Life Skill

This time, I am talking about the fact which a friend of mine had shared. I thought I should share with you too.

Never make the kids a puppet. 

However, I have made little changes that I understand is inevitable. If you disagree with the points mentioned here, please make it point to mention it in the comment box given at the end of the blog.

This is all about our children who remained confined in the school for about 8 hours or so and when they come back we send them again for another 5 hours in the name of various coaching and all.

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To be frank this is not the kind of upbringing we have planned for our kids. We are actually making them a bookworm who is devoid of life-skill that is the most important ingredient of a happy life. 

Here are some questions which I usually ask  impatient parents

• Why don’t we want to teach our kids the life-skill and the art of leading a happy and content life?
• Why can’t we teach our kids art of patience and perseverance without them, the smallest failure leads them to take fetal steps.

I would like to draw your kind attention towards primary education of children in New Zealand that teaches basic life-skill in the primary education itself. System of primary education in New Zealand stands among 20 best one across the globe that impart the best education to pre-primary and primary kids.

Let’s check out what is special about its education system

• Kids are here taught how to defend themselves when a fire accident takes place.  
• They are taught how to remain survived in water or save someone from getting drowned
• Fire and safety officer keep visiting the school to teach them how to deal with an adverse situation like fire accident. Children are taught to be calm and composed during the adverse condition and overcome the fear during the hour.
• They are taught to form a human chain and how human-chain can help to save people. They are taught about the importance of self –control until the rescue team approaches them.
• They should be taught how to defend themselves when anything untoward happens with them.

The points mentioned above are all part of their syllabus.

What is life-skill?

Any skill that is useful in your life is considered as a life skill. This will help to make the most of your life.

We are unable to teach our children the life skill in our country. Our kids are unable to face the challenges and only see the incident happen. That we have seen in the recent fire accident when the fire broke out in a coaching centre in Surat in Gujart. 

What to do when a fire accident takes place?

A fire accident can take place anywhere and I understand every citizen should know about the fire safety measures at least the use of fire extinguishers. This would happen when we teach our kids right from the beginning.  Even parents begin to teach the children first at home. The THREE –G rules during fire accident like “Get down, Get Crawl and Get out”

As per the basic rule of fire safety measures when fire breaks out  it moves upwards in such situation the victim should Get Down and walk on their knees then GET OUT finding some ways to move out like window.

That’s what some students did in Surat at the fire accident. However, they escaped from being burnt but they did so in haste which brought about the heavy casualty.

We couldn’t teach them that with the help of the rings of the bike in the hands they can convert the two jeans into a rope. Jeans clothes are counted among the world’s strongest garments. It can make them descend from the top safe and sound. Had they jump off one-by-one multiple injuries could have been averted and the crowd on the ground had been able to catch them easily. Well, this incident has left us in rethinking about the measure of self- protection.

A man who was acting patiently in the hour did his best and was able to save two girls but the other one was scared and lost her life eventually.

I recall my father who used to say when you are trapped in fire take off your upper garment as it catches the fire easily and brings about the serious burnt injury. Never think what others might say during this hour. By doing so, you can escape from being burnt. 

Similarly, when you are getting drowned, have patience and hold your breath then take off lower garments as it can make your body heavy.  When it is the question of your life never think of what others say, on the contrary, think of what you can do.

Duty of parents

These are the certain basic points which I understand parents and schools should teach first to their kids. Every household should have a fire and safety measures and the members of the family should know how to operate it. I don’t know when the schools and the parents will start teaching such things to their kids. I think schools should take initiative first but they are making bookworm rather than the people full of such life skill.

I regret deeply to think about those who couldn’t save their life in the fire accident in Surat. However, I think of those who are alive and can land themselves in such trouble again. That’s the reason I know generation should be taught the life skill first rather than academic knowledge.

I quote a story of a scholarly figure that was crossing the river on a boat with all his academic knowledge and cursing the boatman for not going to school in his entire life. He was boasting about his knowledge in the book when a sudden -storm jolted the boat which couldn’t save his life as the man was devoid of life skill and didn’t know how to swim. While the boatman who knew the art of swimming which saved him from getting drowned. 

We are simply teaching the facts written in the book like the man with full of bookish knowledge without the art of life.

We need to educate our children life skill as well along with academic knowledge in this way we will be able to create a well-settled and balanced citizen.   

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