DP Language and Literature Blog

Part 1- Bio Provide your readers with a little background about you. Hello! 😁 My name is Abhay Narayanan and I am a 11th Grade student at Raha International School, Abu Dhabi. I am an Indian national and presently reside in the United Arab Emirates, and have been here for close to 3 years. I am starting to getting used to calling Abu Dhabi home! What are your interests? What do you care about? As a 16 year old boy, I have several interests and hobbies, not all of which are centered around academics. I am a person who is very interested in sports such as tennis and basketball. I like these mainly because they give me a chance to not have to think of anything else, and simply immerse myself in the moment. That is not to say, however, that I take no interest in academics. Among my subjects, I am very interested in Mathematics and the sciences (especially physics and chemistry). The reasons for that are mainly because I often relish a challenge and love to find myself finally trium...

THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT ADHERING TO ETHNICAL STEREOTYPES:    Children are forced into streams and subjects they may not like solely because of their ethnicity on a daily basis.  As a student of Indian nationality, I understand the plight that these children are forced to face. Although I have never faced this directly, I can understand these issues because of the attitude schools and families in India tend to have towards certain subjects and their importance. For instance, maths and the sciences are normally given top priority while everything else matters little or nothing: especially the arts. The roots of this problem do not arise from a single tree, nor do they rise from any one occurrence. In other words, the problem is not the fact that the people are narrow-minded. The issue is how less scope professions such as an artist or musician have among the Indian people. This is because of the fact that people are unable to make it big in the world of music or art,...