Is teaching for 8 hours enough?

 

When we are in schools and colleges, our main focus is to get a good job. The same is percolated to institutions and teachers so they also have curriculum based on jobs’ requirements.

But isn’t job or office only for 8 hours? What about the rest 16 hours?

Competition is important so is empathy, reaching to the top is everyone’s goal but through fair and honest way and not through deceit. Lending a helping hand to someone in need even when you are rushing to office will be appreciated more than what you can think.

We are not taught how to live life away from four walls of the office which is more than what we spend in office. It is even more important now as we are living in a digital era where human to human interaction is waning.

If you open any social media sites these days, it is mostly full of hate. People who hurl abuses or ridicule others are also professionals. They might have been the brightest student in the class but their language in social media speaks otherwise. Why can’t there be some common decency?

Some may argue that this cannot be taught as it comes from within but then how can hate come from within and not respect to one another, not disagreeing respectfully?

When we are faced with difficult situation we often breakdown because it is not taught how to stand up against challenges.  We certainly learn as in when we face these challenges but these can be inculcated so that we don’t fear challenges.

So much chaos is going on and it is only going to get worse. We should be taught how to lead healthy and happy life and not rich and ostentatious one. We should try to better prepare coming generation to be more compassionate, empathetic towards one another. Every race, every gender is equally good if only they get the same support.

Hope for a better tomorrow.

Have a great weekend! Stay safe.