Schools Play a More Important Role in Shaping Students'Personality

There have been heated discussions about the role which schools play in forming students’ characters. Those in favor of the importance of schools suggest that the two most important factors stand by this side, whilst rivals state the fact of the relationship between children and parents, along with drawbacks of the schools. Insight needs to be given into the matter so that justifiable viewpoints can be chosen. To start with, most children have a closer relationship with their parents then with the teachers. That is not understandable, since before they even go to school, they have spent five blissful years playing, learning and sharing with parents. There are certain subjects which cannot be confided to teachers but mothers or fathers. In addition, by and large students have more confidence in their parents and are more appreciative of their advice as well as experience and knowledge. Up to a point, it takes almost everybody a long time before deciding whether someone is trustworthy. Students are no exception. Parents are people who they hold in high esteem, and as time goes by more respect should be gained. Therefore, it is most likely that the children try to be like their “role model”, shaping their personality including outlook on life. Another disadvantage of schools is that in the modern world, the major part of the school day is devoted to knowledge and diligence trial with the help examinations. Competitions are consequently held, urging the young to set their hearts on being awarded the honor, resulting in ignorance of personality development. Undeniably, the aim of these doings is to lend kids a hand in making themselves well- rounded, notwithstanding its precarious neglect for characters. Indeed, talented as somebody may be, without proper manners and thinking, no benefit would the country obtain from such a person, let alone on a global scale. On the other hand, a child spends as many as eight hours a day at school on the average, exclusive of the