One of my most favorite quotes is “I was born a genius, but education ruined me”. I do not agree with it completely since I do believe education is important, but not the way the system is today. The current education system gives prominence to rote and marks but not on imparting knowledge that matters. It has become commercialized and branded. It teaches discipline at the cost of wringing out a child’s childhood and its childishness. And in all this drama, the value of education is lost, the quality of education is lost, a child’s touch with reality is lost. Some of the kids I see today are so busy that they hardly have time for their meals. They get up by 6:00 AM, attend school from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, attend tuitions from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, finish their homework by 9:00 PM and read some more before they go to bed at 10:00 PM. If they find some time to “play”, they spend it online on social networking sites or playing online games. They hardly talk to their family members or play