Board-Based or Broad-Based Education?

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Sai Ram to all

I would like to share this story with all of you. a good story.

hought of sharing the following small story with you all

Board-Based or Broad-Based Education?

Some animals in a forest decided to start a school. The students included a

bird, a squirrel, a fish, a dog, a rabbit, and a mentally retarded eel. A board

was formed and it was decided that flying, tree climbing, swimming and burrowing

would be part of the curriculum in order to give a broad-based education. All

animals were required to take all subjects.

The Bird was excellent at flying and was getting 'As’ but when it came to

burrowing, it kept breaking its beak and wings and started failing. Pretty

soon, it started making 'Cs’ in flying and of course in tree climbing and

swimming it was getting 'Fs’. The Squirrel was great at tree climbing and was

getting 'As’, but was failing in swimming. The Fish was the best swimmer but

could not get out of the water and got 'Fs’ in everything else. The Dog did not

join the school, stopped paying taxes and kept fighting with the administration

to include barking as part of the curriculum. The Rabbit got 'As’ in burrowing

but tree climbing was a real problem. It kept failing and landing on its head,

suffered brain damage, and soon could not burrow properly and got 'Cs’ in that

too.

The mentally retarded Eel, who did everything half as well became the

valedictorian of the class. The board was happy because everybody was getting a

broad-based education.

But - Broad-based education really means is that the student is prepared for

life, without losing their areas of specialization or competence.