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Somethings have to change with the changing times. But many of them don't!

In ancient days knowledge was passed on and preserved by listening and memorizing.
Shruti and Smriti were the words used to denote this process of listening, repeating and committing to one's memory.

Printing was unknown. Making handwritten copies on palm leaves or papers was laborious and time consuming. Those days the Students had no other distractions.
They would devote all their time, energy and abilities in learning and memorizing.

But today everything is available to everyone at the touch of a finger! Do we still have to learn everything by heart? Memorize the lessons and reproduce them in an exam set for 3 hours to prove what you have learned in 3 or 4 or even 5 years?

To make those unfortunate students who fail to get through in one exam, repeat all the papers equals to making them fail in more and more subjects and forcing them to quit?
We make the rules. We set the patterns. We must have the wisdom and courage to change the rules and patterns when they have become obsolete.

<blockquote data-quote="Visalakshi Ramani" data-source="post: 459467" data-attributes="member: 16936">Something...SomethingSomethings have to change with the changing times. But many of them don&#039;t!In ancient days knowledge was passed on and preserved by listening and memorizing.Shruti and Smriti were the words used to denote this process of listening, repeating and committing to one&#039;s memory.Printing was unknown. Making handwritten copies on palm&nbsp; leaves or papers was laborious and time consuming. Those days the Students had no other distractions.They would devote all their time, energy and abilities in learning and memorizing. But today everything is available to everyone at the touch of a finger! Do we still have to learn everything by heart? Memorize the lessons and reproduce them in an exam set for 3 hours to prove what you have learned in 3&nbsp; or 4 or even 5 years?To make&nbsp; those unfortunate students who fail to get through in one exam, repeat all the papers equals to making them fail in more and more subjects and forcing them to quit?&nbsp; We make the rules. We set the patterns. We must have the wisdom and courage to change the rules and patterns when they have become obsolete.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Visalakshi Ramani, post: 459467, member: 16936"] [SIZE=5][B]Something...Something[/B] Somethings have to change with the changing times. But many of them don't! In ancient days knowledge was passed on and preserved by listening and memorizing. Shruti and Smriti were the words used to denote this process of listening, repeating and committing to one's memory. Printing was unknown. Making handwritten copies on palm leaves or papers was laborious and time consuming. Those days the Students had no other distractions. They would devote all their time, energy and abilities in learning and memorizing. But today everything is available to everyone at the touch of a finger! Do we still have to learn everything by heart? Memorize the lessons and reproduce them in an exam set for 3 hours to prove what you have learned in 3 or 4 or even 5 years? To make those unfortunate students who fail to get through in one exam, repeat all the papers equals to making them fail in more and more subjects and forcing them to quit? We make the rules. We set the patterns. We must have the wisdom and courage to change the rules and patterns when they have become obsolete. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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