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看罷中國小孩子的“凄慘生活”，你先別忙著嘆氣，這個世界上人的差別其實并不大。那年在尼泊爾旅游，小編不經意間看到“補課”的小廣告，再稍留意，才發現，這種小廣告到處都是。敢情這補課也講究“接軌”啊。其實，不僅僅是補課，就連“不要輸在起跑線上”也不是中國特色呢。這段印度人講的英語，一開始聽起來會很費力。要注意幾點：一是印式英語總體上來說發音與英式英語更近，特別是元音；二是印式英語的輔音，尤其是詞首輔音不標準，如T、D不分等；三是印式英語就跟寶萊塢的歌舞片一樣，語調變化特別多，而且一般的陳述句也常常以升調結束。
All work and no play. That seems to be holding true for kids these days. Children as young as two can now sing, rattle off nursery rhymes and are growing up faster than anyone could ever imagine.
It looks like innocent fun, but these toddlers are actually shaping up for graduation day; and they started early, mind you. Like baby Via, who can sing, rattle off nursery rhyme identify colours and animal all before she turns two. Little Via and her classmates are learning vital survival skill skills these future leaders of India Inc. being taught in a 12-month program in a Mumbai school. And, of course, these doting parents are very, very proud.
Mother: I feel like they have that potential, and we should use it.
No time to goof around—unh uh—or slack off in class. The rat race just got tougher, and there's not enough time to soak it all up.
But are these children learning to run before they can walk? Or are they getting a head start in a ruthlessly competitive world? It's a question being asked with more and more schools in Mumbai turning toddlers into little adults. Parents feel that such a program is essential for their young kids today because these young children, themselve are inquisitive to learn new things. And perhaps that's why this school has a wait list for the next mother/toddler program. But perhaps it is this thought that is not going down well with the child psychologists.
Dr. Chabbria (Child Psychologist): What is happening is that we might be churning out robots who have all the information but actually do not really know how to use that information, and maybe even be getting overconfident kid who cannot see beyond themselves.
Parents and children that play together learn together, and the school says parents are taught constructive play techniques. But the big question i with all that learning, does it leave these little ones any time to play?
