Remember the scene when kids used to cry to go to school and mom or dad used to drag them holding school bag in one hand and literally dragging the kid with the other hand into the school? Well, I dint go through that drastic scene for my first day of school but pretty much... I did cry and my mom had to leave me in the class and go. I don’t remember the first day of Kindergarten but this was about my first day in first grade. I was crying out loud and hugging my mom tightly making a scene...which really annoyed my teacher, who was strict. When I say strict... it is in terms of a typical Indian standard of strictness. After a while, my teacher said in an authoritative tone to my mom to leave me there at that instant and to exit from the class. :(.
We don’t see those scenes these days.Today's school going kids are more enthusiastic and happy. Their first day of school is much awaited day from pre-school years for them now. I wonder if is it to do with the media and exposure that kids are getting about the school and learning experience. This awareness is so much in the kids today that they know that, going to school is part of life and they also know that it is for good. They are looking at school to be the source of their independence in the future.This optimistic perspective might be putting their mind at ease.
Or is it due to the fact that, generation after generation, the attachment, love and affection between people is diminishing within the family? Brides of today are just saying a bye with grin to their family on their wedding day, compared to brides who were weeping during my age and to brides who use to cry during our parents age. I am not saying amount of tears shredded is scale to determine the affection, but I feel that mundane things of modern era has definitely loosened the bonds. Of course there will be exceptions in all those thoughts.
All said, whatever the reason is, it is good that children are more eager to learn and acquire a verity of knowledge and it is a good change that more children perceive that school is the place for fulfilling their quest. :)
