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The English Rule and our Education System

What? You are not comfortable with speaking english. You are of no worth. Heard these lines earlier and thought about how your skills and intelligence is associated with speaking english? If yes, then you are at the right place. Welcome back to ShekharArena!

In the last blog, we saw a candidate struggling with his interview just because he was a bit less confident in speaking and understanding english. He always knew what he was supposed to say, but he wasn't able to speak well.

English is not associated with intelligence 
Yes, you heard it right. This mentality needs to be declined soon. Just because someone is not confident enough to speak a language publicly does not mean he is worthless, or any lesser intelligent than someone who does. People in Germany speak german, in Japan they speak Japanese but Indians speak english, no? Why?
Why are we ashamed to speak our native/regional languages? We have a diverse culture of languages. There should not be any shame in speaking hindi, marathi, bhojpuri, maithili or any of the languages/dialects we have. We should see English just as a means of global communication, that's it.

Our education system should be more application-based. Students should understand where trigonometry, reflection of light or distilled water is actually used in real life. Further to this, it should focus on agile skills instead of being a marks based race. Hence, the next time someone associates your intelligence with speaking
skills, just ask them a question-Why is it so?
Let me know if you get any answers.

Be clear, confident and agile. Rest comes with time.

Please let me know what you think of this communication skill. Also, tell us your experiences.

Till then, stay smiling as you are right now. 😀

Comments

  1. VivekJuly 31, 2020 at 6:08 AM

    Very much relevant! People should understand the difference between necessity and essentiality of speaking English.

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  2. AshutoshJuly 31, 2020 at 6:37 AM

    But still we need a common language to communicate with diverse people. So much diversity in language and culture is not present in the countries mentioned in the blog. So they can use their most spoken language as an official language. It could have been Hindi for us, but whole South and part of west India revolted against that, and rightly so. In interviews also, basic communication skills are only required, you don't need to have a high understanding in grammer or vocabulary.

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    1. Shekhar's ArenaJuly 31, 2020 at 10:27 AM

      Yes, we need a common language to communicate globally, but it can only be seen as a communication mode.

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  3. Richa VermaJuly 31, 2020 at 7:00 AM

    It is not bad to b a student of a foreign language but we must understand the importance of Our national and regional languages as well. Thank You 💐 for this writing. And government of India has also showed a glimpse of your idea in new education policy. Keep it up.

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    1. Shekhar's ArenaJuly 31, 2020 at 10:29 AM

      Agreed. You are most welcome, Ma'am!
      Hope the government is able to implement these ammendments.

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  4. Surya KantJuly 31, 2020 at 8:01 AM

    Very nice ...we should proud of our language 👌

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  5. Shekhar's ArenaJuly 31, 2020 at 10:29 AM

    Thanks, buddy!

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  6. SatyarupaJuly 31, 2020 at 11:31 PM

    Amazing write up,,👍👍

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  7. Neeraj KumarAugust 1, 2020 at 12:36 AM

    We still need a common language to communicate with diverse people.so they can use their most spoken language as an official language.we need much diversity in language and culture is not present in the countries mentioned here.it could have been hindi for us,but whole south and part of West India revolted against that and rightly so.in interview also basic communication required there you don't need to have a high vocabulary or grammar understand there.

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    1. Shekhar's ArenaAugust 1, 2020 at 7:41 AM

      True.
      But this blog is not about neglecting importance of English, it's about the obsession we have made out of this.

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  8. MakAugust 1, 2020 at 1:49 AM

    Bro... We all know this and still we all are following the same path. As i am working as teacher. If you speak to much of Hindi even people will start judging you...
    Even in our capital city Delhi if you speak Hindi in bihari touch. They will not hire you... Mere bache ko bihari bana dega...
    Who all these people are? These are all of us only.
    And even the government hasn't taken any step for this.
    They accepted word India instead of Bharat...
    Hopefully we have got a new education policy but i i know this also going to failure...
    Are German japanese are not Global. Then why we need to be global by speaking English.
    I was reading a book in which math problems were written in Sanskrit sholoka. I couldn't read that... Who is responsible for this? It's me or my english speaking society.

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    1. Shekhar's ArenaAugust 1, 2020 at 7:42 AM

      The education system and we are both responsible. Let's change this together!

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  9. I love petsAugust 1, 2020 at 8:10 AM

    I believe that english is important ... But what really matters is are u talented ... .
    Eng being a global lang we need to know it to a limit that we dont face communicating our thoughts ....
    But talent is the most imp thing

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  10. RaushanAugust 1, 2020 at 3:30 PM

    As long as you can communicate with others by any media should be sufficient. But I agree we have this barrier and taboo in our society. Think it will take lot of time to get rid of this in the mentality or may be it will never happen that we respect our regional things. Language is just an example.

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    1. Shekhar's ArenaAugust 1, 2020 at 7:17 PM

      That's right. At least we can try our bit to change this mindset.

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  11. UnknownAugust 2, 2020 at 4:32 AM

    very true

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  12. UnknownAugust 2, 2020 at 5:55 AM

    Well said

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  13. VishnumayaAugust 15, 2020 at 2:53 AM

    Well said..

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