Watch: NRI Kids Moving From Denmark to India: School Adjustment Story

3:37 >> Eventually. >> Got it. And can you compare and contrast your school experience in Denmark versus India? So maybe before jumping on that let me check with you. which curriculum are you part of like CBSC, Cambridge or you know which curriculum? >> CBSC. CBSC. >> Got it. And in terms of the experience like you know schooling in Denmark versus schooling in India how was your experience? the over there it was like more computerized and there wasn't really much written work and the teaching was pretty much from websites we had to open on a computer so self-study but then over here we actually had to write stuff and there was exams over there there weren't like two to get promoted to each grade you just get promoted after every year >> okay >> here every like every two to three months there's one exam where you actually have to get good marks in or else you you you might not go to next

4:41 Grade. >> there's also a lot of written work here compared to compared to there. There's a lot of written work and the teachers teach us >> more than they do over there. >> Okay. So you felt like you're learning a lot more here in India than it was in >> Got it. And then how was your you know adjustment or getting into the groove especially in the languages side. Were you already familiar with like Telugu or some of these languages beforehand? >> I I was familiar with Telugu before I came. >> Okay. So there was not much of an issue in terms of the transition like in terms of writing, reading like even at grade six in the CBSC.

5:27 >> writing was a little hard but I could speak. >> And writing and reading were a little hard. I had I learned eventually how I learn I eventually learned how to do it properly. >> Got it. And how did you approach that? Like did you had like a one-on-one tutoring or you spent extra time in the school? Like how did you how did you catch up on that? so the there was a lot of pe there was there were a lot of people in my in like in my class who couldn't really read or write Telu. So the the teacher some the some for some classes he like taught us how to read the basics. so I know you mentioned about the friends in school as well as outside also like maybe you can talk like your kind of social life you know after coming back from school like playing games is there a difference like what you experienced in Denmark versus India in terms of that that life.

6:25 >> Yeah. So over there during break time we got we for like 20 minutes we got to go outside outside into like the into the ground and do whatever we want but then over here you all you have to do is like stay either stay in your class or be in the corridors. You don't really get to go wherever you want. >> Got it. and post school like in the evening with the friends in the community or some other place like is there a difference in >> until until third grade there was there was something called SF4 so you so you get to stay for like one or two hours after school and be in the ground until your parents pick up pick you up and then on from third grade onwards there's something like a club there's something called a club so you go there and then there's more amenities >> got are you playing any sports here in India?

7:21 >> yes, batminton and roller skating. >> Got it. Do you feel like you have more opportunities to play here in India versus in Denmark or other way around? what do you think about it in terms of the sports? >> o over there there were a lot of like there there there weren't as many baton courts and they were like really far away. Over here there are a lot of bat courts even outside where you can play. But but there aren't as many tournaments they organize here than they organize over there. Over there is like every month you you go get to go to a tournament. >> Got it. So is there anything that you want to share with another kid like who is in a fifth grade or fourth grade or someone you know who is planning to move to India? You want to say some few words to them in terms of like based on your experience what can you tell them?

8:14 Maybe like before you may like before you join the school because like when you come and then there's a little one or two months gap before you start the school year. your first you should like go outside and then go to the park or something and actually make some friends. So then you get to know how people actually act before you go to school. So then you can like mingle with the people who are in school. >> Yeah. No, that's a good advice. Thanks a lot Vishwa. really appreciate you taking the time sharing your candid experience of your journey to India. Good luck with everything. All the best and thanks again for sharing your story with us. >> Thank you.

8:59 >> So, Suhan I think you know what was your initial reaction when you heard about moving back to India? I was sad that my I left my friends that I made but I also looked at it for like a new opportunity to meet new people and learn more stuff. >> Got it. And in terms of your experience in the last two two and a half years, how how did it go for you? For me, first we it was hard to like mingle with everyone, but once we started meeting every day, we were like playing together and then we eventually became friends and the studying part was hard because there in Denmark there's not much work you have to do. You just have to open the computers and then the teacher will just tell

10:00 You to do something. you just use the like just type everything in the computer. That was how it went there in Denmark. But here in India, you just have you have to write everything, solve it on your own after the teacher explained which was hard for me to catch up and it was hard for me to grasp the concept in some subjects. >> Yeah. So maybe before we dive into the the education part, you mentioned about you know finding the friends. It was hard initially once you know them better. I think you know >> what was the initial hurdles like where did you see like where you had challenges mingling with other kids? is there some cultural issue or maybe some other things that was going on? What was going what what's happening at that time initially? It's not like challenges or hurdles. It's just since you haven't like met them at all, they won't know you. You won't know them.

