Life and Learning: ASSEB (AHSEC) Class 11 Alternative English notes
State whether the following sentences are true or false.
The hardest part of schooling, according to Shaw, is the early part. True
School life is always irksome.
False
There was a time when German boots were not divided into rights and lefts. True
The scholar who knows everything exists.
False
What is Shaw’s interesting opinion on ‘routine’?
George Bernard Shaw’s interesting opinion on ‘routine’ is that although routine are meant to be for everybody, but in reality they suit nobody.
Why were English people going to live in Germany astonished?
English people going to live in Germany were astonished because the Germans did not have their boots divided into lefts and rights.
Why is da Vinci’s notebook considered ‘funny’?
Da Vinci’s notebook is considered funny because his thoughts and views were not accepted in reality and is dismissed as “funny”.
Why does Shaw call himself ‘an educated man’?
Shaw calls himself an educated man because he has earned his living by hard work and that is the only thing that a highly educated man could do.
Why didn’t the governess teach Shaw the table of logarithms and the binomial theorem?
The governess did not teach Shaw the table of logarithms and the binomial theorem because she did not know them herself.
Why does the author say that the hardest part of schooling is the early part?
The author says that the hardest part of schooling is the early part because at the early stage of schooling, a child is taught how to read, write and calculate which becomes hard for them. The most remarkable part of that is that one never remembers being taught these things.
How can a crammer find out what questions are going to be asked?
A crammer can find out what questions are going to be asked by studying the old examination papers until he knows all the questions that the examiners have to keep asking over and over again.
Why does Shaw say that once the students are safely through their examinations, they will discover their education to be defective?
The students after passing out their examinations safely they will find that they have not been taught the important and basic activities of life such as eating, drinking, breathing and sleeping. That is why Shaw says that once the students are safely pass their examinations, they will discover their education to be defective.
Who is a savage or an ignoramus according to Shaw?
According to Shaw, he, himself was a savage and an ignoramus because he claims he knew nothing of the great musicians and painters as they were not taught to him in School.
Why does Shaw think he has not grown up yet?
Shaw thinks that he has not fully grown up yet because according to him he is still learning new things and his education is not over yet. His education is still going on and he is learning thing from “life” which continues to be bigger school with fresh challenges.
Why does Shaw say that to do well in an examination, ‘you must go
to a crammer’?
Shaw says that to do well in an examination, one must go to a crammer because it is true that a crammer cannot see the questions beforehand, but he can find out what questions are going to be asked with the study of old examinations papers till he knows all the importantquestions that the examiners have to keep asking over and over again.
‘School to me was a sentence of penal servitude.’ Explain.
In this essay Shaw says that school was a sentence of penal servitude to him because he was a person who born with artistic nature and could read the masterpieces of literature, poetry, histories but he was unable to read textbooks as they were written by ordinary people who did not know how to write.
How does Shaw argue that a routine, supposed to suit everybody, suits nobody?
Shaw argues that a routine, which is supposed to suit everybody, actually suits nobody because every person is an individual who requires individual attention but that is not possible in the case of school and other routines. To explain his view, he gives the example of the German boots and how they were not divided into lefts and rights. Likewise we all require individual attention and how routines tend to be uniform for everyone.
Explain why it is dangerous to give up-to-date answers in the examinations.
Shaw says that it is dangerous to give up-to-date answers in examinations because people who set question in examinations are old people with old knowledge and concepts which they think are universally right. They think that what they know is actually right, they do not research on recent developments.
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