Two Issues, Unrelated
I ama bout to talk about two separate issues.
One. I was at a open air carpark, and saw a very nice car. Honda Civic Type R, UK version. Now it is a powerful lovely car. A potential next car for yours truly. Unfortunately, the chap driving it, (who incidentally was with a hot chick) could not ( and i really mean COULD NOT) park the car. The lovely car was exposed to repeated attempts to enter a massive lot, it was humiliated by a driver of low ability. The car must have been so upset, when the driver, after holding up traffic for the better part of 10 minutes gave up and drove off. What made it worse was an even larger car, the Lexus RX 350 SUV nonchalantly parked into the space. Argh, why are good cars in such drivers hands.
And secondly, this comment i have heard.
"Who to blame then? Government and TV for imparting wrong messages to them and the failure of parents to teach properly (sic)"
Everyone blames the government, the media. Some blame the parents. But few discuss solutions. We become a nation of blamers, fingerpointers. We are quick to blame, slow to admit, slower still to repair.
It is a solution for the whole society, parents teaching the child discernment about Media and truth. Church preaching Discernment and wisdom, not blind obedience. Schools teaching understanding and knowledge instead of just the ranking system. Why have we focused on issues that are temporal and not deeper issues of behaviour?
As a teacher, i told myself my objective is first "To teach the child to be a person of integrity and of statue," and of equal importance, "To educate the child to love Economics". Because a teacher must do both, educate the child in the course of study as well as to reach and make an impact in the student's life.
Let's stop blaming people for the problems, and lets start dealing with the solution.
One. I was at a open air carpark, and saw a very nice car. Honda Civic Type R, UK version. Now it is a powerful lovely car. A potential next car for yours truly. Unfortunately, the chap driving it, (who incidentally was with a hot chick) could not ( and i really mean COULD NOT) park the car. The lovely car was exposed to repeated attempts to enter a massive lot, it was humiliated by a driver of low ability. The car must have been so upset, when the driver, after holding up traffic for the better part of 10 minutes gave up and drove off. What made it worse was an even larger car, the Lexus RX 350 SUV nonchalantly parked into the space. Argh, why are good cars in such drivers hands.
And secondly, this comment i have heard.
"Who to blame then? Government and TV for imparting wrong messages to them and the failure of parents to teach properly (sic)"
Everyone blames the government, the media. Some blame the parents. But few discuss solutions. We become a nation of blamers, fingerpointers. We are quick to blame, slow to admit, slower still to repair.
It is a solution for the whole society, parents teaching the child discernment about Media and truth. Church preaching Discernment and wisdom, not blind obedience. Schools teaching understanding and knowledge instead of just the ranking system. Why have we focused on issues that are temporal and not deeper issues of behaviour?
As a teacher, i told myself my objective is first "To teach the child to be a person of integrity and of statue," and of equal importance, "To educate the child to love Economics". Because a teacher must do both, educate the child in the course of study as well as to reach and make an impact in the student's life.
Let's stop blaming people for the problems, and lets start dealing with the solution.
posted by W | Saturday, January 12, 2008
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