Every one of us should
act responsibly, especially when we are in public, as we never know who is
watching us. The more ethical we are , a better message goes to the society and
on the flip side an irresponsible behavior not only impact the people around us
but also leaves a wrong message to the society. The below article is a real
life experience which depicts one such incident.
It was a week off for me
but only from my official activities. Normally my week off's are jam packed
with a host of house hold activities to be completed. The list is an ever
growing one to the extent; I keep things pending which spills over to next
weekend. I even sarcastically pass comments to my spouse stating "Manager's are better than Married woman, as
the former gives less work than the latter".
I was getting prepared
to leave on that sunny Saturday afternoon to complete few of my household
stuffs. My only relief is my daughter, as she accompanies me wherever I go on a
weekend. As it was hot outside, I insisted to stay her at home but she insisted
in coming with me. As weekends are the only time I spend time with her, I took
my daughter along with me.
I provoke my daughter to
narrate incidents which she experienced at school the past week. It was week on
road safety and she was curious to explain me her learning. As we were
traveling she was excited to see whatever she learned at road and started
pointing those to me. The first one was a “speed
breaker” which she rightly pointed out. Next one was a “sign board” for left turn and again she
was spot on.
I was happy that her
school has taught her good things about road safety and the moment she was
experiencing that on the road I could feel the thrill within her. As we drove further,
I stopped my vehicle on a junction because of the red signal. She was even more
excited on seeing the traffic light. Spontaneously she started narrating “A
traffic light has three colors, wherein "Red" means to stop,
"Amber" means to get ready and "Green" means to go. On
hearing a 5 year old speaking such details on road rules as a father I got
goose bumps. I thanked in my heart, my daughter's teacher for imparting the
knowledge within her.
As we were busy
conversing and waiting for the signal to clear there was a pause in traffic in
the opposite direction. The person who stood in front of me used the
opportunity, to skip the signal and whizzed away in his vehicle. He almost
collided with the incoming traffic but fortunately the person coming in the
opposite direction applied his brakes on time and yelled at the whizzing
vehicle.
As we stood in the
front, my daughter was observing the trail of activities. She posted a question
to me in a flash.
"Why did the vehicle passed through when the
traffic light still showed red"
I dint have a valid
answer for that one and that's when I felt bad that what we are teaching our
next generation. Even though schools are regularized and they inculcate the
best of the knowledge to our next generation, the new age kids pick their
learning from our society as well. Hence we all need to be socially responsible
in each and every act we do in public view because our next generation is
watching us.
BE A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN, BUILT AN ETHICAL NEXT
GENERATION!!!
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