Words Are Mightier Than the Sword

Ayoub Awadalla Prof. Brumfield October 9, 2012 Words Are Mightier Than The Sword The story By Any Other Name, by Santha Rau, explains the retention of the writers first and last week as a student at an Anglo-Indian school. Santha Rau speaks about the happy, sad, and embarrassing moments she had in school. She also speaks about how earning a valid education, in western terms, is thorny to achieve in India. When someone is in an environment where it is typical to hear insensitive and irresponsible language, s/he will likely become insensitive and irresponsible.Insensitive and irresponsible speech typically becomes a compass reaction. Once someone speaks or says an insensitive or irresponsible thing, the other person will practise with being insensitive and irresponsible. An example was when Permila, Santhas older sister, was getting ready to take a test, moreover the teacher made her and the other Indian kids sit in the back with a desk in amidst each other. The teacher said, It was because Indians cheat. Once Permila heard this insensitive statement, she stormed out of her class, marched into Santhas class and told her get up, were passing game home. When she got to Santhas class, the teacher smiled at her in a kindly and encouraging way and said now, youre little Cynthias sister? Permila wore a poker face that did not betray a oneness emotion. Treating Santhas teacher with an insensitive way, just like her teacher treated her. Changing a rear of a child is a confusing matter for the child to understand.A child is a stranger when it comes downward to lying. Most children, from ages of 3-6, are innocent and do not grapple how to lie. The take mistress changed Permilas pretend to Pamela, and Santhas name to Cynthia. Santha was too young to understand and was okay with the name changing. Permila kept a uncompromising silence while Santha replied, thanks you. And when the teacher asked Santha for her name, she replied, I dont know. She was confused thus, did not know if she should say her real name, or the new name she received from the repoint mistress.This act by the head mistress was very irresponsible. She was too lazy to call Santha, her real name, so she gave her an artificial name. Being rude, insensitive, or speaking irresponsibly to someone will most likely cause him or her to be rude, insensitive, or speak irresponsibly to you too. One must be carful of what s/he speaks, because what comes around, goes around. Just like the head mistress spoke to the girls insensitively and irresponsibly, they both left the school and never went back.