Comments on: Good schools prefer housewives http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-schools-prefer-housewives Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:40:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anon http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-14605 Anon Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:54:16 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-14605 Hi, We are planning to go back to India this year and most probably, live and work in Bangalore. I have two boys born and brought up in the US. I was wondering if you had any idea on good schools(that are not too expensive either) that would be an easy transition for my kids(my older one is not too enthusiastic about India and both my kids are not ready for the academic rigor). Thank you. Hi,

We are planning to go back to India this year and most probably, live and work in Bangalore. I have two boys born and brought up in the US. I was wondering if you had any idea on good schools(that are not too expensive either) that would be an easy transition for my kids(my older one is not too enthusiastic about India and both my kids are not ready for the academic rigor). Thank you.

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]]> By: Leelavathi N Rao http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-12714 Leelavathi N Rao Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:26:38 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-12714 It's not at all a shocking note. Education is at par with business now. Days are gone when we considered education as one of the most philanthropic jobs. I have an interesting fact to tell here. Here, in Ahmedabad in India, when children are given assignments from schools, there are readymade solutions for these assignments available at market for a price! What would be the outcome of our future generation at this rate! Even after Schools charge exorbitant donations/fees, parents still send their wards to high profile tutorials/coaching class paying thousands and lakhs. Parents rush to send their angelic children to tuition classes barely when the tiny tots are 5 years old to secure their future. Let alone getting a job, getting an admission in a school / college is a dream come true now. It’s not at all a shocking note. Education is at par with business now. Days are gone when we considered education as one of the most philanthropic jobs.
I have an interesting fact to tell here. Here, in Ahmedabad in India, when children are given assignments from schools, there are readymade solutions for these assignments available at market for a price! What would be the outcome of our future generation at this rate! Even after Schools charge exorbitant donations/fees, parents still send their wards to high profile tutorials/coaching class paying thousands and lakhs. Parents rush to send their angelic children to tuition classes barely when the tiny tots are 5 years old to secure their future.
Let alone getting a job, getting an admission in a school / college is a dream come true now.

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]]> By: List of Male Bloggers in Danger… « The Life and Times of an Indian Homemaker http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-12657 List of Male Bloggers in Danger… « The Life and Times of an Indian Homemaker Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:09:52 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-12657 [...] Good schools prefer housewives [...] [...] Good schools prefer housewives [...]

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]]> By: Deepa http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-12632 Deepa Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:44:04 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-12632 Excellant post. And yet, schools like this continue to flourish and earn badges as being 'good schools'. I've heard that Padma Shesadhri in Chennai - one of the elite schools - requires that you register for admission when you're pregnant. Thats how long the waiting list is. And in the admission form, you are required to declare your caste. Imagine that! You can guess what the caste profile of this school would look like. Why are there no protests against this type of reservation? My sister - hard core career woman - was telling me about the proceedings of a PTA meeting at her daughter's school. One of the mothers present wanted a change in school timings so that the child could come home and have a 'hot lunch'. Naturally my sister hit the roof. She's not home during lunch time. Good think the 'hot mother' was out voted!! :) Excellant post. And yet, schools like this continue to flourish and earn badges as being ‘good schools’. I’ve heard that Padma Shesadhri in Chennai – one of the elite schools – requires that you register for admission when you’re pregnant. Thats how long the waiting list is. And in the admission form, you are required to declare your caste. Imagine that! You can guess what the caste profile of this school would look like. Why are there no protests against this type of reservation?

My sister – hard core career woman – was telling me about the proceedings of a PTA meeting at her daughter’s school. One of the mothers present wanted a change in school timings so that the child could come home and have a ‘hot lunch’. Naturally my sister hit the roof. She’s not home during lunch time. Good think the ‘hot mother’ was out voted!! :)

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]]> By: Joanne http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-1784 Joanne Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:30:15 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-1784 Yep, racism and sexism know no boundaries! So, all in all Neo, perhaps you and Mrs Neo are better off with the school rejection, eh? :) Yep, racism and sexism know no boundaries!

