"What you have studied..?" "Is that all you learned from school?" These are all common scoldings we receive when we do any mischievous or any misbehavior in our boyhood days.
From the dress up, the hair cut, speaking aloud at street or public places, sitting in a bus while senior or women stands etc. for everything!
I still remember my school days when I travel by bus, we can sit on a seat until any old person or woman boarded. If you still sit on the seat for any reason, you would hear the voice from the crowd "nowadays the boys are learning only this sort of kindness from the school..the mistake is not theirs, the teacher who teaches.." Even if you sit after hearing this, they ask you to get up from the seat on your face. But, it seldom happened. At street, when you happened to see an elder person you should unfold your lungi or dhoti spontaneously. The gesture to show your respect. You cannot stand as it is, in folded manner. Like this, many of your acts would be observed, watched keenly by the senior environment. When they notice something in disrespect manner, they doubt on your studies and the school where you study.
The people expected the school and especially the teacher should teach not only the lessons to the students but, the respect towards the society they belong! The student's attitude and the inter personal skills measured and expected from their school. Still, in small towns they would ask about the school and the teacher's name. Believe it or not, the message would reach to the respective school /teacher within a short span of time in those days where no telephone, internet. I can give an example, when I was at class 8th me and my friend rode a cycle. During those days, the cycle riding was a great amusement and achievement for the school goers. There were cycle shops which rent out the cycles, especially the small one for boys. There were queue to take cycle and people would wait for their turn. For an hour fifty paise, half an hour 30 paise. The shop keeper keep a small time piece and note your name and time on a note book. Owning a bicycle was a dream! Some times, students borrow their parents or uncles bicycle to school, that was an amazing thing. They allow only their friends to touch and very close friends to ride it. Once, me and my friend rode and accidentally hit a person. The first question he asked was which school. We told our school name. And which class, we used to pronounce the class with section naturally then. When he starts shouting, we flew away.
Next day, we were called to head master's room. When peon called our name, we were almost dead. When we reached his room, our class teacher was there. He called us inside and shouted "Welcome heroes, Can't you stay home and study? Riding cycle and hitting people on road..Your teacher is not strict, that is the reason you are wandering like this..!" Our teacher bent down his head. He was very kind indeed. Then he called our Physical education teacher and told him the story. He took off to the PT room and..Need to mention? For us, more than pain wondered how the news reached was a big surprise.
The school and teachers were very keen on their pupils' behavior in the society. That was the care in fact. They built the society and living of every individual pupil.
Now, can you imagine and expect all these from the school and teachers? Then, we can't blame the society!
From the dress up, the hair cut, speaking aloud at street or public places, sitting in a bus while senior or women stands etc. for everything!
I still remember my school days when I travel by bus, we can sit on a seat until any old person or woman boarded. If you still sit on the seat for any reason, you would hear the voice from the crowd "nowadays the boys are learning only this sort of kindness from the school..the mistake is not theirs, the teacher who teaches.." Even if you sit after hearing this, they ask you to get up from the seat on your face. But, it seldom happened. At street, when you happened to see an elder person you should unfold your lungi or dhoti spontaneously. The gesture to show your respect. You cannot stand as it is, in folded manner. Like this, many of your acts would be observed, watched keenly by the senior environment. When they notice something in disrespect manner, they doubt on your studies and the school where you study.
The people expected the school and especially the teacher should teach not only the lessons to the students but, the respect towards the society they belong! The student's attitude and the inter personal skills measured and expected from their school. Still, in small towns they would ask about the school and the teacher's name. Believe it or not, the message would reach to the respective school /teacher within a short span of time in those days where no telephone, internet. I can give an example, when I was at class 8th me and my friend rode a cycle. During those days, the cycle riding was a great amusement and achievement for the school goers. There were cycle shops which rent out the cycles, especially the small one for boys. There were queue to take cycle and people would wait for their turn. For an hour fifty paise, half an hour 30 paise. The shop keeper keep a small time piece and note your name and time on a note book. Owning a bicycle was a dream! Some times, students borrow their parents or uncles bicycle to school, that was an amazing thing. They allow only their friends to touch and very close friends to ride it. Once, me and my friend rode and accidentally hit a person. The first question he asked was which school. We told our school name. And which class, we used to pronounce the class with section naturally then. When he starts shouting, we flew away.
Next day, we were called to head master's room. When peon called our name, we were almost dead. When we reached his room, our class teacher was there. He called us inside and shouted "Welcome heroes, Can't you stay home and study? Riding cycle and hitting people on road..Your teacher is not strict, that is the reason you are wandering like this..!" Our teacher bent down his head. He was very kind indeed. Then he called our Physical education teacher and told him the story. He took off to the PT room and..Need to mention? For us, more than pain wondered how the news reached was a big surprise.
The school and teachers were very keen on their pupils' behavior in the society. That was the care in fact. They built the society and living of every individual pupil.
Now, can you imagine and expect all these from the school and teachers? Then, we can't blame the society!
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