Your 12-year-old sibling has unlocked more filters on Snapchat than you have. Your 15-year-old cousin who joined Instagram has more followers than you do, and that too just within a month of him joining. Such is the mutual pull of social media for the younger generation that one cannot survive without the other.
But a school in Chennai – Srimathi Sundaravalli Memorial School – is having none of that. In fact, the school’s admission form lays down one simple and straight condition – no social media accounts.
A Twitter user Anand Sethuraman put up the picture with the caption: so this is how it’s going to be. Good point, Mr. Sethuraman.
Ohh well… Inime ipdi thana!?? pic.twitter.com/dA2X26whQA
— Anand Sethuraman (@AnandTheJamist) May 26, 2016
Chennai has always been famous, or rather infamous for its stringent college and school rules, but this one is a brand new level of crazy. Twitter users had their own opinions about the condition.
@AnandTheJamist, Fair enough, I guess. Anyway, they are meant for only 18+ people.
— Sai Shyam G (@SaiShyamG) May 26, 2016
@SaiShyamG @AnandTheJamist Think 13+ can join Facebook. pic.twitter.com/20NiZiGRoC
— Ram (@KuttiJetti) May 26, 2016
@AnandTheJamist @rvaidya2000 Nice idea by school. Feel it is a must maybe they shd also say no txtng while in school except in emergency
— Ekalavya (@Naradauvacha) May 26, 2016
@AnandTheJamist I know the founder of this institution, a no nonsense man, strict. He is old fashioned, but means well @rvaidya2000
— Kunthavi (@Kunthavi5) May 26, 2016
@AnandTheJamist @poisonaavi wouldn’t this be depraving a teen his fundamental right of free action
— Dinesh B (@DinoBM) May 26, 2016
@AnandTheJamist sigh. Everything except education seems to be motto of Indian education scene.
— Akilan (@akilan27) May 26, 2016