By Tipu Salman Makhdoom
KARACHI: Assailants on Wednesday shotdead an assistant professor of the University of Karachi (KU) in Federal B area.
........
Police in Jan 2015 had claimed the arrest of a suspect who had allegedly confessed to his involvement in the murders of Karachi University dean of Islamic Studies Prof Dr Shakeel Auj and Prof Syed Sibte Jafar.
Earlier this month, the vice-principal of the Jinnah Medical and Dental College's student affairs wing Debra Lobo was shot and seriously injured on Shaheed-e-Millat Road in Karachi.
Killing the teachers? Well it's not that bad idea after all.
For one, they deserve it. They have lost the initiative to teach. They are no more interested in exposing the brewing humanity to the wonders of exploring, experimenting and understanding. They are not capable of showing the pupils wonders of critical thinking. And they are no more worthy of instilling the good values in new generation. So why keep them? Just kill them.
True as it is, this horrible truth lies in the realms of metaphor rather than an actual pool of hot, fresh and liver-red little pool of human blood. Killing such terrible teachers imply exchanging them with good teachers. Teachers about which I heard a joke few decades ago; a joke that I am not sure if it was a joke or a lesson of life long wisdom.
A panicking man came to Stalin and said, "we are ruined, Soviet doctors have gone corrupt". Stalin said in grace "we are a great nation, we will survive". Then came another person and said "Stalin we are ruined, our judges have gone corrupt". Stalin replied calmly "we are a great nation, we will survive". Then came a third person and said "Stalin we are ruined, our teachers have gone corrupt". Stalin got horrified this time and said "we are ruined indeed".
Finding out that a large majority of our teachers are actually pathetic, calls for a reaction which should result in improving their lot and replacing the incurable (disease-like-teachers). Certainly not murdering them in cold blood.
Starting from Socrates, killing teachers has always been a bad move for humanity.
Don't kill them. Teach them, improve them, even replace them. But don't kill them.
That's not what they deserve. Even for teaching badly!
Starting from Socrates, killing teachers has always been a bad move for humanity.
Don't kill them. Teach them, improve them, even replace them. But don't kill them.
That's not what they deserve. Even for teaching badly!
No comments:
Post a Comment