So, all in all Neo, perhaps you and Mrs Neo are better off with the school rejection, eh? :)

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]]> By: Shefaly http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-1777 Shefaly Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:05:28 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-1777 Joanne I can think of a parallel situation here in London. When Indians passport holders apply for a visa to travel to European countries, situations can arise where the husband with a job does not get a visa with random excuses offered but the wife who lists "housewife" as her occupation gets one instantly. Misogyny is a universal trait. Presumably having a job (or saying you have a job) is proof of employability and therefore you are at risk of getting a job and staying back in Greece or France (ha ha ha! But that is another discussion). If you don't have a job, you are safe for you will come back to serve at the feet of your provider/ husband. Joanne

I can think of a parallel situation here in London. When Indians passport holders apply for a visa to travel to European countries, situations can arise where the husband with a job does not get a visa with random excuses offered but the wife who lists “housewife” as her occupation gets one instantly. Misogyny is a universal trait. Presumably having a job (or saying you have a job) is proof of employability and therefore you are at risk of getting a job and staying back in Greece or France (ha ha ha! But that is another discussion). If you don’t have a job, you are safe for you will come back to serve at the feet of your provider/ husband.

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]]> By: Joanne http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-1774 Joanne Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:20:06 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-1774 Urban Legend (for a Bangalore school) that I have heard: A "working-outside-of-home" mother listed herself as "housewife" for the purpose of her child's school admission, said child got the coveted admission, school got wind of mom's "working" status, and troubled her for a few months by asking her to come to school at all odd hours in the morning and afternoon for "meetings" (presumably to force her to spill the beans. :) Don't know about the veracity of this, but I can imagine the amount of homework and number of school projects that need to get done that such ULs are spawned! Urban Legend (for a Bangalore school) that I have heard:

A “working-outside-of-home” mother listed herself as “housewife” for the purpose of her child’s school admission, said child got the coveted admission, school got wind of mom’s “working” status, and troubled her for a few months by asking her to come to school at all odd hours in the morning and afternoon for “meetings” (presumably to force her to spill the beans. :)
Don’t know about the veracity of this, but I can imagine the amount of homework and number of school projects that need to get done that such ULs are spawned!

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]]> By: neo http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-1744 neo Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:13:20 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-1744 @Joanne Interesting update: We filled out another school application, and lied about my wife's status (i.e. we put "homemaker" as a profession). We still got rejected. I'm beginning to think it's a conspiracy. Either that, or the 6 page cover letter is a bit much. :-) @Joanne

Interesting update: We filled out another school application, and lied about my wife’s status (i.e. we put “homemaker” as a profession). We still got rejected. I’m beginning to think it’s a conspiracy. Either that, or the 6 page cover letter is a bit much. :-)

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]]> By: Joanne http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-1708 Joanne Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:32:01 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-1708 The "commenters" above are absolutely right, it is the same case almost everywhere and it a tad unfair to criticize just the schools in India, don't you think? The “commenters” above are absolutely right, it is the same case almost everywhere and it a tad unfair to criticize just the schools in India, don’t you think?

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]]> By: sloc http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-1644 sloc Thu, 28 May 2009 12:20:37 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-1644 Err.. my son studies in one of KPG's schools - the interview was with me and lasted for 2 mins.. the decision was already made - they like educated housewives (well a graduate from a decent univ) and a dad who slogs his butt off and earns shitloads of moolah to pay for the fees and other thinggies.. But my brat loves the school and well, for a distracted coot that he is, the teacher has actually made him focus a bit - he does focus at home, but then the missus makes him do stuff.. Schools in India i like typically have a student: teacher ratio of 13-15:1 in KG and 25-30:1 from 1st std onwards- this i believe is optimum.. in this KPG school - NAFL - the ratio is 13:1 in KG and 26:1 from 1st std onwards.. there are schools which do 80:1 in 1st std onwards and 40:1 at KG - dont like them particularly.. Err.. my son studies in one of KPG’s schools – the interview was with me and lasted for 2 mins.. the decision was already made – they like educated housewives (well a graduate from a decent univ) and a dad who slogs his butt off and earns shitloads of moolah to pay for the fees and other thinggies.. But my brat loves the school and well, for a distracted coot that he is, the teacher has actually made him focus a bit – he does focus at home, but then the missus makes him do stuff..

