We thought of saving a few grand (Rs. 6000) on the school fee and paid the entire amount for a year at one go. Its been 3 months since Ridhima went to her senior KG and she has hardly attended her school for a week. The summer vacation has again been extended from 11 June to the 18 June siting some flimsy infrastructure issues. We are regretting paying the hefty amount. We should have changed the school altogether.
Ridhima, on the other hand, is happy staying back at home making her life better with her toys and the books given to her by her school. She already has mugged most of her yearly syllabus and knows most of the lessons and more. Youtube is still close to her heart and she can forget everything watching 'Pepa Pig' a cartoon series with a heavy Britsh accent. I asked her once if she at all understands the foreign language called English and she nodded 'yes' watching the next episode. She knows the words and sentences well, so much so she loves the original series in English more than the Hindi version that comes on the TV, once in a while. I don't know where my girl is headed to.
Take this, I after so much resistance from my peers and my college got my admission into BA in English Literature. I swear to god, I didn't understand a thing for two long months, what the classes were for and what the lecturers used to talk about. It took me months to figure out how to understand the language. I look at Ridhima today with sheer disbelief.
This is not only about language but the level of exposure kids have got to learn and understand their world. The Internet has been a catalyst no doubt in the phenomenal growth story of human civilization.
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| With her uncle |
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