That's right. A pre-school Expo (termed "Future Kids" - which seems wrong. The kids are already present, aren't they?). Cars, real estate, pots and pans, handlooms, and even plant fibre have had such shows dedicated to them. But this is the first time I've heard of a pre-school expo.
Of course, children are going out of the house much earlier than their parents used to (some of their grandparents never even left the house). I'm sure that as a result, they will grow up to be better informed and more socially confident than us (err, than me). Kind of Virat Kohli vs. Venkatapathy Raju. There's no contest, really.
Calculating using the current rate of acceleration, by 2030, pre-schools will also begin offering IIT-JEE coaching. It's not that absurd - this is the land of Abhimanyu after all, and perhaps Kota's famed coaching classes will have auxiliary maternity rooms where the immortal words of Halliday and Resnick will echo throughout the day.
And remember kids, unlike in Abhimanyu's case, the answers to equations involving concentric circles will be available at the end of the book.
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One of the large (=rich) and popular educational trusts in the city has recently begun its own pre-school. They already run a high-school and an engineering college. They are planning a Medical college facility next. Perhaps in a few years, they can offer a complete maternity to degree package. Of course, early birds get the special JEE discount.
Cradle to Grave. Scary!
Small town India is not far behind either. A 'couching' class in Chhattisgarh is doing just that. "Std 3 to IITJEE and all other competitive exams." They have all bases covered. But, in this case, I came away with a sense of optimism about what that town was trying hard to achieve considering the circumstances in which they lead their lives.
Preeti: that's interesting. I wouldn't joke about them though :-)
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