Our discipline has gone from bad to worse nowadays. Students are doing now what would have been labelled as "insanity" by students 20 years ago. Our children are doing what students 20 years ago would only dream of. There is not even a hint of surprise when we open the newspapers and read about crimes commited by youngsters. Is this what we wanted of our children? Surely there must be a way, some alternative, effort done to prevent this phenomenon from becoming catastrophic.
First, we must train ourselves to become a "counsellor". See, when people hear about disciplinary problems, they would turn to teachers or specifically counselling teachers in the school. Yes, counselling teachers should put in extra effort in their post, but ask yourself, how many students would actually talk heart to heart with counselling teachers. When we are down, we tend to wish someone close would open their ears, not some counselling teachers who you don't really know. We must open our eyes and ears, motivate people around you, help them up when they are down, show them that thye are not alone, that you are there with them, giving support morally to overcome their adversaries. Let there be love.
Still, school rules should be tightened and strictly enforced. We realise that sometimes some people (the hard core ones) don't change with counselling. This is because they tend to view counselling as "an act of consolence to weaklings". So, they pretend to be strong, ignoring the love given to them, doin silly stuff to get attention yet not admitting they need attention. Now school rules have to be enforced against these people, give severe warning for a few times, then apply surveillance against them, and if our effort comes to no avail, expulsion from school is necessary. Public caning should also be considered by the school to ensure that these people will think twice before they break any school rules. Now, this might seem cruel, but for the problematic ones, we are actually trying to help them, if only they could see our intentions, we just want to prevent them from doing something that they will regret in the future. We want to save them before it is too late.
Other than that, parents also play a pivotal role in the healing of our younger generation. This is because parents know their children since they are young. Show good example, open their innocent eyes towards this world, show them the path for young minds tend to get lost in this phony-ballony world. Please accept your children's weaknesses, love them for who they are, for there is no bond stronger than the bond between parents and the children. Do not deny nor complain for you children's fault, see the greatness of fate, for in millions of people, God has chosen us to be their parents.
I know that sometimes we just get fed up, to see our effort, the gift of our love trampled by them, to see years of hard work crumble before us just for their need of fun, of pure pleasure which are just poisoning them. Sometimes, we just feel like giving up. But I have seen some who would not give up, some who would love their child fully even though they know they might not be loved the way they have loved their children. Some who would fight on even when all hope is lost. All I ask of you, please have faith, fot it is not all our children's fault, they are just lost, they just don't realise that being lost is just so close to being found. We must show them, even though we're not sure how, love will always show us our way. Have faith, people, have faith.
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