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Jul 2 2021

Fun is mandatory and learning is a by-product! 💃🏻 [copy]

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When I was about 5 years old, my mom used to send me and my sister to Geeta Auntys' house to learn how to paint. Geeta Aunty was about 50 years old and both her kids had moved to another city to study, so every day in the evening she used to teach kids who lived around the block how to paint.
The class was simple; Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 5 PM my sister and I would pick up our painting kit and go to her house. All the kids, about 8-10 of us, would sit on the floor and paint a painting that Geeta Aunty would show us a picture of. To be honest, I never learned how to paint and I was possibly the most annoying kid in the class. I would paint the sun green and the grass purple, but Geeta Aunty would always tell my mom that I did a great job, and I wouldn't lie, even I thought I did!

Looking back at it, I wondered why my mom would send me three times a week to Geeta Aunty's house when all I came back with was a green-colored sun!
The answer to this sat right in front of me, when we spoke to the founders of Yellow Class

Creating a schedule: My mom ensured that me and my sister were never late for our class.
The social element: There were about 8-10 kids my age who lived around the block and all of them used to come to Geeta Aunties house. Our mothers had a topic to talk about and an art piece drawn by their kid to brag.
Kids loved it: I wouldn't lie, even though I was really bad at art, I had fun! I would draw whatever I liked, painted however I wanted and would get to meet my friends!

Yellow Class is creating the very same impact but at scale.
So here is a quick read on why we invested in Yellow Class, a platform with over 700,000 learners!

Gyaan

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