Wednesday, 26 December 2007

Childhood in distress: whom to blame?

A child is overburdened right from the moment he starts his education, but whom to blame for this? The society, system or the student himself? A child is pressurised always as the parents see an image in him that he has to fulfil the dreams they could not the society too wants something like this from him. The students too at times have expectations which can not be fulfilled always.
Expectations have no boundaries they are often made just to transcend every boundary, but when the whole surrounding goes against a child, then the worse gets worst, The people want marks and only marks their dreams start with marks and end with marks, hereby ending a child's life. The biggest question that arises is a money only the ultimate goal? a school too wants only IAS officers, engineers and doctors from their schools hence they grade the students only according to their academics.
When a child is overburdened with so many expectations, will he be not suicide if he failed to archive them all. Yes, suicide is a grievous crime but have we made the system compatible enough to moral and ethical values so that it may bring a child morally upright.
Thus, it's the our need to let a child stand on his own and not just to be a mere doctor or engineer but a true citizen and then something else. We should try to mould students in such a way that they achieve more marks in more fields to serve more people.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I pity myself when i recall my school days and the ever increasing weight of my back pack. The burden of homework from school and then private tuitions. Where did i have the time to enjoy growing up, learn from my surroundings. My surroundings were confined to the walls of school, and home. Today I dont find myself aptly equipped to face the challenges of day to day life...
where has all the learning gone???