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Are scores in school – my true identity?

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Recently 10th grade results were out and I happen to attend a felicitation programme of achievers at my daughter’s school.

Are scores in school – my true identity?

And one thing that struck me is that parents are always in a space where they compare their kids with others and pressurize for performance.

Parents have exposure to see hundreds of kids and worst things is they also know who is doing what and how….so comparing scores becomes the bottom line…

However, kids don’t have that exposure, they are never provided a platform where they would be given a chance to rate and compare their parents and then pressurize them to be better parents.

But the moment they are out in the world and are exposed to parents of friends, distant relatives, colleagues or for that matter, any parent, they do the same thing, what their parents did to them… They compare..

They compare their own parents to the parents of others and develop such feelings, emotions and thoughts, which must have been lying latent in them, but gain the striking flint because of this exposure, they may develop feelings of hatred, frustration and ridicule or feelings of more trust, faith and security.. Whatever the case may be, like I said earlier, everything has two sides in it, as we live in a world of duality.

If the feelings and emotions are positive, it is good for both, but If it’s the other way round, then imagine the void which is created between the two, not because of fault of parents or children likewise, but fault of comparison…like parents are unique to a child, and I have always heard parents saying to their children, “you will not get a better father than me or a better mother than me”, whoever may be saying this.

Why can’t this trend be broken..

I was travelling in metro a few days ago and beside me was seated a mother and her son, seemed like his 10th results were out, both mother and son were in a terrible and frustrated conversation, one blaming the other for the misfortunes of life. It was very deplorable to hear all this, and imagine the void between the two, that even a public place couldn’t be spared..

Likewise few days ago I heard someone saying to his parent, “why can’t you earn more?”.

We are not realizing today that we are caught in a vicious circle. Our parents made us educated with a single minded focus that we should be able to earn good, they made their first house at the age of 65 or 70, so we should not be doing the same mistake, and see whats happening due to this belief.

We grew up and made our own houses at the age of 30, because of good education and all modern facilities and left our parents in their own houses. This mindset, not only broke down the joint family system, but also the very basic foundation of humanity, ie a home for all.

Coming back to the notion of income potential, do we really have a yardstick to measure the earning potential of anyone?? Then how can there be a yardstick of good education or good scoring?

When I visit local courts in my area sometimes as part of my profession, I see so many lawyers flanking outside the court looking for prospective business from people crossing that area.. The situation is not different from a vegetable vendor who keeps making loud noise about the vegetables he is selling to attract passers by… Sometimes I am given to think that the lawyer standing outside the court premises and lawyers with established practice, both undergo the same study course or curriculum, yet one is earning more than the other.. And this is true in any profession whatsoever.. Isn’t it?

Like a struggling actor may not be doing good now but when he gets a project which gives him due recognition, he becomes famous and his earning capacity has no limit… Hence, no one can ever know or judge the earning capacity of anyone.

From this standpoint, I believe, there is no distinction between a parent and a child..

We never know when will our kids come out with flying colours and when are they fairing average….as parents we are just required to aid them in their development, which is a very natural phenomena granted by universe… Even if we don’t do anything for them today, they will grow up…

Like parents do the best thing possible within their means for the kids…. Even children do their best given the set of capability they are endowed with. But parents don’t realise, because they wear the glasses of comparison.

One exam cannot be given too much of importance that it diminishes the value of life…

As per Buddhist perspective, nurturing and education to the future generations is not to make them capable of earning, but to enrich them with knowledge, wisdom and a capacity to think and reason, so that they can create value where ever they are or any given situation.

Parents shall cease and desist from imposing their wishes on children completely as they are the hope of humanity.

Why nature endowed us with the capability to procreate, so that humanity can be alive and advance towards realization of self, the true identity of self.

Have we ever taken a break and thought to ourselves, that where are all the events of our lives are leading us to…

At a deeper level of introspection, they are leading us to igniting and awakening of self.. Making us aware of the minutest things around us.. The true nature of things that are around us.. The true nature and reason behind happening of some event or circumstances..

