The Responsibility of Our Society In Shaping Students and Their Behavior
Generally, children and adolescents who attend school and university are called students. Their main role is to learn. Reading books and following teachers' guidance is the most important task for students to gain the proper and quality education they need in life.
They attend school according to a set schedule every day to receive their formal education. Students cannot always focus on their own tired and repetitive thoughts in order to obtain the right education. One of the norms of our education system in Assam state is that a student should spend at least one year in each grade. After a year, they move to the next grade through test or examination. Passing an exam advances them to the next grade, while failing requires repeating the same grade until they pass.
A student's literacy or lack of ability is clearly recognized by teachers through tests or examinations. However, it is often incorrect to judge a student's quality solely based on their test scores. Some students study just to pass, while others copy to get good marks. Some earn marks by questioning others or cheating during exams.
Many students are unable to develop the creativity and discipline they need in life, even if they perform well on tests. Therefore, teachers should focus on a student's overall development while teaching. They should strive to provide a well-rounded education, so that a student's goal is not only to pass exams, so they are not just self-centered in achieving high marks, and so they learn to think about both themselves and others in the future.
Students are the greatest asset to our society, community, and country. Our entire future rests in their hands. Therefore, taking care of students is the greatest responsibility of our society.
In Japan, the people of the country seem to place great care and value on students. A similar story can be mentioned: there was a Kyu-Shirataki train station in a place called Hokkaido in Japan, which was the only way for a girl to get to school. The train station was kept open for this student until her high school graduation, even though there were no other passengers in the area.
The train station was closed shortly after she completed high school. This is such an important task for caring about and supporting Japanese students. In our country, the government has not yet been able to provide students with as much support as it should, and society is also said to not be taking enough responsibility.
Many students in our country do not make it to school even after leaving home, while many continue to play with friends on the street until school ends, with some running back home from school in no time. The consumption of bidi, cigarette, shikkar, gutka and tobacco at school is a major weakness, reflecting poor manners and immoral behavior among our students.
In some places, students still disobey their parents, do not respect them, deceive teachers, and even ridicule community leaders. Likewise, in some areas, there are reports that parents do not take care of their children, teachers do not teach the students well in school, and even community leaders neglect the children.
Some people also hear that there are schools in our country where if the teacher comes, the students do not show up, and if the students come, the teacher is absent. The teacher does not know their students due to a lack of a good relationship, and the students do not know the teacher's name. Some members of the community refer to certain teachers as teachers in name only, merely waiting for the salary sent by the government each month as part of their job.
Students also accuse teachers of not teaching well, and teachers also dismiss students as misbehaving. There is a continuous cycle of mutual blame between teachers and students, and between leaders and the community. If this continues, we will not be able to raise children properly, provide quality education, or foster good behavior, resulting in a society without prosperity and happiness.
Our parents, teachers, and community members must prioritize developing good behavior in young children. A person's behavior should be obedient, tolerant, and disciplined, allowing them to live peacefully while also being mindful of the well-being of others.
Unkind or ill-mannered people often think only of themselves and are unable to appreciate their own lives. Some of these people are seen indulging in drinking, scandals, accidents, fights, and various kinds of addictions. They not only harm themselves but also try to harm others.
Japanese people have always been very conscious of their country's future. They are always focused on developing human resources. Loving and serving their country is instilled in them from childhood, as parents and society carefully educate children with great attention.
In Japan, parents are more focused on developing their children's behavior until they are ten years old. In our country, teachers and parents focused on the grades students receive on tests, how many marks they have earned, and their class rankings, while leaving untouched the question of how much a child’s behavior has been shaped since elementary school. This is unrelated to literacy, but it has also created the perception in the minds of our parents that a large number of people have become accomplished.
The grades on a school report may look good, but a person's true literacy and understanding can be quite different. In some job recruitments, employment opportunities, and even certain departments, the percentage of academic marks is checked beforehand, which has caused many students to become overly focused on achieving higher percentages, hoping it will secure their future. As a result, many students have become distracted from receiving a proper and quality education and are only concerned with passing exams.
Nowadays, our society must take great responsibility for shaping the future of children. Parents, teachers, and the community need to focus on guiding the behavior of every child. Encouraging students to do wrong, teaching them bad language, or leading them toward addiction should be stopped. Instead, children should be taught to speak kindly, show compassion to all beings, think broadly and deeply, create with thoughtfulness, help others, and find their own way to thrive.
If everyone in society treats every child well, there will be no issues of interpersonal conflicts, poverty, theft, robbery, alcoholism, addiction, or backwardness. If every child behaves well, people will be able to live happily and look forward to a peaceful and prosperous community.
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