Those who 'can', Do - Those who cannot , Teach

I have always felt that the above average student in India is treated unfairly at all levels. At the high school level, there is this tension between knowing more v/s cramming more. Most exceptional students manage to gain knowledge and with the wisdom of remaining in the top of the class can be right at the top. Now, an above average kid, in her effort to get to the top on many occasion fails to grasp the real reason for going to school and that is 'gaining knowledge'. But even as this student enters the halls of universities, the same mentality prevails, nay, is aggravated by teachers who have limited knowledge and no motivation for increasing it in their own subject. Barring the IITs, IIMs and NITs there are few places where you can find teachers who teach, motivate and more importantly 'guide' the student to do research. Even some exceptional students end up not pushing thier limits during the critical years of undergraduate studies because of this lack of motivation on part of the teachers.

What we need right now is people who "can" and who "teach" to eradicate the widespread prevalence of "those who can, do - those who cannot, teach" thinking of the society.

I believe Dr. Narlikar's article (previous post) should insipire those above average students who have risen in their post-graduation lives to come back and change this mentality.