Undoubtedly, today the three Rs (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic) make up the most important part of the school curriculum. The moment a child goes to school, he immediately starts enchanting the alphabets, writing them all, and solving mathematical sums. The process keeps on getting complex annually and at the end the child passes out from his enters his college education and at the very end gets some degree and starts his professional life. {Caution: We were talking only about school going children.}On one hand where some students undergo things mentioned above, on the other hand there are many who never get a chance to study or to go to a good school. The thing that needs our attention is, "Why does the second lot of children still prevail?" If our three R's would have been strong enough then there may not have been so many illiterates today. The reason is that the children who have already entered their professional lives don't even worry about those illiterates and poor after they get high positions.
The question that arises now is, "How can we alter the present chain?" A clear way out is that we should inculcate the present three Rs (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic) in such a way that they result in better three Rs of life that is Respect, Responsibility and Responsiveness. If an individual inculcates these three Rs in his life then he will surely succeed and help others too. The moment an individual imbibes in him respect for hard earned money, labour and his fellow beings, he too will gain respect from this society because he will always work for the welfare of people. He will not grow an aversion to hard work and will surely not take bribes. The second R responsibility is your ability to respond. It means that you move beyond blaming and recognize that you may bring about a change; therefore it is you who must respond. Unfortunately today our high-ups fail to respond to the call, there are many who don't even pay heed to it. The third R is RESPONSIVENESS. Responsiveness is about being in the with other people. It means that our fellow beings who are in trouble, below poverty line and all others are real people with real needs and concerns. Today, our IAS, IPS officers, ministers etc. get so focused on their own task they forget about the people. People are treated as objects. A complaining person becomes an inconvenience. An unhappy citizen becomes a problem. The result in these cases is the inconvenience and the unhappiness.
So, the situation is quite demanding now that we impart such an education which has the better three Rs (Respect, Responsibility, Responsiveness) as the result of the present three Rs -- reading, ’riting, and ’rithmetic.
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The question that arises now is, "How can we alter the present chain?" A clear way out is that we should inculcate the present three Rs (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic) in such a way that they result in better three Rs of life that is Respect, Responsibility and Responsiveness. If an individual inculcates these three Rs in his life then he will surely succeed and help others too. The moment an individual imbibes in him respect for hard earned money, labour and his fellow beings, he too will gain respect from this society because he will always work for the welfare of people. He will not grow an aversion to hard work and will surely not take bribes. The second R responsibility is your ability to respond. It means that you move beyond blaming and recognize that you may bring about a change; therefore it is you who must respond. Unfortunately today our high-ups fail to respond to the call, there are many who don't even pay heed to it. The third R is RESPONSIVENESS. Responsiveness is about being in the with other people. It means that our fellow beings who are in trouble, below poverty line and all others are real people with real needs and concerns. Today, our IAS, IPS officers, ministers etc. get so focused on their own task they forget about the people. People are treated as objects. A complaining person becomes an inconvenience. An unhappy citizen becomes a problem. The result in these cases is the inconvenience and the unhappiness.
So, the situation is quite demanding now that we impart such an education which has the better three Rs (Respect, Responsibility, Responsiveness) as the result of the present three Rs -- reading, ’riting, and ’rithmetic.
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How far can these three Rs concept take an individual when the daily requiremnts of the life presses.
ReplyDeleteWe have to decide what are the things we want our children be equipped with.
Do we need self-centred individuals, packed with robotic capabilities who are dry of humanistic virtues. Who are successful individuals but indiffwerent social beings.
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Do we want them to grow up as informed citizens who act responsibly and understand accountability for whatever happens in the society...
well, the era in which we are striving, its quite difficult to understnd which people are we taking abt if we have marked a certain group called as self centred. what i feel is that each and every person is damn self centred. but the focus changes from one to another.
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