10:57 Once you just know them, you may become friends, they may not. >> Yeah. >> It depends on the other person also. >> Yes. It's just knowing each other and it just taking the time to build that kind of a friendship. Got it. Okay. And let's move on to the education. And I think you kind of touched about the education which is more hard in India compared to it was in Denmark because of writing and all that stuff. >> so what was your experience? Are you learning more in Denmark or are you learning more here? What do you think which school is better? I'm really more here because their Denmark maths they'll teach a low standard a bit and then once you reach like 10th 11 12th everything will just become hard at once but here India the higher grades so you don't have to

11:57 Like >> feel that it's too hard at the higher grades. So they teach you more in the lower grade so the higher grades become easier for you. >> No. I'm very surprised to hear that like you having that kind of a maturity because you don't you're not looking at a short term, you're looking at a long term. So you're preparing yourself to be ready when you get into the 10th, 11th, 12th. So really appreciate you are like yeah let me take it on like the hard path instead of the easy path. That's fantastic to hear. what about the languages? how comfortable were you in Telugu and the other languages like the Hindi in terms of transition? How did it go for you? >> Telugu actually my mother she taught me at home in Denmark. So it became a bit easier for me than just everything not not knowing anything.

12:51 So like I knew a bit in the writing part, a bit in the reading part and talking was I used to talk almost every day. So my mom I was used to talking but when it came to writing my teacher she used to concentrate a lot on me. She used to tell me how to write the letters and everything. Hindi wasn't that hard because I started my Hindi from fifth grade and I joined school in India from fourth. So Hindi became a bit easy for me. >> Got it. And now I think you you are comfortable with the languages. You're able to pick up with like in a similar stage as the other kids. Everything is is is is fine there from the languages perspective. >> Cool. And how many friends do you have like do you meet them regularly?

13:40 How is your post school life here in India? >> It's good. Like everyone wants to talk to me. I am open to to talk to everyone. every day me and my friends we sometimes we get the naughty stuff to give you the teacher. >> Yeah. So >> do you miss anything from Denmark? >> Yes, I do. But we mostly call each other talk. Sometimes when my friend comes here to India, we meet each other. >> Okay. Nice. Very nice. So, how was that experience learning guitar here in India? Were you learning guitar? Sorry. Were you learning guitar in Denmark before?

14:26 >> Yes, I was. >> So, maybe you can talk about that like in terms of how it was in Denmark versus in India if it is okay. In Denmark the guitar whose gods up like it's one one person class is like no friends will come to your class but here in India you'll have many friends coming to your class you can mingle while playing there is just fullon playing actually I feel like I learned more on Denmark because if I had any doubts and my sir was like busy and any with other students I could just ask my friends they can help me out and I can help out my friends like that.

15:18 >> Got it. Did you play guitar in any of these events school or outside events? >> I played guitar in my school once. Yeah, everyone said if I played well but there I never played like in events or anything that he only in India played once. Yeah. >> Got it. Cool. is there anything that you want to tell to your peers like someone who is in their primary school like about your experience in India or what they should watch out or what they should consider. Yeah. >> Nothing much. You should just be like yourself. don't need to just have fear force on your back. You should you shouldn't try and change because if you try and change your friend think why is he changing every day. You should just be like yourself. Even if your accent is different just keep your accent nothing will happen.

16:13 >> That's it. since you are someone who is thinking a little ahead so just curious for your higher education let's say for your engineering or not engineering whatever it could be bachelor's masters anything do you want to go abroad or do you want to do it in India any thoughts or >> I want to go abroad >> any reason >> no not pretty much it's just because you since we have the citizenship of Denmark, any country that's a part of EU will give us free education. >> So my college, universities, everything will be free. And I already think thought about which one I want to go.

16:59 >> Wow. You are in sixth grade, but you're already thinking about which college you want to go. That's amazing. Fantastic. Oh, very matured. very nice talking to you. really appreciate you being on our show and sharing your thoughts and good luck with everything. All the best with the guitar, with the school, with the friends, everything. All the best.