The Big Fat Geek

Tag: school

  • Is the current Education System relevant?

    Today, I attended my son’s annual day celebrations. He is 3 years old. Part of the celebrations included him and his classmates performing on stage. Seeing him dance and wave his hands in the air on the stage reminded me of my first stage performance.

  • KhanAcademy: Saviour of the American Youth

    When I first heard of KhanAcademy (KA), it was a collection of Youtube videos. Each video was lucidly explaining simply fundamental topics in Maths, Science and even some in Finance. That was back in 2002 when Salman Khan (no, not the actor) was doing these videos in his free time and was giving them away […]

  • Parenthood and the Education Mafia

    Anasuya is two years old, and it was time for us to get her admitted into a good nursery for her schooling. Little did I know the amount of efforts, planning and arm-twisting that is required for acquiring admission for your ward! Prelude Being a student of Ramabai Paranjpe nursery, I naturally assumed that by […]