Commercialization - 1
I am neither a capitalist nor a communist. I don't believe in labelling and that essence of a person can be summarized in a word or two. I have seen how much the world has changed within the short time I have been in this world, which is not more than 24 years. There is a Tamil saying "மாற்றம் ஒன்று தான் மாறாதது" which means that change is the only thing which does not change. I find it difficult to swallow these changes since I always get stuck with the question where do these changes lead us.
I have seen the childhood of many children being commercialized. I have seen many preschoolers and prepubertal children appear on TV and act out the roles, dances and songs which I thought was inappropriate for them. I have also seen the parents of those children telling that they are proud of their child without even realizing the inappropriateness of the items performed. What are we doing? Are we trying to reduce the childhood period of those children and expedite them into being adults? Are we stealing their childhood from them and who are responsible for it? The media companies who want to increase their ratings by commercializing on the childhood of many innocent children.
I have seen how medical/ health service being commercialized. Private hospitals in Sri Lanka were almost nonexistent before the Free Market economy policy. With the introduction of the policy, private hospitals and channeling centres cropped up all over the island. It also lead to numerous pharmaceutical companies from small level to large level starting up. The competition between hospitals, pharmaceuticals, doctors saw the corruption in the health service. Though it might be an insult to the honestly working doctors in the country, but no one can deny this truth.
I have seen how education was commercialized. Once upon a time, teaching was considered a prestigious job. But today many youngsters do not aspire to become teachers and despise the teaching job. I had teachers who did extra classes to cover the syllabus free of charge. I now see teachers who just sign the register and does the most of the job at the tuition classes housing more than 200 students. I have also seen teachers valuing their ability to publicize themselves more than their ability to teach. Though there are teachers who work hard to make a change in a students' life, it is difficult to deny the existence of the other kind of teachers.
Who will claim responsibility for these changes? I have seen some blaming the current generation for these changes. The current generation is merely a step of reaction in a chain reaction that was started ages ago. This is to all those who want to blame the youngsters for the present state of society. They better look in a mirror and start blaming.
I have seen the childhood of many children being commercialized. I have seen many preschoolers and prepubertal children appear on TV and act out the roles, dances and songs which I thought was inappropriate for them. I have also seen the parents of those children telling that they are proud of their child without even realizing the inappropriateness of the items performed. What are we doing? Are we trying to reduce the childhood period of those children and expedite them into being adults? Are we stealing their childhood from them and who are responsible for it? The media companies who want to increase their ratings by commercializing on the childhood of many innocent children.
I have seen how medical/ health service being commercialized. Private hospitals in Sri Lanka were almost nonexistent before the Free Market economy policy. With the introduction of the policy, private hospitals and channeling centres cropped up all over the island. It also lead to numerous pharmaceutical companies from small level to large level starting up. The competition between hospitals, pharmaceuticals, doctors saw the corruption in the health service. Though it might be an insult to the honestly working doctors in the country, but no one can deny this truth.
I have seen how education was commercialized. Once upon a time, teaching was considered a prestigious job. But today many youngsters do not aspire to become teachers and despise the teaching job. I had teachers who did extra classes to cover the syllabus free of charge. I now see teachers who just sign the register and does the most of the job at the tuition classes housing more than 200 students. I have also seen teachers valuing their ability to publicize themselves more than their ability to teach. Though there are teachers who work hard to make a change in a students' life, it is difficult to deny the existence of the other kind of teachers.
Who will claim responsibility for these changes? I have seen some blaming the current generation for these changes. The current generation is merely a step of reaction in a chain reaction that was started ages ago. This is to all those who want to blame the youngsters for the present state of society. They better look in a mirror and start blaming.
Comments
Post a Comment