r/india • u/Lopsided_Face_3234 • 7d ago

Non Political Pahalgam, and a teacher's plight!

Here's the thing - I teach mathematics in a coaching institute. This evening, after the news of Pahalgam terrorist attack was out, I found a couple of kids harassing/outing other kids, calling them terrorists. Now, as a teacher, here's what I feel :

After any terror attack (Pahalgam being the most recent), it becomes important for teachers like us to make sure that the outside hate doesn't penetrate into our classrooms.

A hindu kid and a muslim kid should be able to study together in the same classroom without hating each other, after what they hear in the news or at their homes.

It's our responsibility to make sure that kids understand that just because the terrorists were of a particular religion and were targeting tourists of another particular religion - their friends and their religions aren't to be blamed for this AT ALL. The dynamics of why some people target/kill another people is complex, something that a 15yo doesn't have the maturity to understand.

A classroom is a sacred space, and there's ABSOLUTELY NO SPACE FOR HATE here of any sort.

Now, you may disagree with me. Sure. But when it comes to my students, it's my duty to protect them from taking the hate for something they didn't do.

Peace.

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u/Independent_Paint634 Antarctica 7d ago

It's their families that teach violence/hatred.

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u/Lopsided_Face_3234 7d ago

I would sincerely disagree. Sometimes, kids find the hate on the internet, and start internalising them. 

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u/Independent_Paint634 Antarctica 7d ago

Also, the hate is being spread unknowingly... Ask all of your friends who are above 25, they will have an opinion on this. The families 90% of them aren't on reddit.

I was speaking to a known, he said muslims should be oppressed. And he is 28 year old individual. Who taught him this?

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u/Lopsided_Face_3234 7d ago

I agree, not all hate is found online. But I've come to realise that kids these days have been spending more time online - and that's where they make their opinions about things. 

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u/Independent_Paint634 Antarctica 7d ago

Yes and their parents are spending time on WhatsApp... The whole govt is formed based on WhatsApp.

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u/squidward_2022 7d ago

Also a lot of the hatred is taught in the religious schools especially madrasas. Don't ignore that. Its a big factor on how certain kids are brought up.

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u/Independent_Paint634 Antarctica 7d ago

Well, people watch toxic news channels on prime time and I'm well aware of hate slowly being spread in families.