As an educated person, one is expected to act with courtesy and civility. But that seems not to be the case especially in the Nigerian society. Right, its not only peculiar to Nigeria. A look at how uncivilized the behaviours of some educated persons can be will make you wonder if education really makes people civilized or not. It is not uncommon to see a man on tie and suit (a professional) threatening to pull it off and fight another man or hauling abuses at another person (sometimes in public!). In the university system, you see lecturers who dont know how to carry themselves as educated people. Some students behaviours can only be likened to that of agberos. In our national assembly, we have house members who went to school but we see incessant fist fights that occur in the house from time to time over disagreements in policies. It is not also uncommon to see people littering the streets when they could simply look for a waste bin. Also many persons always try to jump queues in public places thereby creating disorderliness. Then there is this practice of what we have termed jungle justice where anybody caught in wrongdoing is lynched by a mob (among whom are educated people) when they could simply have taken the culprit to the appropriate authorities. All these are uncivilised behaviours. Dont forget, some of these people even went to school abroad Therefore, does education really make people civilized or is there another factor?
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 13:12:52 +0000