I am a home tuition teacher. One of my students, who is in class six, one day showed me his test in which he himself had written cheating. He had crossed out his test.
I asked him as to who wrote it, to which he replied that he did it himself. This made me curious and on further investigation he told me that during the test he suddenly forgot all his lessons, and he felt his mind was blank. Meanwhile, class teacher went outside the class for a few minutes.
During this he opened his book and saw the lesson before the teacher came inside. He closed his book and started to write but after sometime he felt guilty, he was ashamed he realised that cheating is a wrong thing to do. He admitted his mistake bravely and also promised never to do that again.
This is a very positive attitude that children are aware what is good or bad even in childhood. If we want to build a strong nation, our parents and teachers should emphasise on character building and moral values.
They must teach them to rise above their personal interest. Our students would be of such high character and honest as to never commit such unethical and illegal activities.
This will help them not to involve in any type of corruption in the future too. In short, if we want a healthy nation, we must inculcate moral values in our students.
MALICK JAVERIA ALVI
Karachi