November 23, 1941 (Pabna satsang Ashram; now at Bangladesh) The day had hardly
dawned. Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra was just awake and was sitting on his
bedstead. Teachers of Tapovan were present. Someone asked, "Children do not feel
the necessity of reading the books that are thrust on them in their student life
; they do not get any interest in them ?"
Sri Sri Thakur : "If the education is imparted through work and play, this
situation cannot arise. Perhaps you make a Railway Train with the boys and say,
`I'll give it a start. Just blow the whistle and wave the green flag.' The boys
will unconsciously learn a lot through this kind of play. They will acquire the
knowledge of many things with zeal from books if they feel the need of knowing
the process of making things. They will not have to struggle hard to remember
them. They do not forget a word when they read novels, but they do not remember
a single event in the Battle of Trafalgar. This problem disappears if it is
presented to them in the right way. The teacher has to go on inventing various
activities and games of novel type. There is a feeling of intoxication infused
in the students then. Theoretical studies should follow only when one has a
stand on the practical work. If the student is unsuccessful, the teacher is
responsible. One has to find out the distinctive interest in each by watching
him in his field work. One has to observe the type of activity and the type of
story each one is interested in. `One of my students is not able to make
progress.' This means that I have not been able to enter through his done of
interest."
dawned. Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra was just awake and was sitting on his
bedstead. Teachers of Tapovan were present. Someone asked, "Children do not feel
the necessity of reading the books that are thrust on them in their student life
; they do not get any interest in them ?"
Sri Sri Thakur : "If the education is imparted through work and play, this
situation cannot arise. Perhaps you make a Railway Train with the boys and say,
`I'll give it a start. Just blow the whistle and wave the green flag.' The boys
will unconsciously learn a lot through this kind of play. They will acquire the
knowledge of many things with zeal from books if they feel the need of knowing
the process of making things. They will not have to struggle hard to remember
them. They do not forget a word when they read novels, but they do not remember
a single event in the Battle of Trafalgar. This problem disappears if it is
presented to them in the right way. The teacher has to go on inventing various
activities and games of novel type. There is a feeling of intoxication infused
in the students then. Theoretical studies should follow only when one has a
stand on the practical work. If the student is unsuccessful, the teacher is
responsible. One has to find out the distinctive interest in each by watching
him in his field work. One has to observe the type of activity and the type of
story each one is interested in. `One of my students is not able to make
progress.' This means that I have not been able to enter through his done of
interest."
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