By Chaitali Sinha, XI, SJA
The world is evolving..we are changing. The horizons of our knowledge and imagination are increasing at unimaginable paces.Robots are slowly being introduced into our lives in subtle manners..soon to enlarge. A massive technological revolution is taking place in our lifetimes-Robotics,Nanotechnology,Genetic Engineering and so on..So much is changing each da,50 years later seems an unimaginable scenario but now.. - A Josephite’s Life in 2050
Today the students seem less visible than what they carry..Our bags – - our bags also known as rucksacks..Can you imagine them fitting into your pockets? Well,that is a coming reality! Nano-hard disks will soon carry all our curriculum putting all the school bag shops out of business!
One of the times looked forward to during a regular school day is our Interval where all of us transform into 5 yr olds again and eat the samosas and tiffin with great relish energizing our drained minds yet again..
The future – Vending machines in place of our beloved canteen giving small little pills labeled as ‘Samosas’ ‘Bun’ and so on..but as soon as we would put them into our mouths,they would give the taste and energy of the actual thing!
The ever-alert security guards guarding our school gates..replaced by robots functioned to do the same!
Today if a child bruises himself he is treated by our caring school nurse but in the possible future,the child goes to a machine – enters his injury information and voila! A robotic hand treats the place where he is hurt.
We learn to lose our fear of monsters under the bed,darkness but the thing that forever creates fear within us are – Exams! A probable way of conducting exams instead of the usual method would be – The papers would be sent to each laptop where the student would type out the answers and they would freeze all other applications to prevent cheating.
One thing that will always remain would be Homework Excuses! Here are some possible ones –
My dog ate my homework replaced by Virus DogXE1 ate my homework.
I thought we didn’t have to submit it today! Replaced by My hard disk was full.Another nail-biting event for the student is the Parent-Teacher Meeting. Unknown criticisms await us..but now instead of the dreadful,silent car ride our parents would be able to talk to the teachers using our laptops. Video conferencing would be a general thing with messages popping on the teacher’s laptop – Mr. A is calling you.. etc.
When I was writing this,I thought would school really be needed after 50 years? – there might be a possibility of chip implantation in babies which would immediately give them all the information present or e-learning but like in Alice in Wonderland,Alice says..’The more things change,the more they remain the same’
Even 50 years from now,when technology would be unrecognizable, the gist of humanity and society would not change for man’s greatest need is socialisng and learning from each other,not just assimilating all the information present in the books.
Today the students seem less visible than what they carry..Our bags – - our bags also known as rucksacks..Can you imagine them fitting into your pockets? Well,that is a coming reality! Nano-hard disks will soon carry all our curriculum putting all the school bag shops out of business!
One of the times looked forward to during a regular school day is our Interval where all of us transform into 5 yr olds again and eat the samosas and tiffin with great relish energizing our drained minds yet again..
The future – Vending machines in place of our beloved canteen giving small little pills labeled as ‘Samosas’ ‘Bun’ and so on..but as soon as we would put them into our mouths,they would give the taste and energy of the actual thing!
The ever-alert security guards guarding our school gates..replaced by robots functioned to do the same!
Today if a child bruises himself he is treated by our caring school nurse but in the possible future,the child goes to a machine – enters his injury information and voila! A robotic hand treats the place where he is hurt.
We learn to lose our fear of monsters under the bed,darkness but the thing that forever creates fear within us are – Exams! A probable way of conducting exams instead of the usual method would be – The papers would be sent to each laptop where the student would type out the answers and they would freeze all other applications to prevent cheating.
One thing that will always remain would be Homework Excuses! Here are some possible ones –
My dog ate my homework replaced by Virus DogXE1 ate my homework.
I thought we didn’t have to submit it today! Replaced by My hard disk was full.Another nail-biting event for the student is the Parent-Teacher Meeting. Unknown criticisms await us..but now instead of the dreadful,silent car ride our parents would be able to talk to the teachers using our laptops. Video conferencing would be a general thing with messages popping on the teacher’s laptop – Mr. A is calling you.. etc.
When I was writing this,I thought would school really be needed after 50 years? – there might be a possibility of chip implantation in babies which would immediately give them all the information present or e-learning but like in Alice in Wonderland,Alice says..’The more things change,the more they remain the same’
Even 50 years from now,when technology would be unrecognizable, the gist of humanity and society would not change for man’s greatest need is socialisng and learning from each other,not just assimilating all the information present in the books.
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