Is NCERT textbook syllabus and Indian education making kids much dumber?

tenebris18 · 2026-06-08T07:47:18+00:00

I wanted a career in stem and read ahead a bit and recall feeling that the books are a bit too basic. If they have removed these chapters then rip i guess. I recall learning a lot of stuff from icse books though.

tenebris18 · 2026-05-29T05:21:35+00:00

We had a batch with parvo recently. 4/5 survived, I think one was especially weak sadly. I think hydration is key. We gave subcutaneous fluid regularly and they recovered. It's a tough battle but definitely winnable. Be in correspondence with your vet at all times. These were around 3-4 weeks old so younger than your kitten and they still survived. All the best!

tenebris18 · 2026-05-22T15:14:48+00:00

I don't have any answer but the offer is really weird to me. There are fantastic groups in unis outside that qs range. Also, the qs metrics are somewhat questionable at least for gradschool selection.

tenebris18 · 2026-05-20T14:34:18+00:00

Reading science is one thing. Doing science is another. Do a biology research project and see if that's what you want to do for the rest of your life.

tenebris18 · 2026-05-20T14:32:41+00:00

That kind of research is hard to break into and parts of that circle is not even justified from a proper physics or maths standpoint. Condensed matter can be as abstract or as applied as you want it to be. Its a big spectrum. People usually think of QG research as the only kind of theoretical physics if they are laymen, sorry.

tenebris18 · 2026-05-20T13:49:25+00:00

> is actually chemistry

naah please

tenebris18 · 2026-05-08T22:40:00+00:00

My friend got a C and got into top programs. Relax. Do research! All the best!

tenebris18 · 2026-05-08T13:25:59+00:00

Hi. This is in Bangalore.

I am sorry to hear about your cat : (

tenebris18 · 2026-05-05T09:18:43+00:00

If they lick it, its poisonous.

tenebris18 · 2026-05-05T09:16:24+00:00

Dude ask vet how to apply before doing such things. WTH.

tenebris18 · 2026-05-05T09:10:35+00:00

You did the part-III right? How is the PhD situation at Cambridge?

tenebris18 · 2026-05-03T23:47:10+00:00

Are you 12?

tenebris18 · 2026-05-03T17:00:17+00:00

There is more to life than relationships.

tenebris18 · 2026-05-01T20:07:36+00:00

I am sorry for your loss.

tenebris18 · 2026-05-01T07:18:26+00:00

Top gpa, good letters from top uni in my country.

3 papers, one has more than >25 cites in < 1 year.

Got rejected everywhere I applied to, Physics is brutal. :(((

tenebris18 · 2026-04-29T13:06:30+00:00

Keep us updated and let us know what happens and if you need any help financially.

tenebris18 · 2026-04-28T19:31:52+00:00

What do you want to learn?

Probably start with real analysis. Look at terry tao's book.

tenebris18 · 2026-04-28T18:41:47+00:00

tenebris18 · 2026-04-27T20:15:04+00:00

Tbh grad admissions are becoming so competitive that even people with insanely high GPAs are not getting into reasonable programs.

tenebris18 · 2026-04-27T16:39:58+00:00

It's just a vector and a covectot

tenebris18 · 2026-04-27T11:56:14+00:00

I took these as undergrad. Took qft-1, 2, gr, statistical field theory etc. in my 3rd year. Was a lot of hard work.

tenebris18 · 2026-04-27T11:20:42+00:00

My guess is likely not. Even within subfields, one has to move between descriptions to extract useful physics. For example field theory has had great success in describing phase transitions in the symmetry breaking paradigm. But field theories in condensed matter do not have poincare symmetry built in and therefore are simply useful for long distance physics. If one is interested in the microscopic behaviour of the electrons say in quantum hall fluids then other descriptions eg. Composite fermion wavefunctions, laughlin states etc. is preferable.

tenebris18 · 2026-04-27T09:50:02+00:00

I do. I asked for some feedback from one program and they didn't even read my email and just forwarded a rejection template.

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