As a kid going to school, I was always excited to show off the expensive stationery that my uncles gifted me. I would carefully pack them in my school bag and carry them to school. During the third or fourth day the items would get stolen by my classmates. Not knowing who the culprit was I would go home and complain my dad that these were lost.
One day I visited my friend's house and to my surprise I found all my favourite stationery which were lost. On questioning her - she claimed it was her's . Next to her house resided our social studies teacher RB. RB found me questioning my classmates' parents and asked me to shut up mentioning her parents wouldn't lie.
Since I was surrounded by her parents and my teacher who were supporting my classmate I could do nothing much about it and returned home. On narrating the entire episode, my uncles and dad asked me to ignore the matter saying that she would get punished by God when the time comes.
As a student this episode left me with many open questions which are unanswered even now.
1. How can my classmate be raised with the stealing habit?
2. Why would her parents support her even though the mistake was on their side?
3. What a bad example of a teacher RB was when she didn't correct my classmate? And on top of that asked me to shut up.
4. Shouldn't my teacher stand by my side to question the wrongdoings of my friend?
5. Why did my dad and uncle ask me to ignore the matter?
6. Were my dad n uncles teaching me to choose the battles wisely?
7. When I was raised with values and virtues of honesty why didn't my dad and uncles stand by my side in pursuing the fight?
8. Did my friend learn that stealing is bad at least now?
9. Did she get the punishment she deserved at least now?
10. What should I teach the next generation on how to deal with such a situation?
11. My classmate is in a WhatsApp group. Can I question her now? 😂😂😂
