Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Classifying people

How would you classify a person from the rest of the world? Is it through his color, race, religion, fashion, achievements, financial status or his educational attainment? In our modern world today, we can not deny the fact that we are so concern with the way other people think about us. When in fact, we shouldn't if we just do the right things in life.

My two daughters are into a private school. But whether private or not it is not my concern. What's important for me is the way the children behaves when they are out of school and how they deal with other kids around.

I just notice some students who believe that going into an exclusive and private schools is an "in". So that if you study in a public and not so known school you are "out of style and class". Perhaps, this is true. While some others are hanging on a tiny rope of hope, taking each day as a chance to survive, others are blessed with everything they needed. This is not wrong because born from a well to do family isn't a mistake of some kids. The problem today is that whether they have learn the basics of life and how they deal with other people. I believe that children are sent to school to learn how to be ready to face the world, especially in this progressive and changing world. But I also believe that what's important is the way they deal with other people. But why are some others tend to be arrogant and rude while wearing a uniform of a religious and exclusive school. Is it just a front? While some desires to wear at least a new pair of uniform, here's the arrogant one bullying a classmate, drinking alcohol, taking drugs, insulting a child from a public school while wearing his university ID and uniform.
So that it makes me wonder? Is it necessary to classify the people around us and treat them according to their classification or are we just going to treat them fairly no matter what his position in life? For me, what is important is the heart of the person. It is useless for an educated man if he owns the world but got a bad attitude. For it is not the University name that matters, but the virtue the University teaches the child.

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