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| GP |
Posted
on 19-Nov-01 08:07 PM
Hi!
It seems the rivalism between SEBS and St'X is developing
to distant them apart , far and far as time passes, we
will find them cutting each others throat. I suggest them
to unite for the betterment of Nepal.
Well, in GBNC talks if I had found the Majority comes from
St'X and SEBs don't like to join GBNC where rivals have
majority. Anyway, this is what I smelled for long time.
If I am wrong, correct it. But, these two groups, which
I believe is the elite Nepali's group that has strong hold
outside Nepal, I do not find anyother schools having such
good network, and rest are just minorities. Will such
ill fated groupism works in long run, POSITIVELY?
GP
Aago wrote: Try this link:
http://www.sebsonline.org/forum/forum_view.asp?T=10458
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| _BP |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 03:53 AM
Is this really true? If so, I can only imagine this to be true for the fresh high school grads. Who really hangs on to their "high school pride" to the degree of discriminating against other high school grads, especially after going through college and higher education? Sounds like you are just trying to rouse some rabble.
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| ashu |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 04:15 AM
BP, I haven't sensed much trouble either.
Some of the good Nepalis I have ever met have been BKS grads, though I once had had heated debates with some of them re: the disproportionate amount of
state funding for their school. I don't know what the situation re: funding there is now.
As a Nepali working in Nepal,. I just wish more BKS grads -- after studying and working abroad -- would return to Nepal with ideas, knowledge, capital and connections.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| _BP |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 04:44 AM
One of the smartest guys I know, Shailesh Malla...he went to Budhanilkantha. When my brother married his sister...I was happy to make the alliance, being from STX. But really, he was always a superstar in my mind.
OK, so this is personal stuff being posted on this site, but I have given myself permission to do this. And I don't think Shailesh will really mind what I have said about him. By the way, he is single and available. He will be doing a cardiology fellowship in New York. (He might get me for this last piece of information). See, we just have make sure he has access to our own homegirls.
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| SKS |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 09:29 AM
GP ji, I dunno how you got this notion that SEBS and STX graduates hate each other..?!? As someone pointed out, it's either when you're still in school you hate each other or if u are a recent graduate. Life is more than to which school u went to. I graduated from BNKS but I have "many" friends from STX. I have no probem with them and I don't treat them any differently than other friends who went to same school as I did.
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| Sangey |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 10:02 AM
Back in the high-school days, indeed there was a healthy rivalry between STX and BKS - but I never thought of it as hatred towards eachother. My being an STX grad posed no obstruction to BKS grads to be my good friends. It's same as Notredame and BC rivalry or Harvard and Yale rivalry or Michigan and Michigan State rivalry. Healthy, enthusiastic and good fun, but you move on as your life progresses ahead and there are bigger things to think of.
I believe current GBNC president, Bikram Yonzon, is BKS graduate. As, and not as, STX graduate I am very happy for him and wish him all the success in running this excellent organization.
See? No problem.
Sangey.
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| uttam |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 12:38 PM
There seems to be some misunderstanding about govt. giving disproportionate share of education budget to Budhanilkantha. It's true that BNKS gets around 60 lakhs from HMG every year though that amount is dwindling in recent years. This is solely for the education expense of the scholarship students. In a way, the govt. acts as the guardians/parents of these students. Reducing that money
means reducing scholarship quotas.We can debate about whether scholarship quotas are good or bad. I personally see nothing wrong with this as long as there exists a fair selection process. I think it's worth the investment!
Unless government charges for the use of the land/buildings (then the British government should also be paid!), Budhanilkantha will not be "affected" (if you consider in financial terms) by the reduction of government funds: more fee-paying students will join the school. But, the whole charm of Budhanilkantha will disappear. It's mini-Nepal scenario, with people of different background, that's most impressive about BNKS.
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| Sangam |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 01:21 PM
I am very much interested to learn about the ratio of students in schorships and students who pay. There are quite a few BNKS grads who I know. Most of them were well off while attending BNKS and are doing well today. Only one person who I know personally attended school in full schlorship. He hails from eastern pahad ko gau. As of today he is doing well, thanks to the opportunity to attend BNKS. However, I have not heard that many success stories about those students who hailed from gaus and attended BNKS. Has the school provided ample opportunites to the students for further education? Or after SLC, one in on their own? I would be delighted to learn about other success stories.
TIA.
Sangam.