When we as individuals are in the stage of slumber.. How can we show the right path to our future generations.. Infact instead of dictating… We should be listening to them more.. Have heart to heart dialogues with them, after all, they are the leaders of tormorrow.

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Astronauts Capture Breathtaking Scene Of Volcano Violently Erupting

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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured the breathtaking scene Saturday showing the vigorous eruption of the Raikoke volcano.

Watching a volcano erupt would be cool. But having a front-row seat 254 miles above the volcano? That would be a view.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured the breathtaking scene Saturday showing the vigorous eruption of the Raikoke volcano.

Raikoke is an uninhabited island along the Kuril chain, a necklace of narrow strip islands draped 500 miles from northern Japan to northeast Russia. Formerly owned by Japan, the volcanic island - which occupies an area less than two square miles - is now under the control of Russia, and has been since World War II.

The aerial view offers a perspective seldom seen during major eruptions. Like a thunderstorm, a mushroom cloud blossoms over the volcano, where ash is catapulted into the sky with explosive force. The updraft is so strong in the middle that it "outruns" the plume's periphery, making the edges curl down before becoming entrained in the rising cloud again. During Saturday's eruption, the plume may have rocketed up more than 50,000 feet (10 miles).

It's easy to guess which way the winds were blowing by looking at the photograph. A more diffuse, expansive sheet of ash clouds lingers downwind, transported by strong upper-level winds over the Sea of Okhotsk. Volcanic ash is heavy in silicates, which have a melting temperature close to 2,000 degrees. Many commercial aircraft engines operate at temperatures well over 2,500 degrees - meaning the dust-like particles would melt and stick to vital mechanics in the plane. That can cause them to "choke" an engine, making volcanic ash clouds dangerous for aviation.

Astronauts aboard International Space Station captured eruption of Raikoke volcano.

Volcanic ash can't be seen on traditional radar or the forward-looking radar in the nose of most jets. That makes forecasting it vitally important. Visibly, ash clouds are easy to spot from far away, so they're simple to avoid during the daytime. But if a plane was to enter an ash cloud at night, it would have one telltale sign: electricity arcing across the windshield.

Volcanic ash clouds are highly electrified. If a plane flew into one, so much charge would build up that discharges of St. Elmo's Fire would leap across the windshield like small lightning bolts.

Raikoke's ash cloud was no exception, with hundreds of lightning bolts leaping from the supercharged ash above. Atmospheric scientists refer to this lightning barrage as a "dirty thunderstorm."

The intensity and frequency of volcanic lightning discharges can offer insight about how robust the eruption was. Lightning activity peaked during four main periods, suggesting Raikoke's eruption was several individual bursts. That's also evident in the shape of the clouds: notice the downwind anvil is already there while a new plume immediately goes over the volcano.

Near the base of the plume, a collar of white, puffy clouds can be seen. That's water vapor - not ash. The enormous amount of gas and other materials released by the volcano probably contained water vapor, with the temperature contrast between the fiery plume and the air around it causing condensation.

What would it be like under this cloud? First, you'd see the amber, sand-colored anvil approaching. There might be an ominous display of mammatus clouds, the iconic pouch-like bags that hang beneath foreboding storms that usually are a sign of turbulence in the atmosphere. The sun would appear a creepy orange color until it disappeared. Lightning would crackle, crawling along the anvil; the gases in the atmosphere would make it a neon-purple color. Bolts would hit the ground as far as 60 miles away.

Closer to the plume, you might get a spattering of small pebbles raining down, possibly with a thin glaze of ice around them, like rocky hailstones. Depending on the temperature of the atmosphere, deadly gas and ash might make it down toward the surface. A number of whirlwinds and waterspouts would likely also be dancing.

Saturday's eruption marks Raikoke's first since 1924. Before that, a "catastrophic" eruption occurred in 1778. In the meantime, there's no telling what Raikoke's next move will be.

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