Do we need to be pushed ?

In this class, we very discussed briefly on this topic of whether we need to be pushed. For this, we examined the scenarios when we didn't have to be pushed, and we did them voluntarily. It consisted of those tasks which we liked to do, such as hobbies. So, it is primarily the work related tasks such as studies for which we needed to be pushed. Someone pointed the example of high school, where there so many different subjects to study, and all of them were not interesting. One had to study them, just because one had to, and there was no other way. Here, we discussed a little bit about why we had so many subjects. It was pointed out by someone that they were there because we were supposed to get a breadth of everything, which was essential. Then the problem also seemed to lie in the way some of these subjects were taught. Some of the teachers failed to convey them in an interesting way, because of which we felt forced to read them. And, because we are forced, some of us hardly remembers all that was taught in those subjects.

Here, we briefly talked about whether there were scenario's where we didn't have to pushed to follow the rules. Kaushik pointed out that we didn't have problem following rules if they were convenient to us. We took the example of traffic rules, which were meant for our convenience but still people broke them. It appeared that a 'majority' of the rules were in fact, meant for our convenience. Then, the conclusion, was that the problem seemed to be that most of the people didn't understand the purpose of these rules, and that they were really meant for their benefit. We discussed a little more on this topic, with examples of some rules such as, 85% attendance etc. Towards the discussion, Avinash proposed an interesting point, that rules were not needed if everyone conducted themselves responsibly. Ideal situation but probably possible in some scenarios. Regulations were however, necessary to give necessary guidelines.