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Kantipur FM Commentary: School Fees And Social Status II

  • Post published:August 31, 2016
  • Post category:Nepal Education & Parenting

The wolf of educational institutions in Kathmandu fleece parents. The parents willingly oblige and pay up because of the culture of associating high school fees with social status. Folks, a win-win situation like no other, what's the problem?!

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Kantipur FM Commentary: School Fees And Social Status I

  • Post published:August 31, 2016
  • Post category:Nepal Education & Parenting

In this show, i talked about the scam some private educational institutions in Nepal engage in. To make a lot of profits, they charge really high fees, which families lap up as social status symbol.

Sadly, the more expensive the school, the more the bragging rights of the parents!

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Bourne Again!

  • Post published:August 29, 2016
  • Post category:My Personal Stories

Books are amazingly powerful.

They can make people's lives.

They did mine!

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Raise the Child, NOT the Rod

  • Post published:August 22, 2016
  • Post category:My Personal Stories/Nepal Education & Parenting

Corporal punishments rarely impart any meaningful lesson, and yet, in Nepal, it's defended as part of our "culture." My classmates and I suffered from it too and as far as I can tell, they didn't do much good for us!

What's more, it is possible to educate and raise children without punishing them physically.

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