Schools in India i like typically have a student: teacher ratio of 13-15:1 in KG and 25-30:1 from 1st std onwards- this i believe is optimum.. in this KPG school – NAFL – the ratio is 13:1 in KG and 26:1 from 1st std onwards.. there are schools which do 80:1 in 1st std onwards and 40:1 at KG – dont like them particularly..

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]]> By: Shefaly http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-1534 Shefaly Mon, 18 May 2009 21:34:26 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-1534 Neo: This is alas all too common. And not just in India. In Switzerland, children go home at lunch time to eat lunch, presumably cooked by their Susheela mothers, and then return home. In the UK, one of my favourite pastimes on rainy days (those when I do not feel like working) is to count the 4WDs screeching past my home-office with 3-4 kids in the back and an alpha mom at the (steering) wheel. Presumably if these ladies can do the taxi duties at 3pm, they aren't going to office jobs. Neo:

This is alas all too common. And not just in India. In Switzerland, children go home at lunch time to eat lunch, presumably cooked by their Susheela mothers, and then return home. In the UK, one of my favourite pastimes on rainy days (those when I do not feel like working) is to count the 4WDs screeching past my home-office with 3-4 kids in the back and an alpha mom at the (steering) wheel. Presumably if these ladies can do the taxi duties at 3pm, they aren’t going to office jobs.

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]]> By: Shona http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-419 Shona Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:01:06 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-419 good schools in the US also prefer housewives or house dads who have the time to volunteer in public schools and thereby supplement the teacher who is so overwhelmed with disciplinary problems that she cannot teach the material.. all the good public school districts in the midwestern town we live in have one thing in common-- more single high earner families with one spouse- mothers or fathers who stay home and spend all their time volunteering in their kids schools to teach them stuff the teachers have no time for.. plus stay at home parents also chauffer their kids to Kumon or other after school learning activities - "tuition".. In our town the Kumon center when it opened saw a 300 percent increase in enrollment in the first two years alone and guess what -- this school district has one of the highest math scores in the state! good schools in the US also prefer housewives or house dads who have the time to volunteer in public schools and thereby supplement the teacher who is so overwhelmed with disciplinary problems that she cannot teach the material.. all the good public school districts in the midwestern town we live in have one thing in common– more single high earner families with one spouse- mothers or fathers who stay home and spend all their time volunteering in their kids schools to teach them stuff the teachers have no time for..
plus stay at home parents also chauffer their kids to Kumon or other after school learning activities – “tuition”.. In our town the Kumon center when it opened saw a 300 percent increase in enrollment in the first two years alone and guess what — this school district has one of the highest math scores in the state!

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]]> By: Return to India myth #19: School education is generally better in India (than the US) | neoIndian - Confessions of a newly returned Indian http://neoindian.org/2008/08/28/good-schools-prefer-housewives/#comment-12 Return to India myth #19: School education is generally better in India (than the US) | neoIndian - Confessions of a newly returned Indian Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:56:58 +0000 http://neoindian.org/?p=24#comment-12 [...] Return to India myth #19: School education is generally better in India (than the US)Weekend Vedic warriors defend the caste systemMangalore Pub BlorgasmWhy Chyetanya Kunte needs to apologizeHow to get your sentiments hurt without watching SlumdogGood schools prefer housewives [...] [...] Return to India myth #19: School education is generally better in India (than the US)Weekend Vedic warriors defend the caste systemMangalore Pub BlorgasmWhy Chyetanya Kunte needs to apologizeHow to get your sentiments hurt without watching SlumdogGood schools prefer housewives [...]

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