I once visited the principal of a public secondary school and I met a very sad situation in his office. As I was approaching the office, I notice a lot of teachers in front of the office. It's not unusual for teachers to visit the principal, but today's was unprecedented.
When I got to the front of the office, I had to peep in to catch a glimpse of what was going on inside the office. Some girls knelt down in from the principal and there were some sachets of alcohol in front of them. They were being interrogated strongly by the principal about the sachets of alcohol.
The time was just past 11am. The girls had drank alcohol and they were caught by a teacher who brought them to the principal. The principal, gladly, didn't smile at the case. He handled it, to my pleasure, very critically. I had to stay outside till the interrogation ended before I could see the principal.
Outside, I began to think. How did this girls know about alcohol? Who taught them about this? I had many questions that I couldn't answer. But I concluded that they must have seen someone drinking alcohol for them to have this confidence to also drink it. They, definitely, have terrible role models around them.
Every child grow up to become whatever he keeps seeing around him. Every child has a role model and if we want our children to grow up into responsible people, we must provide good role models for them. Our society is not helping at all. The role models celebrated in the society today are unhealthy for our children.
There is a dearth of good role models in our society. You and I, must then rise up to stand as role models for as many as we can help. We just have to be deliberate to be able save!
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