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Arghya Banerjee
Arghya Banerjee

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Nov 14, 2022

Childhood on the other side of adulthood

Every adult looks back at their childhood as a time of innocence, purity, and happiness. Everyone feels a yearning to return to it. …

Childrens Day India

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Childhood on the other side of adulthood
Childhood on the other side of adulthood
Childrens Day India

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Dec 30, 2020

We taught you well during Covid — not just in the class, but being the school that we are.

I have always said that teachers should be sources of inspiration, rather than just being dispensers of instruction. …

Covid 19

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We taught you well during Covid — not just in the class, but being the school that we are.
We taught you well during Covid — not just in the class, but being the school that we are.
Covid 19

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Nov 14, 2020

From Sir, With Love

On this Children’s Day, I want to tell you why I set up this school. I will try to write this letter in simplest possible English so that every one of you, from the tiniest ones to the big ones, can read this by yourself. Many of you know that…

Education Technology

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From Sir, With Love
From Sir, With Love
Education Technology

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Aug 8, 2019

Twitter@school: An ode to our tweets

I remember I was once coming back from Calcutta with a couple of students and Sayoni — and on the way we typically stop to have tea at a place called Balaji Food Park. Nothing special, just a roadside restaurant, like many others that dot the NH2 near Shaktigarh. As…

Life Lessons

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Twitter@school: An ode to our tweets
Twitter@school: An ode to our tweets
Life Lessons

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Jul 12, 2019

The school of tomorrow

In the whole of your adult life, how many times did you use the Avogadro’s law? During your entire work life, did you find any use for the date of Battle of Panipat? How many times did you have to recall the formula for Barium Hydroxide? If you are a…

Education

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The school of tomorrow
The school of tomorrow
Education

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Dec 5, 2018

The superschool (part 5)

Our first batch of students will reach class ten next year and will sit for the board exams. Before summer vacation, we call a meeting of their parents. ‘We will have a preparatory exam right after the summer vacation,’ I announce. Everyone perks up. I know nothing stirs the attention…

Education

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The superschool (part 5)
The superschool (part 5)
Education

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Dec 4, 2018

The superschool (part 4)

From class VI, we encourage our students to read newspaper. It is actively driven by the school — we select a few news items from Times of India every day, students are supposed to read them back home. We discuss them in the class in the next day. It is…

Education

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The superschool (part 4)
The superschool (part 4)
Education

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Dec 3, 2018

The Superschool (part 3)

(This was a story about the school, and the class I took, that I started writing in 2014–15, intending to publish as a book. With so many other pressing work claiming my time, this was never completed. But I thought I will put up the unfinished work anyway, a bit…

Education

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The Superschool (part 3)
The Superschool (part 3)
Education

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Nov 29, 2018

The superschool (part 2)

(This was a story about the school, and the class I took, that I started writing in 2014–15, intending to publish as a book. With so many other pressing work claiming my time, this was never completed. But I thought I will put up the unfinished work anyway, a bit…

Education

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The superschool (part 2)
The superschool (part 2)
Education

7 min read


Nov 29, 2018

The Superschool

(This was a story about the school, and the class I took, that I started writing in 2014–15, intending to publish as a book. With so many other pressing work claiming my time, this was never completed. But I thought I will put up the unfinished work anyway, a bit…

Education

5 min read

The Superschool
The Superschool
Education

5 min read

Arghya Banerjee

Arghya Banerjee

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Founder, The Levelfield School. Writes on education and society.

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