Civic sense ?

Education and Civic sense rarely go hand in hand ..

Recently I was talking with a taxi driver and the conversation veered to civic sense and he made a comment "Ma'am it is the educated people who behave worse than the people who don't know" .... I thought about it ..... I don't think the comment was wrong .....

Education and civic sense ... rarely seem to go hand in hand ..... I remembered some instances of such behavior by the so-called-educated people ... this includes Gen Y too ....

• Coming to the ICU ward/waiting room with a bad case of viral conjunctivitis ....
• Entering the society premises on a vehicle at 70km / hr ..... especially in the evening .. prime time when small children are playing / running / cycling.
• Asking to divert money that has been donated for charity to be used for other sundry activities ...
• One person is admitted in the ICU .. 26 people turn up in the ICU waiting room plus they have the gall to wonder if the other people really are relatives and all the 26 people want to enter the ICU ward en masse .... !! Jeez ...
• Spitting gutka within hospital premises ...
• Leaving plastic bottles and gutka wrappers on pristine mountain sides .....
• Throwing water/garbage from the balcony on to the road ..... with no care towards the people walking below
• Physically pushing children ..... in a crowd ( mall, after movie rush etc )
• Flight announcement is for parents with children and elderly people .. yet everyone rushes and makes a crowd at the gate !!!!
• Keeping the lift waiting ..... while busy chatting to someone outside their door .. uncaring of the people within the lift
• Of-course loud ring-tones / talking .... in inappropriate places ...
• Driving in an inebriated state ....

 ...... And so on ..... am sure there are many more examples of such uncouth conduct ...

I am not even touching the serious side of what education should bring about in areas of dowry, education of girl children, corruption, bride burning, land grabbing etc ...

I think ... education should also mean refinement and civility .... but is it asking for too much ??? Money, education and class .... rarely go together I guess ...