Patriotism

Patriotism is when you have a feeling of belonging, a feeling of a positive debt towards a larger entity of the nation. We don’t need to serve in the defense forces to show our patriotism. We are a part of a young, educated, and dedicated generation of Pakistan with the ability to understand the society better and do our part for the nation’s uplift. Patriotism is doing what John F. Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” I think this statement is an integral part of what patriotism truly means and this quote of President John F. Kennedy should be written on the first page of each book we teach at school in order to have our students remember that whenever they open their books.

At schools we only teach our students what we can get from our country and focus on our rights in our country and neglect what we can do and give to our country and here where the problem is. Students grow up thinking that their country owes them too many things without realizing what it took this country to be the greatest country in the world.

I think that the education system has been confusing our students and this generation in understanding Patriotism from one hand and the community our students belong to from the other hand. When I talk about our students I mean our kids and the young people. The people who’ll form the future of this country. Those students are living in two different environments. One is the school they spend most of the day at, and the environment which their home.