YOUNG PEOPLE DRUNK

YOUNG PEOPLE DRUNK

The increasing number of crimes, delinquents, lawbreakers, rape, harassment, eve-teasing, striping of girls in the public, and so on provokes us to ask what is happening to citizens of independent, social, republic country India.

In this present scenario we find people of two calibers: one is of trend setter and trend liquefying. What makes young people such? One is influenced by the quality education and the other is not at all. It makes one to think further and further till one gets answer.

Increasing in the problem of drinking leads young people perhaps to forget their identity meaning to say they have no idea who they are, and so in search of their identity they take to violence, crimes in all forms, and give in to ethically, socially, culturally unacceptable behaviour and finally without finding their identity mess-up their lives knowing not what to do with their lives. One of the problems why young people drink is to keep up the expectations of their peer and remain in the group. The other reason is lack of parental guidance which is a major cause of drinking.

  Parents, teachers, educators, and all those who are in some way or the other involved in the lives of young people need to rethink of their duty towards young people. They have become too busy with their own lives, and petty problems, leaving the young people to fend for themselves. Hence young often feel left out, uncared for which drags them to fall prey to vices which are so alluring, promising, and pleasurable for short moment. Thus we can say poor upbringing and callous attitude lead young people.

Today students consider drinking and late night party as trendy (this is the world for them), as parents turn a blind eye to the indiscipline of their children. The answer in an exemplary punishments, meted out fast. School and colleges must also play their part in ethical growth of the personality of children. The backbone of future India can be healthy, strong and energetic only by collective action.

Sound Mental Health Enhances One’s Personality

Sound Mental Health Enhances One’s Personality

          M.K. Gandhi in his definition of Education asserted, “Education I mean complete development of child – body, mind and spirit.”  To have complete development the individual should perfectly all right in all the aspects – physically, mentally, spiritually, morally, culturally, and aesthetically. It is not enough to have development in one or two aspects but in all the aspects of one’s life. The term complete development includes all areas of one’s life. Now the term ‘Mental health’ is self explanatory which basically refers to state of mental health. To enjoy good mental health means free from maladies like anxiety, repression, guilt feeling, emotional conflict, phobias, hyperactive discouragement and so on. These in turn make the individual cripple in his personality. Due to this his progress is choked and instead of blooming he withers and dies.

            Individual who are mentally ill can be termed maladjusted. Their existence is hampered and they cannot live their life as other do. They become truant, mischievous, and land up into unhealthy activities.  Now one may pose question, what makes them so? The answers are broken family (single parent, not enjoying love from his/her parents), Emotional conflict (Failure in the examination), Rejection (Love failure) and many others.

Group living, working, playing together, learning ways of self expression, change attitudes and behaviour of teacher toward educational method and development of students, emphasis on parent teacher cooperation, building human relationship, use of behaviour modification techniques, encouraging positive regard or behaviour. These can help make our society better place to live in where student is loved and in this loving ambient his personality develop better. 

The individual child will bloom when his mental health is sound and will be visible in all aspects of his life since personality includes all the aspects of his life.

To develop the personality of the child one needs to understand the children’s behaviour, to possess positive regard towards students, be expert in teaching program, and be firm like a father and kind like a mother.

Education for character building and freedom of soul

Education for character building and freedom of soul

          “But education has yet to be in the world and civilization, civilization has begun nowhere yet.” – Swami Vivekananda.

            All through he did not write any book yet he contributed valuable thought on subjects that are relevant and viable today. To understand his thought we must first take into account his oft-quoted definition of education –“Education is the manifestation of perfection already in wo/man.”

            The word manifestation implies something already exists and is waiting to be expressed. As he said “what a wo/man learn s is what s/he discovers, by taking the cover off his/her own soul, like a spark is a piece of flint and all that is needed is to strike of suggestion to bring it out.” Manifestation indicates development and already in wo/man refers to a human potential, which is the range of abilities and talents known or unknown that he/she was born with. Potential speaks of the ability of awakening something that is lying dormant. For instance it suggests something about person’s motivation.

            There are three concepts such as capacity, capabilities, and propensity which emphasize three aspects of education, (a) one makes learning possible, (b) one which leads to the development of learning, and (c) which provides self development or self empowerment.

The main aim of education is life building, wo/man making, character making, and assimilation of ideas. The ideal type of education produces integrated person one who has learned how to improve his/her intellect, purify his/her emotion and stand firm on moral virtue and unselfishness.  Finally education should lead to character building and complete freedom of the soul.

The ultimate aim of education is to be enlightened which means to enjoy freedom of soul. 

Group Activity: The mode of social interaction

Group Activity: The mode of social interaction

Group activity as the word reveals the activity performed by individuals in the group; in other words activities or task done by individuals in a team. Group activity is a source or means of stress buster. Just like all the gingers in the hand are not alike, similarly the children of the same age differ. The psychological principle – individual difference is very true when we look into the life of children all have different abilities and when these activities are put to use in a group we have interactions of several talents which in turn enhances the process of communication. This process can be called inter-communication which ultimately develops communicative skills.

 Alice V. Kelihar says, “Communication is very important.” Yes indeed because without communication we are not going to have successful life or enjoy successful career. Whenever there is communication there is growth. Group activity gives rise to leadership qualities; it also develops tolerance, fights inhibition and enhances self-confidence. And perchance there is some sort of discord among group members it gets resolved by support, guidance, manipulation and so on.

Furthermore, it enables the participants to consistently focus on the aims, objectives which are assigned to them. During group activity individual came in contact with so many members and is able o share his own ideas, opinions, and listen to their ideas too. These enable him or her to open up to the realities. Only if he she is open can he grows and enjoys progress in his her life. This process of sharing empowers each member of the group. Group activity teachers the participants human values – empathy, sympathy, collaboration, co-operation, interaction, mutual help, team-spirit, sacrifice and generosity.

Finally group activity has a social bearing in the long run. School as miniature society helps students to become more socially useful being in the society. It teaches them sufficient good qualities which makes them as asset to the society and no liable. These good qualities are developed in group activity. Hence group activity should be encouraged in all institutions for all round development of students in all spheres. It teaches them to be more disciplined person, and which in turn enables them to become good citizen, who is productive to the society and become God fearing. Discipline teaches them to do right thing at the proper time.