Lack of moral education
The current development of all forms of education system has urged an increase in educational quality which unfortunately is concentrated in the words and pages of the thickest books. Instead of focusing on the moral development of a child our system, with all its might, is trying to make them knowledgeable. Such education might lay a skin on a spoilt mass of flesh. I have been a teacher since I myself was doing my A-levels from a very reputed English medium school. In the journey of my educational and teaching career I have come across many young students and teachers. Lack of communication in the community composed of students and teachers has always seemed vivid to me. In most cases teachers place a veil on the subjects in which the students seem to require more knowledge; such subjects include sexual, religious and ethical issues. Discussions about these subjects among the students themselves have led to ill developed and premature knowledge. This in turn has multiple effects on the psychology of a teenager or any youngster. If we focus on the current subjects of interest of these people we might fail to discover anything but a wild craze about expensive cell phones, fancy clothes, drugs and sex; which more specifically can be termed as an abuse of sex. This is mostly because of the intermingling of cultures in the wrong way. This wrong or destructive mix is because of the way in which our young people have been introduced to different dimensions of socio-cultural facts. Parents have equally contributed to this demolition of morals by restricting a student's freedom of communication with his/her teacher.
I would like to request them to communicate with their child by being a friend. I expect them to help their child develop their emotions of love and hatred in the appropriate manner. Other developments will soon follow as soon as we can construct the emotions. I am eager to communicate and hold a dialogue with anyone interested or concerned.
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