Monday, August 17, 2009

An Orderly Life

How come this article is under the head of "Orderly Life" ? Are we not maintaining an "Orderly Life" now? - You all may question. I have the following answer.

In the earlier days, students maintained a kind of discipline. The educational system has an in-built command of respecting the teachers from day one of entry into the school. Masters were not fun makers, neither the students. The absolute relationship between a Master and a Student was more than a Parent and a child. Masters were straining to mould their students in a very refined manner and there were days when Masters hearts filled up with lot of joy when they observe the student performing more finer than the master himself. A kind of dedication to the role responsibility was seen in "Masters of yester years". And the same is missing now. There is more or less a commercial binding between a master and a student. These days, the students demand a kind of easy life and treat their masters as their equals and most often make fun of their teachers.

Co-education was also existent in those days but it has not gone to an ugly presentation. The Girls maintained decorum and they used to go to school keeping up a dignified dress. There was no occasion for the Girls to present the physical features of their bodies and this codified dress system actually helped them to keep the boys cool and calm without any specific irritation. The parents of yesteryears too were very specific on the dress code and they used to keep a strict watch on the movements of their children. Similarly, Teachers were also closely watching the movements of their students and timely action was possible to avoid any unto-do incident.

A comparative study of Child behaviour speaks that the Students of these days are let free by their parents and this has given a freedom to the children to move closely with all types of students and the dress fashions of the Girls, unfortunately alluring the boys and this is further let free by the Teachers due to volume of work load or "minding their business attitude" whatever we call. As a result, boys and girls are freely mingling with each other forgetting the very purpose of their educational base. This is virtually seen in the latest incidents of the boys throwing acid bottles on the faces of the Girls and killing the Girl Students etc.

Teacher-student relationship too strained very much due to the recent films while many films are produced making fun of the teachers in a class room. This media over powered the brains of the students and caused a serious damage to the system itself. The laxity of the law and order situation is another such, which worsened the situation. Finally, there is no watch dog in the system itself to check the movements of the students as a result the students are enjoying a "feel free" attitude.