TED Community » Sunil Verma

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    A reply on Conversation: Schools on line for free!!!

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  • A comment on Conversation: What is the next big thing?

    Oct 13 2011: Next big ting will be equilibrium getting established between developing and developed world ...and it will involve mass movement of people, resources etc . So be ready for change everybody

  • A reply on Conversation: jails should be more widely known as schools

    Oct 13 2011: Sorry, I don't agree with the point that they are not direct threat to the safety of the society. Consider a corrupt engineer using lower grade cement to build a bridge. It can lead to a really bad outcome. So I don't think a softer punishment to corrupt officials is a solution. However, I do agree that community services should be the part of the punishment.

    We all know education plays a major role in building ones character but I guess there are other basic life lessons that are missing in our educational system or they are not instilled properly. Highly qualified educated Wall Street Bankers should be at least taught to not to be so greedy.

    I guess my point is criminals should be punished according to their crime however if they are not going to spend all their life behind bars they should be at least given some good lessons in moral values along with some professional training to survive outside the jail compound.

  • A reply on Conversation: jails should be more widely known as schools

    Oct 13 2011: If a person is hell bent not to change nothing can be done. But if teachings can bring about changes to some jail birds it might have impact on others too. Question is, what will be taught in such schools?
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    A comment on Conversation: jails should be more widely known as schools

    Oct 13 2011: Excellent idea. In India many corrupt politicians and bureaucrats are going behind the bars. Most of these lunatics are anyway "under educated" so forcing them to study some life lesson can bring some humility in them.

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