“It is the leader’s responsibility to
serve as a role model, to mentor the next generation of leaders, and to make
sure that continuous opportunities for learning and development are provided.”
– Lois Zachary
Currently the gap between the
educators and the students is widening vastly in various educational
institutions in India. It often leads to miscommunication and conflicts. Hence,
this article addresses the gap between the educators and the students to ensure
due respect to the educators and effective learning outcomes to the students.
The world is changing rapidly due to growth
in technology. The young generation is highly advanced in their mindset and
attitude. In fact, they are must smarter than the educators who belong to older
generation with a different school of thought. The age gap is wide and the
expectations are different. The educators find it tough to catch up with the
technology due to their age factor while the students who fall in young
generation are quick to adapt and catch up with the technology. The educators
expect a lot of respect from students because they respected their educators
when they were students. Unfortunately, the present generation of students are
not ready to respect the educators who don’t deliver their goods properly. The educators
must remember that they cannot demand respect just because they are educators,
and they are into teaching profession. In fact, respect must be earned and
honor must be accorded. And the students are ready to respect the educators who
deliver their goods as per their expectations. At home also, the parents find
it tough to catch up with their children as their expectations are much higher.
The parents who are rich are ready to meet some of the expectations of their
children. However, the parents who are from middle class and poor family
background find it tough to meet their expectations. At times parents feel
guilty for not rising up to the expectations of their children which most
children are not aware of. The children are willing to accept the excuses of
their parents but they demand more as some of their colleagues and friends are
in better position and enjoy the advantages. Both the peer pressure and age
pressure along with technology led to the present problem of generation gap
between the parents and the children at home, and the educators and the
students in educational institutions.
For every problem, there is a
solution. There are a number of solutions for this problem also. Both the parents
and the children at home, and the educators and the students in educational
institutions must have flexibility to get along to create chemistry and compatibility.
Both parents and children must empathize with each others’ limitations. If
students are ambitious, they must work hard to accomplish their dreams rather
than demanding too much from their parents and educators to avoid conflicts. Currently
people are getting more rights-oriented rather than duty-oriented which is a
step in the wrong direction. Hence, the young generation must have zeal and enthusiasm
and work hard accordingly to accomplish their goals. They must not thrust their
expectations and aspirations on others as it leads to conflicts at home and in educational
institutions.
Parents must understand that the world
is changing rapidly and they must also change with the changing times and
technology. They must regularly spend some time with their children and the
educators must spend some time with their students to understand their pulse
and expectations to adapt and change to bridge the gap.
Hence, bridging the gap between the
students and the educators is not a big issue when both are keen to understand
others’ perspective and appreciate others’ limitations. Let us bridge this gap by becoming
duty-oriented rather than rights-oriented, and empathize with others to bring
peace and prosperity to build a better society. Jai Hind!
“In a completely rational society, the
best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for
something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the
next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could
have.” - Lee Iacocca
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