Boarding School’s Pros and Cons

Parents that relocate often due to work have a problem with their children's education continuity that's the reason they opt for Boarding schools. But most of the parents are in dilemma whether they should or shouldn't send their kids to boarding school. Boarding school has its pros and cons like any other school. Let's have a glance on those factors.

Students of boarding school are very self-dependent, disciplined and well educated as student has to take care of himself other than just studies. Though boarding school can't provide the love, nurturing, and watchful eye of a parent, still most of the parents prefer boarding school as they feel education is important.

Each child has different mentality and family background, and due to this they face compatibility problem resulting homesickness. Homesick is a word which all students are aware, as they go through that one or the other day.

Boarding school Cons

• Lack of well-rounded social exposure
• Inferiority complex from seeing others excel in academics and sports
• Possibility of falling into destructive groups or cliques
• Lack of well-rounded social exposure
• Homesickness and less bonding with parents

Boarding School Pros

• More self-reliance and time management
• Teachers get to know and understand the students and teach them well
• Lifelong friendships and traditionally stronger social networks
• Better opportunity for self-assessment through extra-curricular activities
• More opportunities for teamwork and to explore interests and potential

The boarding school debate is endless. Decision to send kid to boarding schools should be based on a thoughtful analysis of the kid in question with unique challenges associated with growing up away from home.

Parents Play a Vital Role for Childs Psychology

My friend Sindhu is a Counselor for school kids. Thought of sharing some experiences of her while counseling and teaching. First let me tell you about Sindhu, she is my friend from class 1, she is a very active girl from childhood. Sindhu was the first person to contact if her friends/classmates had some issues, she always uses to have some or the other solution for the issue. May be that's the reason she took this profession and doing with efficiency.

She shared some of hers counseling experiences with me, according to her primary class students are very tuff to counseled. They are very innocent by which we can't explain her in a matured manner we need to be very patient with them. One boy of 1st STD failed in his exams due to health problems he was a good student. He was forced to repeat his class, he wasn't ready for that, and he wanted to sit with his friends of his previous year class. He was disturbed and was loosing interest in studies; he stopped talking with others in-fact with his parents also. Sindhu counseled him with great difficulty as he is innocent, in first 2-3 sessions he dint even look up, slowly he got close to her and was very comfortable with her. She at last convinced that child and soon he was like before happy and joyful.

Parents play a vital role for Child's mentality but most of the parents are working and have very less time for their kids. They feel lonely and develop bad habits like smoking, drinking especially teenagers. One girl was addicted to drugs, after counseling sindhu came to know most of her friends do the same when they feel lonely……that's really pity. She had conversation with all her friends and had a successful session; she helped them to explain that parents work for them to give them better life, she took them to orphanage to show how kids are alone no body to take care and they are much better than those orphans. She had a separate counseling for parents, she told them the situation and explained them to spend some time and talk with them at least on weekends by which kids understand them and cooperate.

Counseling can be defined as interpersonal, theory-based process of helping children who are physically healthy but have developmental and situational issues. As I mentioned earlier parents play a vital role for child's psychology mentality, so parents should take care of their kids and talk with them as much as possible. Be a tutor to your develop child's psychology. Counselors do their part but parents are the ones who are close to kids.

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NASA scientist Sunita Willams India visit

Talking about Indian children going to NASA, turn the tables and we are remember of NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams's recent trip to India (her ancestral home).

My friends weren't pleased with the hype and coverage being given to Ms. Williams during her India trip. It probably spurred from the fact that Ms Williams is an American citizen and a patriot.
However lets get things straight and consider the positives her influence and the media coverage has had. It has benefited so many people, those spread across regions and communities. For them her nationality and loyalty all seem so negligible considering what they can learn from her. Her visit goes beyond the interest in her recent space odyssey, it was also advice that she gave as sound bites that made news.

Every sentence uttered by her made sense, and though not all of it were rocket science, it always felt good to be hear her views.
She spoke often about how beautiful planet Earth was from space and how it was the responsibility of every individual to ensure it remained that way.

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She said "One may or may not get an opportunity to become an astronaut. But the important thing is to strive and shine in one's chosen discipline of study."

Kids today don't need words as much motivation as they need inspiration, kudos to Sunita Williams for playing her part in both.