On my way back home, I
was passing by a school, the name of which I withhold for decency (or not, it
is Delhi Public School, Bowenpally) on the big board on the main gate, under
the name of the school, was written the tag line “Service Before Self”. It is
everything that is wrong with the world.
If you think about it,
these people and majority of schools are asking these kids to spend time thinking
about some strangers who have needs, rather than spend time on developing their
own minds and skills? These strangers are either too lazy to earn what they need
or are molded into expecting help without their efforts or they do not have the
mind to control their lives and lost. Kids need to learn to earn value and
measure it. Kids as well as their parents and teachers. Value of one’s
ingenious effort cannot be appreciated when it is asked to be given away, and
as a rule efforts cannot be generated without incentives for the person putting
in the effort. Value can be earned by paying the price of one’s efforts. Not
when it is received because of pity or deceit or force. And value can be
measured only when it is exchanged for value, not when you give it away without
meaning.
The vicious cycle is
this: If a guy is asked to give money or respect without getting anything in
return, he may think its force. But when everyone is doing the same thing, he
will think that it’s his duty. In turn, another guy thinks it’s his right that it
should be given to him without any effort asked. It’s a normal phenomenon in
the hypocritical society. It’s also normal that the first guy turns out to be
the second when it is his turn.
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