“Baita O
Level main achai grades lai lo sab set ho jai ga life main”
(Secure good
grades in O level, your life will become very easy)
Be it O
level, A level, Matric or Engineering, every student comes across such statements.
Every parent in Pakistan wants his child to get some sorta position in his
class. I wonder why parents fail to understand that in a class of 50 students,
not every student can get a distinction. Parents are seen pressurizing their
children in studying more so that they can achieve some sorta distinction. They
believe if a student gets a gold medal, he will certainly land a high profile
job. Having graduated recently, I know for sure this is not at all true. There
are many questions that come to mind:
Why parents
have forgotten the real essence of education?
How many
parents actually educate their children so that they can just become a better
person?
I am afraid
to say the percentage of such parents is less than 5 percent. This mentality
does not help in a child’s upbringing at all. Be it a FSC student from Islamia
College or an A-level student from LGS, students are now taking drugs more than
ever and their parents are unaware of it. However, this is not the only reason
that children are taking drugs. There are family issues and other stuff which I
will discuss in later posts.
So, the parents just need to change their
mentality and educate their children with the aim of improving their
personality. The main aim of the education is to develop the personality of a
child. Education is not some sorta commodity. Parents should stop making
calculations such as,
“If we spend
RS 2 million on education, how long will it take for their child to earn this
much after graduation?”
The equations
need to change. EDUCATION is not equal to MONEY rather EDUCATON is equal to
PERSONALITY. If we do not change our mentality towards education, then don’t expect
our society to change any time soon. We need to push our children to become
better people who can serve the society.
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