Do children need textbooks in the class!

Should children carry textbooks to schools? Is classroom meant for reading textbooks? Do children learn anything more by bringing textbooks to the class? What is the use of textbooks in the class?

In the class, let them learn by listening to teachers, discussing, and taking notes. Let teachers do the job. Encourage more discussion, asking questions. Encourage students to ask questions.

Teachers can give reference to the pages and chapter in textbooks for the day's portion and students can note it down in their notebook so that they can read textbooks at home. If this is given in advance, they can come to class after reading the portion in advance.

If students study looking or reading textbooks in the class, then it is better to do homeschooling.

My child carry a bag with full of notebooks and textbooks which weighs more than one-fourth of his body weight!

Today, The Times of India carried on its front page a news regarding Kerala High Court's notice to the centre on heavy schoolbags. 

CBSE already have a directive in place to reduce the weight of school bags, but it is never followed by many schools. 

Back to the hobby of reading books

Getting back to the rhythm of reading books, the hobby which had lost its steam past many years! Though I never stopped buying books, these often remained in the shelf! The reading had reduced to reading the articles on the internet, academic books related to studies, social media posts. However, it has changed this year! I am delighted to realise that I read five books already this year and a couple of books are in the queue which I can complete before the end of this year! I could not stop writing about this!

The books I read this year which I recall are:

1. Letters from a Father to his Daughter by Jawaharlal Nehru

2. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi.

3. Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action by Simon Sinek

4. Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing - Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth by Renee Mauborgne, W. Chan Kim

5. The Power of your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy

In the queue for reading
1. Budhanum Sankaranum Pinne Njaanum [ ബുദ്ധനും ശങ്കരനും പിന്നെ ഞാനും ] (Malayalam) by Muralee Thummarukudy



2. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma