I am certain that you already suspected from my last post that I am not here to talk only about singing and dancing, which a good number of persons conceive when the idea of culture comes up.
I am an apostle of the position that "culture is the totality. of the way of life of a people...." .
Today, I am focusing on the danger that most of us engage in acts and habits which in our opinion have nothing to do with culture. There are many such phenomena in our schools, but my interest today is in the area of Malpractices.
Teachers are not necessarily more guilty than parents. Consider that , whereas teachers and others in the school sysgtem are the engineers or at least conduits of examination malpractices, parents are known to have either induced, sponsored or even partake in these practices.
Two things are to be noted here ! First is the fact that the child soon begin to take these anomalies as given, as norm. The second is that , that child will sooner or later become a parent or teacher. Would you rightfully expect her to proceed differently than he was taught by example ? NO !
Same goes for malpractices relating to amorous relationships between teachers and their pupils.
Beware ! Thoughts become habit and habits become culture. The Igbo proverb comes to mind here : if taboo lasts a year , it becomes the norm .
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