rohan sampat a student in an indian school in dubai has set a world record of sorts by scoring 995 marks in the council for the indian school certificate examinations as per teachers and his parents rohan has a balanced attitude giving equal emphasis to studies and extracurricular activities although marks are not a yardstick for success in life they provide a perspective to evaluate the learning mechanism in school intelligence may be overpowered by over confidence callousness arrogance or lack of effort but excellence is always a loyal companion of dedicated effort passion hard work and perseverance more than anything else rohans selfendeavor is the magic ingredient behind his amazing success so early in life rohan aptly gives credit to his teachers and parents for his accomplishment parents educators and learning centre share credit for the strides made by students they are also equally responsible for the shortcomings that plague the students most dubai schools are well equipped with the latest infrastructures and conscientious educators to support them all schools in the emirate are inspected certified and ranked for their capability and competence by government bodies like khda knowledge and human development authority or adec abu dhabi education council ideally one would assume that schools in the emirate offer a pleasant and secure atmosphere for students to learn and flourish in most cases that is true it would be naive to assume that all schools here are a paradise immune to the various evils like bullying or corporal punishment on april 19 2012 an energetic and cheerful 11yearold loujain hussain was brutally battered by a group of boys younger than her in her school campus the incident that took place inside an abu dhabi school stunned the public across communities the image of 4th graders becoming violent attackers sending off an older kid to coma with a brain hemorrhage just did not fit anyones perception of a child the girl was admitted to a hospital subsequently and regained consciousness after battling with life and death for several days loujain hussain still suffers from bouts of violent shivering she has very hazy memory of the incident and is unable to see or walk properly leave along loujain her parents cannot bring themselves to think of sending her back to the same school once she recovers if loujain recovers from her physical suffering she still has another war to fight the battle against the mental scars will probably be a longer and more arduous one the boys involved in the incident are kept under close scrutiny although they attend school they are kept in their class during recess the principal says that until an investigation by the authorities has been completed they cannot be suspended what is more disturbing is that this is not an isolated incidence there has been more such news in the recent times the question plaguing every ones mind is what turned these young kids into savages obviously their transformation into antisocial elements has not come overnight