Here are answers to Ferdinando's questions. 1. Moral studies for most children in the world are conducted by their parents. Most schools in India or anywhere else do not have moral studies as a subject. Those convent schools in India that were teaching "moral science" as a subject before 1961 were still teaching it after 1961. They are most likely still teaching it.
2. Schools have not stopped correcting uncouth behavior. They have only stopped corporal punishment, perhaps in the late 70s or 80s all over the developed world. The year 1961 has no relevance to this progressive change. 3. Primary school teachers have better training today than they had in the past. Everybody has better knowledge of hygiene today then he/she had in the past. We also have better understanding today than in the past of proper social conduct in terms of race relations, discriminatory attitudes and prejudices, respect for fellow human beings, such as fisher folk, Indians from other states, etc. 4. It is not the culture of India to spit, snort, defecate, etc., in public. Only the prejudiced are quick to attribute to culture what is so obviously the result of overpopulation, overcrowding, overwhelming of limited infrastructure and resources, and poor enforcement of laws. The year 1961 has no particular relevance to these observations. Cheers, Santosh --- On Mon, 12/27/10, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <[email protected]> wrote: > > > RESPONSE : May I ask Santosh if he has answers to my > questions. > > 1- Since when have moral studies been discontinued in > Schools? Or if > some have, are they imbibing education on morals? Teaching > children on what is > morally right and wrong? > > 2- Since when have Schools stopped correcting uncouth > behavior like > spitting in public, blowing nose in public, etc. etc.? > > 3- Since when do we have primary teachers who have no basic > hygiene > knowledge, no sound understanding of social conduct or > etiquettes ? > > 4- Since when do we have more teachers who themselves set > bad examples > to students? And are there just for salary rather than a > vocation? > > Santosh will definitely not have a first hand information > on schools > nor seen a school pre 1961, as he must have been around 3 > years old at that > time. It may be a culture of India to spit, snort, > defecate, etc. in public, > but it is definitely not Goan Culture. Even now, in India > laws are enacted to > stop this uncivilised behaviour. > > > > > Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. > > > > >
