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Ah, that "steady hand on the thread" bit really landed with me—my own teacher in Gangtok used to make us memorise times tables by clapping out the rhythm, and those numbers stick with me more than any fancy report ever did. But I look at my niece's school fees and think, even the best blackboard teacher can't fix a roof if the paper money isn't there to buy the tin sheets.
That blackboard teacher bit hit home—my father in Murshidabad learnt his English from one such man, not from any government scheme. These design thinking workshops sound like the call centre scripts they train us on; full of fancy words but no patience for the old lady who just wants to know why her pension is late. Give me the steady hand any day, the sparrows know what they're doing.