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| student at stx and bnks |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 02:46 PM
I agree with many who point out that the rivalry between Bnks ans Stx should not be misinterpreted as hostility. It is a sense of being competitive in a healthy way.
As for the HMG aid to Nepal, it is designed to allow impoverished students from rural Nepal to study at Bnks. This is a great opportunity for these people and if anything this system should be implemented by other schools. Though I am not sure of the exact percentage of people who get this aid, I think it ranges from 10 -20% of the class.
At the least, these students get the opportunity to stand for themselves in society. There are numerous cases where these students from remote areas of Nepal have come to study at prestigious institutuins like Harvard and gone on to hold great jobs. I am simply amazed by them and i'm sure they're ever so grateful that they got the chance.
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| MANISH |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 03:50 PM
wHATS UP WITH ALL THIS LOVY DOVY STUFF
Face the reality... they hate each other. All this nonsense you guys are talking about is all bull. So what they hate each other, thats fine. There is no rule in the world that says you have to get along with everyone you meet. If that does happen....this world would be a very boring place. LET US NOT PRETEND
If it hadn't been for the royal family bks would not be among the elite and if it hadn't been for the SJ society stx would not be where it is today. As far as diversity goes both have quite a variety.
Buddha boys are a little KAAATHe` than the STX boys. Stx kids are more sociable.
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| le chef du nuit |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 04:23 PM
we've all discussed how apparently bnks and stx people have this hatred of each other.. a malignant, festering dislike that is so intense that it clouds all vision, removes all reason
i am curious, though
there are, to my knowledge, people who have attended both schools
so, how do they deal with this problem? do they have multiple personalities? a bnks persona and a stx persona? do there two halves loathe each other? is there a daily battle raging in their heads?
how do these people stay sane? i know i couldnt, if i hated half of me. what is your secret?
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| Pravin |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 04:28 PM
Most BKNS guys are stuck up. This is so very true. I am also an ex-BKNS. I think it's the school environment they grew up that have made them like that. The teachers are weird too, including the principal. Most of my friends are ex-BKNS and they are cool guys, very successful and at the same time weird!
Stx guys are bunch of idiots too. I know many of them, good friends, but not as successful as BKNS guys. Stx guys and gals are more out going and fun but total ass-----.
Overall guys afrom both schools are cool!
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| joie de vivre |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 04:44 PM
oye nuite. I don't know about anyone else, but you sure suffer from MPD :)
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| dude |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 04:56 PM
i read it somewhere before "budha guys are husband type and stx guys are boyfriend type"...dunno exactly what that means
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| observer |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 06:18 PM
The fact is that Nepali people in general are very unsophisticated and unimpressive. The whole society is a shame to the world.
The only way Nepalis can make themselves feel good is by putting other nepalis down.............thus stx and budha students put each other down, politicians put each other down, the so-called intellectuals put each other down.......and on and on it goes.
This is the sad, but true, story on Nepal and Nepalis. Mind you, this applies to Nepalis abroad as well.
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| le chef du nuit |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 06:18 PM
moi?
MPD?
oh la la!!
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| _BP |
Posted
on 20-Nov-01 06:48 PM
Observer, you may have a point. We are so used to other people being more successful, but we don't really seem to take it well when other Nepalis are doing well. This of course is not true for all of us, but in general my impression is people alienate themselves from successful people that they may decide are selfish.
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| okay okay |
Posted
on 21-Nov-01 02:47 AM
I am both budha and stx grad. Both the schools are great like other good schools. The schools r good with excellent opportunities; so what if the guys at both school are nerds? BNKS guys are pakhe people. STX folks are wiered morons.
Overall analysis, the schools are good and some guys are really brilliant from both those schools, amazing personality and sense of humor (I think I belong to this group). Nevertheless, most of them from both schools are nerds.
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| _BP |
Posted
on 21-Nov-01 04:42 AM
How many times do we have to debate this useless topic? Who cares where you went to high school? It's hardly even that, its more like middle school. How many times has this topic been discussed on this forum?
Oops. Sorry. I guess I should just ignore this and let those interested in it keep going.
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| dude |
Posted
on 21-Nov-01 09:46 AM
i doubt the credibility of some of the ppl here who say went to both schools. i know many ppl who attended both STX and BNKS and in no way any of them are nerds. yes, they're smart (some of them are exceptionally smart) and very funny but not nerd.
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