Real Education and life

It is rightly said that Beggars cannot be choosers. Standing in the front portion of the Low Floor DTC is not a nice experience. You are always kicked and pushed by the passengers who are getting down or planning to get down. But then, options some times become limited and the best option is the one which is available. Once I was standing in the front portion and since there is enough space to keep your things, I had kept my bag there and was holding on to the Yellow holding rods to support the turbulent journey. It was with out warning that one fellow of around 21 years jumped from some where in the back and sat in the space where people had kept the bags. He literally sat in my hand. Not even a sorry, and pushed off all the bags and sat as if he had inherited it and others are just passers by. But then, this is what happens in a country where resource is scarce and education and culture are in dictionary and are there, for poets and politicians to boost off.

I was feeling sorry for the poor chap. I did not need Sherlock Homes skill to understand that that he is a painter by profession and is passing though a very tough time in life. Since there is no adequate transportation facility in the city like Delhi, poor chaps like him experience the worst daily. He is not educated as per academic and cultural standards and as per Charles Darvins theory he is in the mist of survival of the fittest.

But then there is other kind of persons whom we meet daily, who are highly qualified, in high position and dress like god, move in the trendy vehicles. Are they educated? Again, they are the first to use abusive language. They do not mind passing loose remarks at others. Shows off their valuables and does not mind boosting off. They feel their booze parties should be discussed in front of even women staff in office, to show the power they have. Still there are others who dress and move like a celebrity and does not have any time for any one else but themselves.

We insist on education. All our leaders are speaking about it. All our national daily’s are promoting the same through different promotions.But is it that we need? Will it solve the problems that we face?

When the parents do not have time to spend with children and travel three hours a day and spend eight hours in an office, who is developing the real education of these future Indians? School? Teachers? Television? Friends? FM Channels?. Yes, it is all these that play a crucial role. But then can some one substitute the role of Parents, family and good teachers?. In the race to cover vast syllabus and getting highest marks possible, we are not giving even 10 percent attention to the character building education of our future generation.

Whom can we blame for? It is we ourselves who are responsible for the diminishing scenario. If we can spend at least one productive hour with our future generation, we will immensely improve the character and education of our future generation.

Daily papers are full of the news of the teen’s suicides. Why? What is happening to the Indian Teens? Is there some virus on the sprawl? If we look at the real scenario, we find that the current teens are the ones who are born in the modern communication age. All of them have been born with a TV at home and a telephone in most cases with in the radius of 5 to 10 kms. By the time they are 10 years India experienced the mobile revolution. So with so much communication tools why there is this suicides? Is the communication not a solution for most of the unknown problems? But too much time with ones friends draws one away from ones family.

From ancient time family has been the backbone for Indian society and once this started breaking, the support for the individual goes off. I do remember, once I had a very bad day in school, as I had fight with friends and due to that I came last in my school race. Living in a joint family is an experience by itself. If I just mention it, there will be huge laugh at home from my cousins and aunts. But as I reached home, my grandmother called me and said to come to her room immediately as she has some urgent work. Once inside her room, she asked me why I am feeling so frustrated and moody. I did not know how she knew that I was not in my usual self. But then she give me some hidden goodies which some of my distant aunt might have gifted her when they came visiting her. Then I could explain the whole situation and she pacified me and lifted my spirit so much that I never remembered the thing again till next day morning. How could she know that i was not in my usual self? I asked her later. Simple, she can see me coming home with other school kids from a distance as she sat in her chair in the courtyard. She found that i was moving slowly with out interest and once i reached the courtyard she found my face to be with out glow. So she called me to solve the problem. So simple is it not? But we have broken that helpful system of life.

Does this kind of network exist now? No in large percentage. Even if the mother is not working, she is so occupied with the other activities that she does not have that time to notice these. It is not that there are parents who do not do it. But the percentage is declining.

So as our education level improving are we really educated? Answer is very evident.