D. Discuss this aspect with your partner and share your views on how students can give back to society. E. Introduction What goes around comes around!
Every activity in a society, be it development of infrastructure, education, health care etc. demands resources of all kinds. Resources can be mobilized only through human efforts. This effort comes from many different sections of society.
Thus, the fruits of development we enjoy today have come about only through the hardwork of many unsung heroes. It is our duty to contribute to development by giving back what we have taken. When a qualified student embarks on his/her career, an element of service should always be a part of motivation. The society has cradled and nurtured every graduate to bloom and spread his/her wings.
Graduation is the apt time to give back to society the gains we have obtained. Read an excerpt from the famous address made by the great leader Arignar Anna, at the Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, on November , , on the occasion of the Convocation ceremony. Thankful as I am for the unique honour conferred on me by this institution. I stand before this august assembly today to deliver the Convocation address, for though it is a pleasure to be present on the happy occasion of greeting the graduates of the year and wishing them all a bright and prosperous future, it is not an easy task to place appropriate guidelines before them.
The fact that I am conscious of my own limitations gives me a sense of relief, for I shall not attempt to offer original ideas or theories with a special stamp, but only reiterate some of the cardinal principles enunciated by those who offered their advice in past years, perhaps with annotations here and there, bringing to bear the lay-man’s point of view to the findings of experts in various fields connected with education. For better understanding: What does the speaker try to convey in the beginning of his speech? This is the age of the common man – whatever the regrets some might have – and it is his point of view that matters most and I do claim to represent him in all his ruggedness. Systems and schools of thought, whether it is in philosophy or politics, ethics or economics, are certainly meant for him.
Universities, as the repositories of knowledge and the nursing ground for the emissaries of thought, wisdom and service, have got a prominent role Former Chief Minister C.N. Anna Durai with students of Yale University. -A-Prose-Dr. Arignar - - :