Hello, everyone.
I welcome my blog and another wonderful edition of the hive learner's featured post. One thing about us as humans is that we learn and adapt easily to things we are taught as kids. The habits developed as kids are hard to let go of, which makes instilling the right character, manners, and the right teaching in kids while they are still very young very important. Even as adults there are many things we were told are wrong to do; we never did them as kids, and now even as adults we still find them very difficult to do. We think twice and still end up not doing them at all just because of the teachings from when we were younger.
It is difficult to break away from a habit we developed from when we were kids, whereas those ones we developed or learned as adults we keep breaking and fluctuating on. Today we are doing them, and tomorrow we are finding it difficult to do them. There are many things our parents or adults we grew up with showed us while growing up, and today it has become a part of us because it is a habit we developed as kids, and we do them effortlessly, whereas those ones we developed as adults or on our own after growing up are a very big battle.
After I gained admission to college, I met a friend, and I was forced to learn something new from him. When we started our friendship, I noticed whenever we bought snacks or anything that came in a nylon bag, paper, or even plastic, after eating, he held onto the nylon, paper, or plastic until he saw a dumpster where he disposed of it properly, while the rest of us just disposed of ours anywhere. And anyhow, I kept noticing this act, and when I could not hold it anymore, I was pushed to ask him why, and his response shocked me. He said he attended the same school from basic class till high school when he graduated, and the school had one rule: no one could break, which is to never litter the environment with waste or debris, and he had gotten used to it.
This is a habit instilled in him from when he was little, and now he has left the school and, years later, is still finding it difficult to break out of what he was taught, so yes, having children participate in community service from when they are little will definitely leave a mark; they will see the importance of it, and that way we can be sure of a better environment in the future because many adults don't care about the environment, which is why we are where we are today. Many were not trained to take care of the environment, and now they have grown and are stronger, contributing immensely to the destruction of the environment.
Getting children and students to take care of the environment might not do much or make them completely selfless towards others and the environment, but I can say one thing for sure: that it will leave a mark. There will always be a difference between one that was made to carry out community service when they were little and one that was not taught to take care of their environment or even those around them.
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