Stop Inviting Celebrities. Start Producing Thinkers.

Stop Inviting Celebrities.

Why do schools invite IAS officers, IPS officers, ministers, or film actors for annual days and special occasions?

Let us be honest.
It is not for education.
It is for photographs, banners, newspaper coverage, and WhatsApp forwards.

The message is clear: “Look who came to our school.”
But no one asks: “What did our students learn?”

A school is not supposed to be a stage for power and fame.
A school is supposed to be a factory of thinking minds.

The Wrong Role Models

When we invite a minister, an officer, or an actor, what are we really teaching children?

We are telling them:

• Power deserves respect, not questioning

• Fame is success

• Authority is above accountability

No student is encouraged to ask:

• What policies did you implement?

• What problems did you solve?

• What mistakes did you make?

• Why should we trust you?

Instead, children are taught to clap, stand in line, and obey.

This is not education.
This is conditioning.

Schools Have Become PR Companies

Today, many schools function like marketing agencies.

If one student wins in badminton, suddenly the whole school becomes a “sports school.”
If someone cracks IIT, the school becomes an “IIT factory.”
If cricket wins a World Cup, everyone runs behind cricket.

This is herd mentality, not vision.

Real education does not chase trends.
Real education creates direction.

Where Are the Question-Asking Students?

A good school should not produce silent toppers.
It should produce students who ask uncomfortable questions.

Imagine this instead:

• Students writing blogs questioning local MLA performance

• Students publishing pamphlets about civic problems

• Students debating education budgets, environment, corruption

• Students writing letters—not praise—to leaders

That is how you create:

• Thinkers

• Inventors

• Innovators

• Leaders who challenge the status quo

Not followers.
Not cheerleaders.
Not obedient spectators.

Why Bad Leaders Keep Winning

A leader fools the people because he knows something dangerous:
We don’t think before we vote.

We clap for speeches.
We fall for slogans.
We worship power.

Why?

Because from school onwards, we were never trained to:

• Question authority

• Demand accountability

• Think independently

We were trained to memorize, obey, and follow.

A society that does not think will always be ruled by those who exploit thinking gaps.

The Purpose of a School

A school’s job is not to produce rank holders.
It is not to produce government officers.
It is not to invite powerful people to feel important.

The job of a school is simple and radical:

Teach children how to think, not what to think.

If schools focus on thinking:

• Bad leaders will be questioned

• Fake heroes will be exposed

• PR politics will fail

• Real innovation will rise

Wake Up

We don’t need more celebrity visits.
We need courageous classrooms.

We don’t need children who clap on command.
We need children who ask “why?”

The future of India will not be decided by who comes on stage at a school function.
It will be decided by who dares to question the people already on that stage.

Stop showcasing power.
Start building thinkers.

That is real education.