Monday, February 20, 2012

Guru-Shishya


“Guru Bhramma Guru Vishnu
Guru Devo Maheswaraha
Guru Saakshaath parabhramma
Thasmaisri gurave namaha”
This is a prayer in praise of the Guru, who is considered as Lords Bhramma, Vishnu and Shiva.

This sloka has no meaning these days! Rather, the sloka can be rewritten as
“Guru says study, Guru gives homework,
Guru creates stress and makes us beaten by parents
Guru Osama, Guru Kashmir Problem
Guru creates pain and so let’s deal it directly with a Gun or a knife!”
All of us would have come across the news that a 9th standard boy had killed his teacher in school just because she wrote in his diary (as a note to his parents) regarding his poor performance in her subject.
Poor teachers!
They are not allowed to scold or beat the children, still they are expected to make all of them study and pass in their respective subjects! They teach the same way to all the 40 students present in the class. How is it then the teacher’s mistake if the student repeatedly fails in the subject?
Teaching is a noble profession. If we think back, we all definitely remember a minimum of 2 or 3 of our favorite teachers, who has impressed/inspired us in one way or the other. They have a huge responsibility, everyday to impart knowledge to the 40 faces in front of them and make them understand the subject in an interesting way and help them come out in flying colors. They slog along with the students before the exams and help them out!
Today, teachers need to study a lot because students have such a huge exposure to the internet, wherein they get more information than in the school books and ask their queries in the class, some children genuinely, some others to test the teacher’s knowledge!
The boy has given a statement that he got the idea from a movie!
All our movies, the video games, toys are all overloaded with violence! We buy a 3 year old toy guns for the fun! Our video games have games wherein the player gets so addicted until he finishes the game (finishes the enemy!) Our movies have so much violence (some with huge money spent on computer graphics) but are given U certificate. Imagine the impact it has on small children’s minds!
Where are we heading? How come a 14 year old has lost all his patience and sought to revenge? Was the teacher going to pass the subject if he studies? Were the parents so blind that they missed to observe him sneaking in a knife in to his school bag? At least, the mother or the cook should have observed the knife missing from the kitchen!
Is going to work the only motive of parents today? Aren’t they responsible for their kid’s behavior? Parents feel so proud if their kid talks too much in front of the relatives! If they are encouraged by the smiles, how will the child ever learn?
Now, the boy’s future is at stake! His parents would have sleepless nights thinking about his life! His friends and other teachers would need a lot of time to erase the scene and the day from their mind’s eye! It’s not easy to get back to studies and whenever the subject is taught or studied, the teacher would come to everybody’s mind!
The solution is that either parent should talk openly and patiently to the child not only until they are 10, but more often once they reach 10, asking about happenings in school, sharing their childhood experiences. Kids of today have huge exposure, the media, the internet, friends, school; all of these have an impact on them and they learn so many things, so fast! Giving big pocket money cannot be a substitute for not spending time with them!
If we now say there is no time, then we are missing on our child’s life! It’s not enough if we are parents, children need parenting! 

1 comment:

  1. hi what an excellent reaction with your beautiful thinking. keep it up. why dont u try to send to bharathibhaskar for her appreciation. she will definitely do that. ok try to send this to magazines like readers diget and infinitheism etc. try

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