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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Life gets tough again, suicides at the drop of a hat

I was going through the papers this week and suicides keep staring me in the face. Beyond that, there were other stories of a teacher punishing a student buy making her stand in the sun for two hours which eventually led to her death. That was horrendous. I am deeply saddened by what is happening. Teachers resorting to corporal punishment and seeking to enforce discipline. Why can't teachers spend more time to understand their students rather than forcing down their throat things that they can't swallow. Students have their own problems and because of their individual social milieu and environment they may not have developed their capabilities to the point where they can be receptive to bland instructions and unreasonable demands. It's the system which is at fault though. Teachers have to complete their portion, they to have their individual problems and any irritant at school becomes the victim of their distress and stress. It's time the marks system is abolished totally. Grades are the best way to give appreciation to students and their performance. It's important to learn about life and what surrounds you but not necessary to remember it by rote learning. The current system of education is more interested in churning out people with degrees and diplomas like a processing plant churns out packaged goods. This is truly horrifying to me!

In Sahiabad a 23 yr old egineering college student committed suicide after she suspected that hidden cameras were hidden in her bathroom... Is that reason enough for suicide I ask? But then what is reason enough for sucide? Dont we come into this world to face up to our challenges and live as happiliy and in harmony with nature and the environment as possible. The world is a gift to us just as life is and we have to take care of it all. But the world is changing. Man has changed the environment to such an extent that staying alive against all odds is becoming more and more difficult. And to top it all, the caring, concern and support to people around us is dwindling because we do not want to spend time in unprofitable activity. Everyone is out to earn money and anything that does not provide a monetary return becomes a useless pursuit. Unless we change that attitude and give more priority to fellow human beings over our own financial well being it will be difficult to revert this trend of suicide...


Infy staffer does badly in test , kills self.
I wrote earlier that the so called blue-chip companies like Infosys and others are showing employees the pink slip in the hope of shoring up profits and their modus operandi has also changed. They openly spoke about letting go off people who do not survive the test. What arrogance and heartlessness they displayed. What happened to the earnest work these professionals put in before the recession, because of which the company earned rich dividends. How come they forget this fact so easily. Companies must learn to cut down on salaries right from top to bottom and allow employees to continue in times of recession. They need to reinvent their startegies and have them participate in other activities that can get the company ahead in these hard times. Not find reasons to let them go. The government needs to take a firm stand on this. No company should be allowed to send off their employees javascript:void(0)in such heartless fashion. And if it is a necessity, the company should be responsible for providing job loss support counselling and help them get jobs in other outfits to help them tide over the misfortune. If employees given the pink slip commit suicide, companies cannot absolve themselves of responsiblity.Organisational callousness cannot be condoned.

Johnson Thomas

2 comments:

Unknown said...

well people are less human these days. well i would just like to point out about wat u have written about the teacher. Well there are some schools were the management pressurizes the teacher to complete certain porition and even sometime to fail studients so that when they reach the board exams they get excellent results. so the class teachers are forced to just go by the rules of the school. I feel when such a think happens the parents of the studients should vioce this and see to it that the principle or the management is put right.

reena said...

A: Hi! and welcome to our blog!
yes I agree..the parents have to take a stand..but the question is why does a child go to school and what exactly is the role of the teacher? I wish everyone thinks about this..the management, the teacher, the principal, parents and society in general.