Thursday, November 17, 2005
LKG Thavarugal... @
By Whoosh 2 @ 12:52 am      18 Comments
We see so much violence around us these days.. Let it be Saddam Hussain or George Bush, Abu Salem or Veerappan, Saurav Ganguly or Greg Chappel, there is violence everywhere... Ever wondered why people these days are so violent?? Some say it was the company that they kept when they were in college. Some say it is the workplace which is the contributing factor. Maybe. Some tamil gnaana-vists would say "Kali kaalam muthipochi".. I feel it is none of these. I would put the blame squarely on our LKG and UKG teachers (Rona maam, sorry for pulling u into this :D ). Yes folks, the violence was instilled into us right from the time we were in Kindergarten and asking us to forget all that we learnt back then is not an easy task. Sumaa vaa solli irukaanga "Aindhil valaiyaadhadhu Ainbadhil valayumaa??" nnu.. Anju la valanjidichi, irubathanjila pogumaa?? Here is just a few drops of what we learnt in Kindergarten.

"Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after."

Here we were taught how a peaceful, calm situation can be turned violent. We were taught how Jack had his head split open and ultimately perishes to it. The practice of 'Sati' (Killing of the wife when the husband dies) is also taught here. Jack fell down and hence Jill also had to fall down, lest the society would foul upon her... Bad Bad.. Now to my next example..

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the King's horses and all the King's men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again."


Here we learn about how a poor guy called Humpty sat on a "kutti-suvaru" and avan eppadi kuttisuvaraa ponaan-nnu. We were taught how this fellow fell down and dislocated every part of his body that even the mighty king was not able to do anything about it. Bad.. Bad.. Next..


"London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady."

Well, we all know that Nero played the fiddle when Rome was burning. And we all detested that. And rightly so. But did anyone ever wonder why Nero actually did that? His teacher in UKG taught him the above nursery rhyme. He was asked to sing this song when London bridge was actually falling down. They didnt teach him to dial 911 and ask for assistance. Neither did they teach him to perform first aid to all those poor people who might have been on the bridge when the tragedy occured. They asked him to sing! And guess what -- as a result, he thought it was correct to play the fiddle when Rome burnt.. It aint his mistake, people!

Next,

"Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O,
And on his farm he had a duck, E I E I O.
With a quack quack here and a quack quack there,
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack quack.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O."

Here our teachers taught us that a fellow called MacDonald became a quack. Now, honestly, teaching about stealing and cheating shouldnt really be a part of the Kindergarten syllabi. If they really had to teach this, they could have started a seperate course called "How to become a quack in 24 days"..

And thats not all.. Take a look at this attempted homicide..

" Ding, dong, bell,
Pussy's in the well.
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Green."

Why wasnt Johnny Green booked under IPC 106?? Why do our teachers make him a hero and teach about him in class? Why do we have to know about the mis-deeds of one Mr.Johnny Green? And that too at KG level.. Please!!!!!

We, the citizens of this esteemed country, need to take a stand and control what the young ones of today are taught in class. We were most unfortunate that we were taught to be violent right from childhood, but let this not continue. Join the noble cause.. Protest.. BE VIOLENT!!!!

Psst: The latest agitation against Kushbooooooooo and Suhasini can also be attributed to the same violence.

Vikkki.
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