CAN GOOGLE TEACH US HOW TO 'FEEL'?
“We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.” Jean Baudrillard I n yesterday’s TOI, there was this interesting article about the plight of teachers inside the classrooms, in these ‘information-overloaded’ years… The class rooms of some of the ‘Best schools’ have Wi-Fi connection and students can obtain answers, examples and options without even waiting for the teachers to come out with… In fact, the teacher is, often, left blinking… sorry, dumb-founded! ‘’They know it all… and, what am I doing here?” This question haunts many, many teachers, particularly the ones who aren’t tech-savvy… “They google mechanically,” tells one of my friends, who is, like me, an old-school-of-thought teacher, “they do not do it out of childlike curiosity.” Is it true? I think, it is. The way the young ones ‘search’ on Google is more as a habit… It is there handy, so just click it… It is just a...