Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Two plants - true story

Around four months ago I had been to Lalbagh. I picked up a drumstick plant and a pepper vine from the nursery. These were planted in the garden and soon enough the drumstick plant started growing. The rate was astounding- a new leaf in the morning would be grown into a full fledged one by evening. I kept wondering how high this plant would eventually reach. At the same time the pepper vine showed absolutely no signs of growth. It remained as it was on the day it was planted. The only saving grace was that the leaves were not drying up. While this was going on for a couple of weeks, disaster struck the drumstick plant in the form of a bandicoot which routinely digs up our garden. It had been uprooted and the roots destroyed. My wife tried to transplant it into a pot but it was of no use. That was the end of a great promising beginning. On the other hand the pepper plant continued its hibernation....
Just a couple of days ago after several months and several rains, the pepper plant has stirred to life and finally given out shoots!
Moral of the story is ...

2 comments:

Krishnan N (Shyam) said...

Now, what if carrying the "burden" is more education than the content?! What if it is more important for the child to do what he's not good at than what he is?

Regards,
krishnan

Jaga said...

Krishnan your comment has ended up on the wrong post. But the intent of this post was within the scope of the current educational framework. The question about the framework itself is a much larger one which I am aware of and read about various attempts to define an alternative. However my own personal experience in it is limited. Would love to know if you have been experimenting on the same...