When I was in school, probably in middle school, we were having a subject called Moral Science. That time it was the subject which I really relished reading. Not because I really was understanding the meaning of Moral that time but because the book on this subject was having a lot of stories in it. Though today even after stressing much on my mind, I could not be able to recollect any of the stories of that book. What I could remember is that every story was ending with some message.
Why I am remembering this now after about 20 years? The reason lies in today’s incident which I witnessed.
While waiting for a traffic signal to show green light, a man came bolted from behind on a scooter. He was having his 4 – 5 year old kid standing at the front foot panel of the scooter. The signal was still red. He slowed his scooter near the stop line for a moment, and on the spur of the moment accelerated the scooter, broke the traffic signal, cross the square and eloped in seconds. Violation of traffic rule is not something which will remind you of the Moral Science studies during your school. Its very common thing now a days. But violation of traffic rule while your 4 – 5 year old kid is accompanying you is something which actually had reminded me of Moral Science. It is said that “Home is kids’ first school and parents are first teachers”. Then is this what a father is teaching his son? Violation of traffic rules, according to me, is a matter of habit. If someone is breaking it once, he has the courage to break it again and is definitely would be breaking it regularly as if these silly traffic signal don’t exists in their world and are trivial. That kid saw his father breaking traffic rule and no body stopping him, would build courage in him of crossing the traffic signal like his father did, when he would grow up. Would then we be able to expect that kid to become a true citizen of the nation called India? And do we really have any right to complain for things not going in system in our country? Isn’t this unsystematic system has somewhere be appreciated and taught by us to our children, the future citizen of our country.
This is not only in case of violation of traffic rule, but connotes to lot of other activities which would lead to the violation of Civil Rights of the Citizen. Be it not giving place to a lady while traveling in some public transport system or honking like mad and waiting for the roads to widen up just because of continuous honking. Or not slowing down the vehicle while passing through some school or hospital. Or spiting anywhere in the world. Or throwing garbage on roads while keeping own home neat and clean. Or rash driving, like roads of the world belongs to us and only us.
I think, Moral Science itself is not much for the people to let understand their responsibilities as a true citizen of country। After all, if this subject would have been that much effective, we would not have seen such unpleasant things happening around us.
Why I am remembering this now after about 20 years? The reason lies in today’s incident which I witnessed.
While waiting for a traffic signal to show green light, a man came bolted from behind on a scooter. He was having his 4 – 5 year old kid standing at the front foot panel of the scooter. The signal was still red. He slowed his scooter near the stop line for a moment, and on the spur of the moment accelerated the scooter, broke the traffic signal, cross the square and eloped in seconds. Violation of traffic rule is not something which will remind you of the Moral Science studies during your school. Its very common thing now a days. But violation of traffic rule while your 4 – 5 year old kid is accompanying you is something which actually had reminded me of Moral Science. It is said that “Home is kids’ first school and parents are first teachers”. Then is this what a father is teaching his son? Violation of traffic rules, according to me, is a matter of habit. If someone is breaking it once, he has the courage to break it again and is definitely would be breaking it regularly as if these silly traffic signal don’t exists in their world and are trivial. That kid saw his father breaking traffic rule and no body stopping him, would build courage in him of crossing the traffic signal like his father did, when he would grow up. Would then we be able to expect that kid to become a true citizen of the nation called India? And do we really have any right to complain for things not going in system in our country? Isn’t this unsystematic system has somewhere be appreciated and taught by us to our children, the future citizen of our country.
This is not only in case of violation of traffic rule, but connotes to lot of other activities which would lead to the violation of Civil Rights of the Citizen. Be it not giving place to a lady while traveling in some public transport system or honking like mad and waiting for the roads to widen up just because of continuous honking. Or not slowing down the vehicle while passing through some school or hospital. Or spiting anywhere in the world. Or throwing garbage on roads while keeping own home neat and clean. Or rash driving, like roads of the world belongs to us and only us.
I think, Moral Science itself is not much for the people to let understand their responsibilities as a true citizen of country। After all, if this subject would have been that much effective, we would not have seen such unpleasant things happening around us.
I think, like Sex Education, we should have to introduce CIVIC SENSE as a subject in our schools syllabus. This probably would teach a father to be feared while violating any Civic Responsibilities, as his kid would be watching it.
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