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The Idea of India for Whom the Buzzer Tolls september 2006 Newsletter The Idea of India For Whom the Buzzer Tolls Paul Chapman, Head of School Greetings from New Board Chair Robert Stein We are close to that exquisite moment in late August when the new school year begins. With the possible exception of some quaint provincial “school houses” in rural Wyoming or rustic Maine, the annual ritual no longer starts with a bell, but rather with the synchronization of electric buzzers in school rooms in tens of thousands of schools across the country. Kindergartners, truly the “new kids,” are primed for weeks or months, and stand anxiously at the school door, looking forward, sideways and backwards simultaneously, taking cues from their parents who are sometimes equally anxious. Compare them to the sophomores and juniors in high school, veterans of a decade or more of training, tests, successes, failures, Paul Chapman in India with children at the Udavia School, south of Chennai tryouts, fallouts, performances, dances (Madras) on the Bay of Bengal. and romances. These seem more like This summer I joined the National Association of Independent Olympic swimmers, 10 toes curled Schools (NAIS) Delegation for Diversity on a ten-day journey to India. over the starting block waiting for the A group of 55 educators, we traveled there in search of a better under- starting gun, as they have for years Robert Stein standing of our schools’ common commitment to developing global now. For all of them, the oldest and citizens. In India we discovered a land of extraordinary contrasts, a the youngest, there are sartorial issues (Is the skirt too short? Or too country of 1.1 billion people, with a third living on under $2 a day, that long?), gastronomic issues (Do you need your lunch packed today or also is leaping boldly into the 21st century as a leader in technology, just a snack? Are you still only eating organic yogurt?), and relationship science and engineering. issues (Will he still be my friend?). The teachers, whether ready for their Led by NAIS Vice-President for Equity and Justice, our delegation debut or their twentieth year, have their classrooms tidy, their lesson included teachers from the K-12 spectrum, academic administrators, plans organized, and their new students’ names memorized. and school heads. In the course of our trip, we visited more than a Everything is set when that buzzer rings and our children begin the dozen schools, from elite international schools serving professional next chapter in their lives. families to public and private schools engaged in the education of In all the excitement and anticipation, it is easy to lose sight of India’s half a billion students. We were moved by our visits, for ourselves in this ritual. Our marriages are fraying or healing or tempo- example, to the Pardada-Pardadi School for Girls in the countryside rarily static. Our careers are blossoming, winding up, or are temporarily outside of New Delhi that seeks to break the cycle of poverty that sidelined. severely limits educational and social opportunity for young women, The concerns of first grade parents are so different from those and to a government school near the southern city of Madras that was of parents of six graders and even more so from the parents of high destroyed by the tsunami in December 2004. school seniors. For kindergartners, the school year brings the beginning Arriving in Mumbai just after the terrorist train bombings, we of separation, the beginning of the child’s spending most of his or her explored the brand new campus of Whistling Woods International, an time outside the family and outside the home, a time when institute for film, television and media arts and glimpsed the high tech parents begin to have less influence on their child’s vocabulary and world described by Thomas Friedman in his book The World is Flat. That behavior. For the parents of seniors, these are the last 12 months that same day we also visited the Neru Nagar slum, home to 50,000 people your children will be spending most of their time with you and at home, crammed into an area less than a mile and a half square, bordered by and by now, you have given up having much influence at all on either middle class apartment buildings on one side and a flying club on the your child’s vocabulary or behavior. In between are twelve years of other. Walking through the pock-marked, rain-soaked streets, we saw chaos, challenges and changes and opportunities for quick decisions, hundreds of people—merchants, laborers, medics, mothers, instinct, excitement, regret and hope. continued next page... continued next page... “The Idea of India” continued from cover... Message from the Parents Association and shopkeepers—all going about their daily business, but with many children present and few in school. The contrasts emerging from these Back to School. I think everyone looks forward to this time of visits could have not been more stark. year. For most of us, it feels like a new beginning. I hope my own students find that hopeful surge of energy and optimism, that Almost overnight India has captured our attention as an emerging, this year will bring them great teachers, interesting classes, many global superpower, an idea made visible in the cover story from Time friends on campus and new experiences in education. They prob- Magazine in June entitled “India, Inc.” In Madras, US Counsel General ably also hope for a renewed social life, not to mention the perfect Michael Owen described the resurgence of the Indian economy now back-to-school wardrobe (did I mention I have all daughters?). growing at 8% a year, fueled by the accelerated education of engineers I’m looking forward to my year as President of the Head Royce and scientists (in 2004 the country produced 200,000 engineers com- Parent Association. I have a great Board – some returning members pared to 70,000 in the US), and the outsourcing boom begun in the as seasoned participants, and some eager new parents. We all late 1990s that is helping to expand the middle class. He described the expect a great working relationship with administration, staff, and efforts underway to forge a new partnership between our two countries, teachers, and of course, with one another. During the summer, we evident in rapidly increasing trade, educational ties, and diplomatic have filled Association positions, prepared for the Back-to-School agreements like the nuclear technology accord approved by the US events, drafted handbooks and committee documents, planned House of Representatives while we were there. out future fundraising activities, and given a lot of thought to what In a lecture at the American Embassy School in New Delhi, Tarum might make this a stellar year. Tejpal, one of India’s most renowned and controversial investigative My personal priorities will be to enhance communication about journalists observed that for a thousand years, India has been on “the what’s happening on campus and beyond in the HRS community, wrong side of history, but now the wheel is turning.” The foundation and to increase parent participation and satisfaction with the Asso- of modern India was laid in the movement led by Gandhi and Nehru; ciation. On the wishlist: to better utilize electronic communications independent for half a century and a stable nation, India has joined and streamline the calendar function of the website. We also plan the US and the UK among the world’s great democracies. The “idea of to offer a slightly different structure of Parent Association meetings India” was expressed in the constitution of 1947, and the core values this year, and hope to see more of you in attendance. Please know in that visionary charter—democracy, secularism, social justice and that all the volunteers at Head Royce take on big responsibilities freedom—are ones that inspire us. Now India is working to build a truly based on a sincere desire to improve the School and community, multicultural society, one that embraces great diversity, of religion, and to get involved in our students’ education. I’m surely counting class, and culture. As one school principal noted, “heterogeneity is not on the support of all the parents to make it all happen. a choice, Indian culture walks into our classrooms every day.” We are still looking for committee chairs, development volun- For our School I hope my visit to India has some tangible benefits. teers, room parents and grade level coordinators, especially in the We are working on several projects to support communities in need Upper School, and we’d love to have YOU volunteer to help out! and to establish travel and exchange possibilities. This fall, we will And of course, all year we will ask for parents to step up to assist at expand the attention devoted to India in our history and English events big and small, on behalf of our students. I hope that when curriculum. The story of multiculturalism in Indian education can also you get the call, you’ll say yes! serve as an example for our own efforts to build a diverse community. And meanwhile, if we don’t call you – please don’t hesitate to And the “idea of India” can continue to inspire our hopes as we email one of us with an offer to pitch in! We will be happy to share prepare global citizens for the 21st century. the jobs. Here’s wishing you all a great school year! Paul Chapman Head of School Elizabeth Stumpf, President, HRS Parents Association “For Whom the Buzzer Tolls” continued from cover..
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