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Monday, June 4, 2001
Kids chat

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HELLO friends and welcome to our weekly kids chat!

Cliparti: What’s with you, Windy? You must have found something nice to do in the holidays.

Windy: Oh! I have joined this WKN fun club.

Fluppy: Where is this club?

Windy: Basically, it’s not just one club. It is a group of some of the best clubs for kids on the Internet.

Cliparti: What kind of best club?

Windy: Well there are writing clubs, clubs for girls, guys and animals too!

Fluppy: Animals too? You mean animals can also work on the Internet.

Windy: No stupid! You will enroll your pets name in the club. Then you can interact with likes and dislikes of his breed. You can know how to react when he acts strange. You not only get to share each others experiences but also get informed about various facts you weren’t aware of .You can find this at www.worldkids.net/clubs/welcome.htm.

 


Fluppy: That’s nice. What else do these clubs have?

Windy: Lots of things you have space for yourself, you can find pen pals here. Since the clubs in WKN are all run by kids and for kids you will find some of the most creative and talented on the Net here?

Fluppy: That is why you are there too?

Windy: No, I am here because I find whatever I want, right here. And this club is so well-managed. Each club is managed by a director or an Area Manager who is responsible for managing their own club.

Cliparti: Oh! That reminds me, my elder brother has just cleared his class XII examinations. He is desperately trying to seek any and all kind of information regarding colleges. Can you suggest how I can help him? Will your club tell me all that I require about these colleges?

Windy: Not in such detail I presume but don’t worry I’ll tell you about this wonderful site that is especially dedicated to inform about the various colleges and universities found in India. It is dmoz.org/Reference/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/Asia/India/Universities

It covers Aligarh University and Allahabad University in Uttar Pradesh, Annamalai University in Chennai and Cocoon University of Science and Technology in Karen. From Calcutta University to Himachal Pradesh University, Panjab University to University of Hyderabad, from University of Mumbai to Jamie Handed Delhi University, it has all.

Cliparti: Does it list only the colleges and universities available?

Windy: No, it lists all courses offered, details on admission, other affiliated colleges, other programs offered, location in the city, distance education programs, libraries etc.

Cliparti: That’s really nice .It covers so many things .I am sure this will prove a great help to my brother.

Windy: This will help him choose his college, but has he decided on the subjects he wishes to take up?

Cliparti: I don’t think so. He is not too sure as to what he will do. He says that

he will decide after he sees what colleges give him admission.

Windy: Boy, Boy! That is a wrong approach, I must say!

Cliparti: Then how must he go about it?

Windy: This is a world of Internet and you can get all kinds of information right here You should even plan your approach beforehand.

Cliparti: Then tell me what he should do?

Windy: To start with, he should go for some career counsellor. He should chalk out his areas of interests and the various options available.

Fluppy: Choosing a career must be very difficult!

Cliparti: And important too!

Windy: That is precisely the point. Because you have to be doing that job for the rest of your life.

Cliparti: You’re right Windy. There must be some right way of deciding your career.

Windy: Nowadays there are scientific ways of doing so. For example, there is a site called aftercampus.com. It gives education a new dimension. In it’s students corner, it provides counselling, career options, online tutorials and aptitude tests. Then you can get some expert advice or share your views with the professionals in various fields. Further, you will also find loads of information and links to different schools, colleges, vocational centers and preparatory schools.

Fluppy: This really sounds one-in-all sites for your brother, Cliparti .So, now he simply has to look up and decide what he has to do. Then he just has to go to those colleges and ask when the admissions start so he can apply right away. Right?

Cliparti: Right!

Windy: Wrong!

Cliparti: Why?

Windy: Because, the information regarding admissions and results can also be received from this site.

Fluppy: Wow!

Windy: So your brother would simply need to go only once to apply, the Internet will do rest of the work for him. You know a nice thing about this site?

Cliparti: Now we know all nice things about this site.

Windy: I am sure you don’t know about this one. You can place your homepage here where you can share your views and even put up your name for Employment Exchange.

Fluppy: Wow, this will help you get a job too? Can I too enroll?

Windy: Sorry, I don’t think there is any job fit for you.

Fluppy: You mean I am that good?

Windy: I mean you are that bad!

— Ira Verma

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Hey, kids! Let’s be friends. You can send your suggestions and queries to us at Kids Chat. Our e-mail address is login@tribuneindia.com. Cliparti Sweet, Fluppy Little, along with me, of course, are all here to answer them. — Windy

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