mother. she even ate lunch with us. she ensured that each one of us had proper nutritious meals and brought some extra meal with her just to share with her students she always hugged us. once we were playing cricket inside our class.she heared noises but before she could enter we sat on our own places. but she some how noticed it and asked us with a warm heart to not to hide anything and accept the fact of what u have done. we all stood but then instead of punishing us, she blessed us of showing the courage to tell the truth. guess thats why i am a lot calmer and happy person today