Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Problem No 8 - Parents want their children to receive total holistic education in schools...

... but disallow the children to go asking for donations for a charitable cause - such as the construction of a new school building.

These parents think that getting donations makes their children beggars and not students. But by forbidding their children to ask for money, are they not telling their children that they are different (perhaps of a higher status?) than the beggars on the streets?

The schools think it is part and parcel of the holistic education process for the students to go out to ask for money in school uniforms. The schools think that they are not making beggars of the students. But take away the uniforms and replace them with worn-out clothes, don't we have beggars in our midst?