A Professor in Conversation with a Schoolmaster

A professor writes a book for schools on scientific attitude. He believes that science refines everyday thinking, and therefore, scientific temperament is essential even for non-scientists.

This professor is also a schoolmaster, having managed a school for two decades. That experience has allowed him to look deeply into school education, not only its curriculum but also its administration in this age of competition and intelligence.

He feels that school education has changed since his time, and so have teachers and students. Some say we are producing an anxious generation. For that, teachers alone cannot be held responsible; parents too share the burden.

As a result, many thoughtful teachers are leaving this noble profession, only to become part of another anxious generation.

The professor-cum-schoolmaster now wonders: can schools alone be blamed for this anxiety? Are universities not equally responsible?

Are the changes we are witnessing too wild? Should they be a bit tamed before they tame us?