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Cartoon Comic Strips by Children: Series 18 Part II

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

The story so far…
Ramu a student is bid good bye by mother like every morning to school. He is running late to school and is dreading the punishment he is going to face if he reaches late to school.

On his way back home, Ramu goes over his day telling himself that he must finish the heap of work assigned to him at school. He reminds himself of the severe beating that he will receive from his teacher if he failed to finish his homework for the next day.

After reaching Ramu breaks down and starts crying while trying to finish his loads of homework and tells his mother that he does not want to go to school anymore. His mother does not understand the reason and in turn threatens him with his father setting his thinking right if he disagreed to go to school.

When Ramu’s father comes home, he is also very upset with his son’s behaviour and blames him of wasting all the money he earns working hard and trying to get him educated. He then, beats Ramu and threatens him to severe consequences.

Ramu has no other choice but to go to school the next day. To know what happens the next day with him is depicted in our next series

Please note these cartoon strips by children are based on what they see in their schools and not actual happenings. Also, the name of the children who have created the strips have been omitted to protect their identities.

Cartoon Comic Strips by Children: Series 18

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Why get a beating? A series of cartoon strips to put forth the immense psychological pressures which children go through in schools with teachers and parents often resorting to violence. This is Ramu’s story on how he was treated when he went late to school.

Ramu leaves his home like every morning to go to school and his mother tells him to have a good day.

Back in school, the teacher warns all the students to start moving inside the school building and threatening not to spare the late comers

Ramu is already late to school and is capsized by the fear of getting punished…. How will Ramu be treated is a story depicted in the next series.

Please note these cartoon strips by children are based on what they see in their schools and not actual happenings. Also, the name of the children who have created the strips have been omitted to protect their identities.

Cartoon Comic Strips by Children: Series 17

Monday, March 30th, 2009

The cartoon strip highlights the narrow thinking and close mindedness of the Indian society when it comes to interaction between the genders.  A girl is beaten up by her teacher when he catches her talking to a boy. The girl complains to her mother about the teacher’s behaviour. The mother goes to the girl’s school and makes the teacher see reason. She explains to him that just like his talking to a female teacher is not wrong similarly the little girl’s talking to her male classmates is equally harmless.

The cartoon strip makes a case for female emancipation in a society where women venturing out of the house are looked down upon. A girl is refused to go to a picnic in town on account of her being a girl. At that moment the village chief arrives and allows the girl to go to the town. He explains to her parents that there’s nothing wrong in a girl going out to enjoy herself.

A very bright girl is forced to leave school owing to her parent’s dwindling financial resources. One of her teachers comes forth to help the girl continue her education by providing her monetary help. The girl grows up and become a successful lawyer. She thanks her teacher for supporting her and credits him for her success.

A student is severely beaten up by his teacher when he fails to answer the question asked by the teacher correctly. The student complains to the school authorities. As a result, the errant teacher is brought to the task by the authorities. The teacher realises his mistake and vows never to beat up children again.

The cartoon highlights the shameful crime of sexual abuse in schools and its traumatic effect on the victim. A girl is molested by her teacher in the school. She feels quite traumatized but due to her mortification doesn’t tell her parents anything about the incident. The next day when her mother asks her to go to the school she refuses on the pretext of illness.

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Please note these cartoon strips by children are based on what they see in their schools and not actual happenings. Also, the name of the children who have created the strips have been omitted to protect their identities.

Cartoon Comic Strips By Children: Series 15

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

A boy asks his friend why his sister doesn’t go to school. The friend replies that she can’t because she has to do household chores. The boy advise his friend to send his younger sister to school as his elder sister also goes to college regularly. The friend takes his advise and requests his parents to send his sister to school with him. The parents agree and from then onwards his sister starts going to school regularly.

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Tarun goes out to get chalk for the teacher’s convinience before he arrives in the class but is beaten up by the teacher for getting the chalks without his permission. Tarun complains to the headmaster who reprimands the teacher for his misconduct. The teacher realizes his mistake and asks for Tarun’s forgiveness.

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A boy reaches school late and is severely punished by the teacher. He is made to clean the school, stand in the sun and beaten up with a stick for his non-punctuality. The boy feels sad and vows to reach school on time.

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A girl gets late for school due to household chores and requests a friend to drop her to school on his bicycle. Her brother’s friend sees this and complains to her father. On returning home she is badly scolded by her father for going with a boy and her studies are discontinued.

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A newly appointed teacher drinks in the class and neglects his duty as a teacher. One day he gives his students some problems to solve at home which none of them succeed in solving as they had not been taught anything by the teacher. The teacher gets angry and beats up the students severely. The students complain to the principal who reprimands the errant teacher. The teacher realizes his mistake and vows to mend his ways.

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Please note these cartoon strips by children are based on what they see in their schools and not actual happenings. Also, the name of the children who have created the strips have been omitted to protect their identities

Cartoon Comic Strips by Children: Series 5

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Please note these cartoon strips by children are based on what they see in their schools and not actual happenings. Also, the name of the children who have created the strips have been omitted to protect their identities

Cartoon Comic Strips by Children: Series 1

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Interacting with children across India, we realise there are many children with artistic talents who love to create cartoon strips Editto http://learnwithoutfear.in/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=507&message=10share their experiences, illustrate how they view schools should be, or just have fun. This is the first collection of those cartoon strips made by the children. We will be uploading more and continue this series in future posts.