Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, February 8
Who is to be blamed for the rash behaviour of a teenager? Is it his school, his parents or should the blame go to none other than the offender?
School are ready to share the responsibility, but feel that parents, of late, have become too busy with their own lives to give adequate time to their children.
South Point High School has taken serious view of Wednesday’s incident and has decided to review it to decide what action should be taken against the 5 Class XI students involved. “We are investigating the matter. At the same time, we will not allow the guilty to walk free. We will take a final decision after investigating the incident,” said Krishna Damani, a spokesman.
The school accepted its responsibility but, at the same time, felt that parents have to shoulder responsibility when the child is not at school. “I would not say that the school has no responsibility for its students’ behaviour outside the school boundaries, but at the same time, it is the duty of the parents to guide and take responsibility of their children when they are not in school,” Damani said.
Most teachers feel that with changing lifestyles and increasing work pressure, working couples often neglect their teenaged children. Parents do not deny this. “My husband and I are under tremendous work pressure. We hardly get to meet our teenaged child every day, though we stay in the same house,” said Sharbari Mullick, mother of a Class IX student of St James School.
According to some, incidents like the one on Wednesday are proof of teenagers’ value erosion. “The car does nor belong to the student. Neither had his school provided it. Even if his parents did not know about their son driving the car, how could they have provided a driving licence to him? We cannot blame the school for all the students’ activities. But the schools too can provide students psychological counselling and value correction,” said Anjali Razdan, principal of Laxmipat Singhania Academy.mou.hindustantimes@gmail.com
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