When we were students, we used to feel as the moment we enter the job market or as soon as we enter our professional lives, we will immediately get a job.But things like that—utopian concepts—don't happen at all in real life.
Nepotism reigns supreme in real life.We see glimpses of this in many areas of life, where nepotism has squandered so much talent.
Nepotism is not something that develops overnight; rather, it is a practice spanning years that remains visible in our societies to this day.
The roots of nepotism lie deep within the foundation of our society; for instance, a school-going child who happens to be a teacher's relative receives preferential treatment.
It is an undeniable fact, witnessed firsthand, that favoritism is practiced in schools.In this way, children in schools who are promoted through nepotism are never able to showcase their true potential or genuine talent.This is because such children harbor the belief that even if they do not work hard, they will succeed in securing good grades due to the influence of their fathers or families.
Later, when such people, from strong background of families enter professional life, they are well aware of their parents' influence and connections; they realize that there is no real need for them to work hard, as everything has been handed to them on a silver platter.
Such people then swoop in—using connections—to take over a job secured through someone else's hard work, effectively making it their own.
Parents also play a pivotal role in this nepotism; while they desire to spare their children from the hardships they themselves endured—wishing their children to live a comfortable life. Although parents want to protect their children from the miseries of hard lifestyle but in this way they miss to polish their children and unintentionally ruins the real potential lies in their children.
The other side of the coin is that there are many people who work extremely hard but do not benefit from favoritism; instead, they fall victim to it. Consequently, their potential is squandered—or simply overlooked—and they never receive the reward they deserve.
Wherever I look in my country, I see nepotism deeply ingrained in the very roots of society. I need not look far; I can start with my own home. We own a school where our own children study, and the teachers there operate with the mindset that they must show special favoritism to the children of the principal or the executives.This is stifling the children's potential; they are not learning to read and write properly, nor are they acquiring the values they ought to learn.
I do not believe that nepotism should be punished, because there are many individuals inside influential families with high potential, rather, it is essential for the merit system to be inclusive and transparent in order to accurately assess that potential.
To ensure a transparent merit system in any society, parents should refrain from seeking special favors or recommendations for their children at any stage. Instead, they should encourage their children to secure jobs based on their own educational achievements and hard work—relying on their own efforts rather than having everything handed to them on a silver platter.
Since there is greatness in hard work and hard work is the key to success, never stop working hard.
