I am lucky to be in one of the better junior colleges in Pune (my home city). They had us give a MENSA Test. The people who score above 98%ile (98 percentile) are eligible to join MENSA. My score was on the 90%ile, which, of course, I consider less than expected. I blame it on forgetting to drink coffee that day. It may sound like an excuse, but I do have a sharp memory for trivial things.
For students scoring 90%ile and above, mentoring sessions took place, and we discussed on the same topic as the title of this post.
One cannot stop learning - understanding something that is around us.
One can stop studying - systematic method of learning, based on a curriculum - to some extent.
The problem with learning is that it is not always related to the curriculum, i.e. related to your studies. So, this learning is construed as wasting your time. My own experience was learning to solve differential equations in the 8th Std. (when I was 13 years old), but it was not to be a part of the syllabus till now in 12th Std. (I am 16 years old as on this day).
The problem with studying is very well-known. For the average student, there is the least number of problems. That is attributed to the fact that the curriculum is designed to meet the needs of the average student. The problems of the below-average are, again, entirely different. I want to deal with the problems of the above-average.
For most in this category, they are cruising over the curriculum - on top of everything. But for the rest (e.g. me), understanding is not a problem, nor is writing answers in the examination - one can recall almost all points and frame the answer in situ. The problem is with the system. For the average student, memorising is not such a difficulty. The above-average student considers it an insult to his/her mental capability to need to memorise something. This means that displaying question banks, and asking direct questions straight from textbooks puts the above-average at a disadvantage, or rather takes away their advantage.
I have a friend in college. He is not as interested in studies, but loves learning computer science and programming and so on, which is not part of his studies.
I would like to appreciate the JEE Adv. Paper setters (if you haven't heard of the JEE, refer my first post; the Adv. is the 2nd stage of the examination), for drafting questions which in turn appreciate the abilities of the good learner, and not the one who studies by rote. I know that it is quite obvious that I do not like rote.
You might also be thinking that I have a high regard for myself - I do. My name is Eashaan Godbole (pronounced as ee'shaan god'bolay). My initials in my mother toungue Marathi are 'eego', which I consider to be 'ego'. One may feel this is a show of egotism, but I feel it keeps me pushing forward.
For students scoring 90%ile and above, mentoring sessions took place, and we discussed on the same topic as the title of this post.
One cannot stop learning - understanding something that is around us.
One can stop studying - systematic method of learning, based on a curriculum - to some extent.
The problem with learning is that it is not always related to the curriculum, i.e. related to your studies. So, this learning is construed as wasting your time. My own experience was learning to solve differential equations in the 8th Std. (when I was 13 years old), but it was not to be a part of the syllabus till now in 12th Std. (I am 16 years old as on this day).
The problem with studying is very well-known. For the average student, there is the least number of problems. That is attributed to the fact that the curriculum is designed to meet the needs of the average student. The problems of the below-average are, again, entirely different. I want to deal with the problems of the above-average.
For most in this category, they are cruising over the curriculum - on top of everything. But for the rest (e.g. me), understanding is not a problem, nor is writing answers in the examination - one can recall almost all points and frame the answer in situ. The problem is with the system. For the average student, memorising is not such a difficulty. The above-average student considers it an insult to his/her mental capability to need to memorise something. This means that displaying question banks, and asking direct questions straight from textbooks puts the above-average at a disadvantage, or rather takes away their advantage.
I have a friend in college. He is not as interested in studies, but loves learning computer science and programming and so on, which is not part of his studies.
I would like to appreciate the JEE Adv. Paper setters (if you haven't heard of the JEE, refer my first post; the Adv. is the 2nd stage of the examination), for drafting questions which in turn appreciate the abilities of the good learner, and not the one who studies by rote. I know that it is quite obvious that I do not like rote.
You might also be thinking that I have a high regard for myself - I do. My name is Eashaan Godbole (pronounced as ee'shaan god'bolay). My initials in my mother toungue Marathi are 'eego', which I consider to be 'ego'. One may feel this is a show of egotism, but I feel it keeps me pushing forward.
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