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Boaring studies ?

 Boaring studies ?  Sometimes a boy from neighbourhood comes to me . He asks me to teach him the lessons already taught by his teachers. In every subject he wants something from me. He is learning in ninth standard in a well known school in a city . When I asked him how his teachers teach ? He said that  they come and read the lesson . That is the easiest way of teaching ! When I asked him further he told me that they never elaborate the similar  meanings of many words. Sometimes they don't say it even in a single word ! They don't try to know whether the students have understood or not ! I thought it as their method. At least they read aloud and something falls on the ears of students ! How much goes in head through the ears is a different thing !  I thought that this reading method has helped students to some extent. At least they know the pronunciations and how to read ! But when I asked this boy to read , he went on just reading as though he is running for a...