Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Ro@School

It was Parent’s Day at Ro’s school today. Through my school days, these were the most dreaded days as the teachers were usually full of praises for the high graders and for those parents whose children were doomed for mediocrity, there was always earnest sympathy.

But this time, as a parent, things are surprisingly different. The children, all forty of them in Standard 2, performed in various dances ranging from a popular Kannada song to a filmy Qawali. Ro was a part of the goanese song “Galiyan sanchi”. The best part was that the children enjoyed performing and was without a shade of nervousness of being on stage. Their smiles overshadowed the oft missed steps and mis-formed lines.

Most of all, there was no pressure to perform. Some may say it’s a bad idea since pressure goads the child to do better, but I would rather have a happy child enjoying himself than a super-smart wizkid. Thank you.

4 comments:

Ekta said...

awww thats soo cute!!!

Anonymous said...

Interesting that you can capture the video and display it in public!

In the schools in the UK, the fear of weirdos is so great that cameras and video cameras are not allowed in even kindergarten kids' nativity plays.

Niladri said...

Well done Ro .....

Shreyasi Deb said...

That's so cute!