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It is still evident that there is still the number of students who are always going the extra mile in

their quest to perform better and achieve their dreams. This was still the same during my days in

school, and so it is today. It is also clear that there are schools and centers of learning whose

standards of learning have indeed remained high over the years regardless of the policies being

used. This was the case back then when I was a kid in school, and it remains the same to date.

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Education System

During my time as a young kid, the education system was different from what is there today. For

the many years, I have been a believer in education as the only thing with the ability to equalize

and provide the equal platform for both the rich and the poor. As a kid, we all went to same

schools regardless of the social status. This was mainly because that the schools were few and

both the rich the poor had to strive their way through the very school which was not well

equipped but certainly had the best minds. It was a hustle all through with no pampering at all. It

is a life that to date I usually term as man eat man society in that from the day each one of us had

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to fight for himself and defend what he believed in. This is what school was about it. Even

though there still some of the facilities or processes that are always being carried out to date, the

variations over the years have indeed been overwhelming. I cannot compare what I want through

as a student regarding the nature of the study with what is happening today.

On the other hand, unlike our system which was complicated and hard, my son is undoubtedly

having the time of his life at school; things are no longer as hard as they were back in the days.

Despite this, the education system that he is currently undergoing has lost all the values that were

so critical back then. Now, education is about money in that you can only get the quality

education only when you can be able to pay handsomely hence it is no longer the equalizer for

the opportunities as it was the case during my time. The rich are going to school for the rich

while the poor are going to schools for the poor that is the case in the current education system.

Meaning the education offered to the poor does not offer them the equal opportunity to compete

with the rest since the quality of the education the poor received is of low quality compared to

the one provided to the rich. Unlike it was back then, this amounts to discrimination by the

economic status of the families the kids come from. Currently, the students ate treated like eggs

in that there no longer fend for themselves as it was the case during my time in school. Most of

them are undoubtedly being spoon-fed in that they no longer struggle on their own.

Awarding of Trophies for Participating in Events

The second issue that certainly sets us apart is the issue of trophies. During my time in school, it

was so hard for one to be given a trophy for whatever competition. This was mainly because of

the policy that one had to win or become number one to get a trophy. Sometimes the first three

students were the only ones that were awarded trophies. This meant that one had to work

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extremely hard for him or her to be able to win a trophy. Personally, I spent all those years in

school, and I only managed to get one through when I managed to become the best in class in the

subject in class. This was after I had worked extremely hard for over a whole term in school.

Upon receiving the trophy, everyone in school gave me so much respect because winning it was

indeed a dream for many but just a few could manage to get since the school in this case only

used to give them to the best students in each subject as well as the overall performance.

Unlike my story with trophies, my son’s case is way different. Wonders will never stop

happening; this is the statement I told myself when I saw a trophy my son had been given for

participating in a science competition. Why would someone be given a through for participation?

Surely, this is the question I am still interrogating myself. How is it possible that my son was

given a trophy when he was number 42 out of 80 in the contest? This is a clear show that some

of the things that we used to hold so dearly have been messed up entirely to an extent they no

longer have the same sentimental value as it was the case back in the days. Instead of working

hard to perform better, my son is no longer motivated by the trophy to work hard since everyone

who participates will undoubtedly be given similar trophies hence there is no motivation in being

number one or number last as long as someone was participating. This is the current tradition

that has certainly disappointed me; I wish I could roll back the years.

Punishing of Kids in School

The third issue is the one on punishing of kids in school. During my time, we could be punished

through strokes or even hard labor punishments, and no one would even utter a word in defiance.

The parents fully supported the whole idea of us being punished at school. We used to be treated

as community kids in that when anyone, not necessarily your relatives saw you do anything

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wrong then that warranted punishment. Everyone had a right to punish you both at school and

home as long as they were your seniors regarding age. There were no cases of people being taken

to court all because they punished the neighbor’s kids who had done something wrong.

Honestly speaking this is not the case when it comes to the manner in which my child amongst

the others of his age is being treated. Today, the tutors are afraid of punishing the children due to

the fear that they may end up being sued by the children’s parents. This has made it very difficult

for the teachers to discipline some of these children. There are no cases of a child being a

community child. Today even when the child fails to execute the duties they were given to do,

and they end up being punished they have the liberty to take their patents’ to court all in the

ground of harassment. This has certainly injured many hence the reason the moral stands have

gone down since no one is disciplining the children.

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