Education- is that what a school promises to deliver. Or is it literacy alone? When we put a child in a school, do we expect him to only learn the alphabets or do we also expect that eventually he will be able to soothe someone with the usage of those alphabets? Doesn't it come as a package- literacy and education? The more I see around myself, I get the unwanted answer to my question above as a big NO.
I take the public transport to work. So does a majority of other Indians. I see people going to school, college ,work. But what astonishes me is the fact that even when an elderly person, someone the same age as our granny, is standing, no one bothers to offer her a seat. It saddens me. Once I asked a girl if she would let an older lady sit, she just decided to ignore me as if she dint hear me! Would we sit and let our mother or grandmother stand in that crowded bus? Where are our morals? I remember having a subject called Moral Science in primary school.
That was a just an incident from my life which I get to witness almost everyday now. How is it that we can get people educated. Or is it something that comes from within? Not throwing stuff onto the roads, giving respect to another individual, having the courage to speak up if you witness something wrong, is it too much too ask for?
I believe in the saying: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
So lets start the change! Lets make our world a better place to live. The change begins within you.
I take the public transport to work. So does a majority of other Indians. I see people going to school, college ,work. But what astonishes me is the fact that even when an elderly person, someone the same age as our granny, is standing, no one bothers to offer her a seat. It saddens me. Once I asked a girl if she would let an older lady sit, she just decided to ignore me as if she dint hear me! Would we sit and let our mother or grandmother stand in that crowded bus? Where are our morals? I remember having a subject called Moral Science in primary school.
That was a just an incident from my life which I get to witness almost everyday now. How is it that we can get people educated. Or is it something that comes from within? Not throwing stuff onto the roads, giving respect to another individual, having the courage to speak up if you witness something wrong, is it too much too ask for?
I believe in the saying: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
So lets start the change! Lets make our world a better place to live. The change begins within you.
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