A disappointing piece of news broke after a long weekend. Some pupils were apparently making a nuisance of themselves at a performance outside school and had brought embarrassment to the school.
How do one learn such things as social responsibility? Apart from the socio-economic conditions and the family upbringing of the child which we have no control over, how successful has our school been in grooming socially responsible and respectful citizens?
A day-course on etiquette can make clear about certain contextual information necessary for those wanting to carry themselves better in a social setting, it does not however, create the necessary habits for respectful living.
Good habits require repetition to be nurtured. Change of habits involves intervention, monitoring, and perseverance to press on doing the right things until a desirable state is achieved and maintained. This is certainly one of the most challenging tasks.
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Without real events for pupils to experience, whenever they have a "first" time, chances are they will foul up.
So it takes great patience and pain, and tonnes of faith to know that eventually our efforts will bear fruits, 10 - 20 years later.
In the meantime, we also need the thick hide that gives us the courage to face these brutal reality of growing up and our highest calling and responsbility to shape these young lives.
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