ABOUT PHYSICS AND OUR INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM.

Physics

It is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, and its main goal is to understand how the universe behaves. It is one of the oldest academic disciplines and, through its inclusion of astronomy, perhaps the oldest.Albert Einstein contributed the framework of special relativity, which replaced notions of absolute time and space with spacetime and allowed an accurate description of systems whose components have speeds approaching the speed of light. Max Planck, Erwin Schrödinger, and others introduced quantum mechanics, a probabilistic notion of particles and interactions that allowed an accurate description of atomic and subatomic scales. Later, quantum field theory unified quantum mechanics and special relativity. General relativity allowed for a dynamical, curved spacetime, with which highly massive systems and the large-scale structure of the universe can be well-described. General relativity has not yet been unified with the other fundamental descriptions; several candidate theories of quantum gravity are being developed.

Research fields

Contemporary research in physics can be broadly divided into nuclear and particle physics; condensed matter physics; atomic, molecular, and optical physics; astrophysics; and applied physics. Some physics departments also support physics education research and physics outreach.

Since the 20th century, the individual fields of physics have become increasingly specialised, and today most physicists work in a single field for their entire careers. “Universalists” such as Albert Einstein (1879–1955) and Lev Landau (1908–1968), who worked in multiple fields of physics, are now very rare.[

Problem With Indian Education System

But today in India, it’s just a subject of gaining ,marks.I mean who cares if you don’t understand it , all you got to do is to memorize it. Is it right? Is it just a subject? and Is it just to memorize it?.Physics is not a subject to memorize ,to learn ,it is a subject on which the universe is based on and our education system is ruining physics. It is subject of new scientific discoveries.Today everything is about rote memorization, leading to behaviour which encourages cramming and forgetting rather than life long learning.And how do I forgot about the extreme pressure from parents / society to use education for financial security = CSE degrees for programming jobs or medicine. Societal pressure to get into the “right schools”, not only for the education aspect but to ensure good job/ marriage prospects, in general success in life. Little incentive to take risks and follow own interests or encourage creativity. Generally conformist culture, which makes educational achievement the only thing that matters to social standing. ” Enough studies, now go play today!” “Take some time out daily to dance, that’s what you like!” The kids never hear these sentences. All they hear is “now go study.” If these students were allowed to relax daily, perhaps they would have developed a healthy resistance against the pressures of life. But no. These young people were instead pushed beyond their limits to achieve an always-going-after-marks lifestyle.

The Cure

A child who is raised on this piece of wisdom will always feel unworthy whenever he scores less than the topmost. Self-worth comes from self, not from marks. And no one can always be on the top; leaving them with a sense of unworthiness for a lifetime. To cure this problem ,the parents should give time and space to their children. The goal of our new education system should be to create entrepreneurs, innovators, artists, scientists, thinkers and writers who can establish the foundation of a knowledge based economy rather than the low-quality service provider nation that we are turning into.