tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753703022822463479.post297200957032936527..comments2024-03-21T08:17:59.354+05:30Comments on Swami Vivekananda Quotes: Swami Vivekananda's Education LifeTito Duttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140232404385696386noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753703022822463479.post-30735362307477698392018-04-30T13:19:12.856+05:302018-04-30T13:19:12.856+05:30Thank you for your comments. Thank you for your comments. Tito Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140232404385696386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753703022822463479.post-65092598118736683682018-04-30T13:14:57.073+05:302018-04-30T13:14:57.073+05:30This is Prof. Rajagopal Chattopadhyaya from Calcut...This is Prof. Rajagopal Chattopadhyaya from Calcutta, author of 'SV in India : A Corrective Biography' (1999). Thank you for citing my book, but Narendranath's marks in various examinations were first published by late Sailendranath Dhar in his 'Comprehensive Biography' (1975, 1990), as I have mentioned. However, it lay hidden in his footnotes (or references). Actually, most readers learned about those mediocre results from my 'Corrective Biography' (pp.30-31) and even earlier from my Bengali book, 'Mythmukta Vivekananda' (1998, p.14). Therefore Manishanker got this info from my books, as not many had bothered to read Dhar's footnotes. I have not read Gopal Shrinivas Banhatti's book so I don't know how he came to the conclusion that Narendranath was the only one to obtain first class from Metropolitan Institution in 1879. I don't see how the discussions by Piusa or Hitesh are relevant, when late Swami Gambhirananda (famous biographer and president of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission) has admitted that Narendranath's results were mediocre by contemporary standards. Rajagopal Chattopadhyayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753703022822463479.post-9962214302677893832016-04-07T04:06:28.829+05:302016-04-07T04:06:28.829+05:30I am 80 and even in my days in India, 65 - 60 year...I am 80 and even in my days in India, 65 - 60 years ago (shortly after Independence), the examination papers had essay type questions and answers were essays. The length of the answers depended on how much the student knew about the subject and how well he/she could write. 60% score was first class, and 34% was pass. The 'multiple choice" answers for examination (call them "tic-tac-toe" system) had not arrived in India. There was no "negative scoring" - in which if you made one mistake, you lost one point, if you made 10 mistakes, you lost 10 points and got a score of 90 and "A" grade! How wonderful. Making mistakes is no big deal! In USA, these days, the promotion through high school is almost "social." Every child moves with the class - prepared or not and unprepared students finally drop out of high school. "No child left behind" has not solved it. Education also has to do with family and society and culture; it is not just schools,teachers, programs and facilities. In short, Narendra (Swami Vivekananda) was obviously a gifted child (witness the acumen he showed later) who was also fortunate to be born in a well to do and highly educated family with educated friends and other family members. The rest is history. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753703022822463479.post-9150324351131763932015-10-24T16:00:40.198+05:302015-10-24T16:00:40.198+05:30sea doent need a drop offf water
sea doent need a drop offf water<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059334161870393664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753703022822463479.post-77625754543546005082015-10-24T15:55:58.208+05:302015-10-24T15:55:58.208+05:30Sea dont need a drop of water
Sea dont need a drop of water<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059334161870393664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753703022822463479.post-26814442477961644682014-10-20T10:02:43.825+05:302014-10-20T10:02:43.825+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00304919330362890893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753703022822463479.post-17753271972783341322014-05-11T15:06:01.554+05:302014-05-11T15:06:01.554+05:30The % of marks doesn't value as that's the...The % of marks doesn't value as that's the score one is given for the training government is providing to fit into the system since age 3 1/2....so it clearly shows he was not interested in the structured education but in cosmic one...unlike most he was not a parrot...but an enlightened soul...love this one to bits...reminded me of my spiritual growth probably not as powerful as his but somewhere at the corner ringing and standing tall with its uniqueness....<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08176300290400764887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753703022822463479.post-90832135433502156362014-05-11T13:32:47.676+05:302014-05-11T13:32:47.676+05:30That's a good comment. Yes, Swamiji was not sa...That's a good comment. Yes, Swamiji <a href="http://www.swamivivekanandaquotes.org/2014/05/defects-of-current-education-system.html" rel="nofollow">was not satisfied</a> with India's that time's education system: Tito Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140232404385696386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4753703022822463479.post-11446906756716597502014-05-11T13:23:59.350+05:302014-05-11T13:23:59.350+05:30The % of marks doesn't value as that's the...The % of marks doesn't value as that's the score one is given for the training government is providing to fit into the system since age 3 1/2....so it clearly shows he was not interested in the structured education but in cosmic one...unlike most he was not a parrot...but an enlightened soul...love this one to bits...reminded me of my spiritual growth probably not as powerful as his but somewhere at the corner ringing and standing tall with its uniqueness....<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08176300290400764887noreply@blogger.com