When a three-year-old boy sings the kolaveri song, his parents are thrilled — proud as if he has achieved something great in his life. Make your children recite the Bhagavatgita, read the Bible and chant the Koran. Let us not enjoy films of violence with children. When a teacher is mocked by a group of students in a film or a serial, it becomes a comedy for society. Parents themselves feel agitated when a teacher corrects their wards. They too dishonour such teachers and join their children in abusing them. Gone are the days ofmatha, pitha, guru, deivam (mother, father, teacher, god)

A rotten tomato can be thrown away. Can a spoilt child be? A teacher, as mentor, tries to refine him. This process varies from teacher to teacher. Some are very friendly in their approach. Some believe they have the right to reprimand erring students. They inform the parents so that they can also monitor such students. This apparently shows that a deep concern for the child makes some teachers do so. Sometimes the concern may be due to pressure from the management, which aims at ‘zero failure.' Some teachers are chargesheeted for having failures! Society must always remember that teaching is the only profession which has to read various minds in a class and deal with different temperaments........Read More

Source: The Hindu