Why are classrooms unhappy? Is it the curriculum? Is it the talents or is it the way these are put together in moulding a child? Any school that can do that shall be one of the greatest schools to the community. Any teacher who understands this shall be a great teacher for the children and they won’t ever forget him/her.
In society we come into contact with people with various attitudes every day. There are some people who are very proactive, smiling, innovative, talking, and makes everyone happy. They won’t insult others and respect everyone. We also come across people who are very serious, do not smile and talk to the point. There are also some others (the fault finders) who always criticise others, and yet others who are silent listeners.
What happens when you recruit the different kinds of people into a job? What type of working atmosphere are they going to create?
Subject to their intellectual levels, people love to work with positive people who respect others, are always supportive and kind. The second set of people who are very serious, subject to their intellectual level, might execute a job but you will not feel any warmth of an employee, colleague working with you because they have nothing to speak to you.
The third type of people, who are sharp criticisers subject to their intellectual levels might do a job well but they will be more focused on finding the fault of the boss, colleagues, the system and even with material things such as chairs, tables, and air-conditioners. Their focus will be mostly on the negative side of a given situation.
One thing that binds all these categories is their intellectual level. If intellectual skills intellectual things are missing, life with our colleagues will be miserable. Intellectual level is the ability of a person to respond, to respect, and to obey public regulations, and to use intellectual skills while doing a job. Such individuals become very important people in society.
Intellectual skill is about application of knowledge in a given situation. Classrooms should teach children more about life speaking skills, behaving skills, respecting skills, and accepting skills. It helps child to become a useful youth for tomorrow.
A person becomes very important to a society when three integral forces merge in a person: Vikara, Vijara, and Viveka Vikshobham. Vichara is thinking and vikara is feeling. Both have a strong connection. There cannot be one without the other. But if these two need to unite a third ingredient is needed and that is viveka (wisdom).
When feeling and thinking are blended with wisdom what comes out is a new river from the triveni sangama. If the teacher knows how to blend the talents of every child in the classroom, he or she will be a wonderful youth for the country tomorrow. If this doesn’t happen, what would be the end result of that classroom? Children may memorise things but do not understand what they learn. So, even if the child is talented, the purpose is taken away. It is like cooking food that nobody can eat.
