Education Matters
And there I was, minding my own business (which translates to - in the middle of preparing a training manual) when my trusted girl Thursday suddenly gave voice to her thoughts. "Wonder how people go to the moon and what the moon looks like." (no doubt the result of hearing about Chandrayan all the time on news channels.) Screech!!!! My focus came to a 250-0 km/hr screeching halt, as the geography teacher in me woke up. There is no time like the present to get things sorted (umm... procrastinate?) when it comes to astronomy and seeing the light of knowledge shine in this simple woman's eyes. Bereft of formal education, all her knowledge of the world, beliefs, science, you name it, comes from me. Once again, the teacher in me gives first priority to educating my GT (Girl Thursday, get it?) at the cost of the looming deadline that hangs over my head like the mythical sword. Uh, where was I? Ah, yes! Of course, at my laptop, and what could be easier than showing her videos a...