Thursday, February 20, 2014

TED/Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement

When you talk about India, it's a lot more different than what you had in mind. It's true that most of their people are living under famines and in hunger; they aren't rich and yes, most of their skin color is brown. However, a lot of the Indians aren't just capable of doing labor work, but many of the brains hold true genius ideas.

It's known that many Indians have gift, and talent in computer technology, and science, including mathematics calculation. We hadn't yet figured out whether it has something to do with their culture, or the environment they are born. The government took care of this advantage and started building colleges called the barefoot villages, where scholars, students inside are treated equally, and you can explore any kinds of regions, or subjects as you want.

This helps the people of India, the ones who are smart, and have the ambition to learn, and those who crave more knowledge to dig in deeper of the territories that interest them. Therefore, India can reach the summit of putting their men in the right categories.

As for the barefoot movement, it's quite new to the outside world, but not the first. However, India is the one that actually put it into practical use and started building it, enlisting people throughout the whole country. This kind of village isn't like any of our colleges, they don't have professors or principals, nor is anyone called a student or junior. These talented people study, share their progress willingly with their companions, trying to find and achieve the best for the country. Isn't it wonderful? No doubt it is.

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