{"id":1712,"date":"2013-07-03T16:25:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T09:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/science-technology.vn\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2013-07-03T16:25:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T09:25:47","slug":"nguoi-quet-truong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-technology.vn\/?p=1712","title":{"rendered":"Ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u00e9t tr\u01b0\u1eddng"},"content":{"rendered":"

V\u00e0i th\u00e1ng tr\u01b0\u1edbc khi t\u00f4i d\u1ea1y \u1edf \u1ea4n \u0110\u1ed9, t\u00f4i \u0111\u1ec3 \u00fd r\u1eb1ng Prasad Mehta, m\u1ed9t sinh vi\u00ean \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc n\u0103m th\u1ee9 t\u01b0 th\u01b0\u1eddng vi\u1ebft b\u1eb1ng b\u00fat ch\u00ec. Ng\u00e0y nay sinh vi\u00ean \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc kh\u00f4ng d\u00f9ng b\u00fat ch\u00ec, ph\u1ea7n l\u1edbn d\u00f9ng laptop v\u00e0 n\u1ebfu h\u1ecd ph\u1ea3i vi\u1ebft, h\u1ecd d\u00f9ng b\u00fat bi. T\u00f4i ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean h\u01a1n khi anh ta kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 d\u00f9ng \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c b\u00fat ch\u00ec th\u00eam n\u1eefa, anh ta \u0111\u1ec3 n\u00f3 v\u00e0o trong t\u00fai nh\u1ecf n\u01a1i anh ta c\u00f3 nhi\u1ec1u b\u00fat ch\u00ec, t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 ch\u00fang \u0111\u1ec1u ng\u1eafn v\u00e0 d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 ch\u00fang \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c d\u00f9ng tr\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u00e2y. B\u00fat ch\u00ec l\u00e0 t\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111\u1ed1i r\u1ebb v\u00e0 th\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c d\u00f9ng cho t\u1edbi khi ng\u1eafn v\u00e0i ph\u00e2n cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng r\u1ed3i b\u1ea1n v\u1ee9t n\u00f3 \u0111i. T\u00f4i t\u01b0\u1edfng r\u1eb1ng anh ta l\u00e0 sinh vi\u00ean ngh\u00e8o kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 \u0111\u1ea3m \u0111\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ec7c mua b\u00fat cho n\u00ean h\u00f4m sau t\u00f4i cho anh ta m\u1ed9t g\u00f3i s\u00e1u b\u00fat bi v\u00e0 n\u00f3i: \u201cEm c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 d\u00f9ng c\u00e1c b\u00fat n\u00e0y, n\u00f3 s\u1ebd k\u00e9o d\u00e0i c\u1ea3 n\u0103m cho n\u00ean em kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i d\u00f9ng b\u00fat ch\u00ec n\u1eefa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Prasad c\u00e1m \u01a1n t\u00f4i v\u1ec1 nh\u1eefng c\u00e1i b\u00fat \u0111\u00f3 r\u1ed3i gi\u1ea3i th\u00edch cho t\u00f4i t\u1ea1i sao anh ta \u01b0a th\u00edch d\u00f9ng b\u00fat ch\u00ec. Anh ta n\u00f3i: \u201cEm c\u00f3 b\u00fat nh\u01b0ng em th\u00edch d\u00f9ng b\u00fat ch\u00ec v\u00ec n\u00f3 nh\u1eafc em v\u1ec1 c\u00e1i g\u00ec \u0111\u00f3 quan tr\u1ecdng l\u00e0m thay \u0111\u1ed5i \u0111\u1eddi em.\u201d Ho\u00e1 ra l\u00e0 Prasad xu\u1ea5t th\u00e2n t\u1eeb m\u1ed9t gia \u0111\u00ecnh r\u1ea5t gi\u1ea7u c\u00f3. B\u1ed1 anh ta s\u1edf h\u1eefu nhi\u1ec1u c\u00f4ng ti v\u00e0 anh ta c\u00f3 m\u1ecdi th\u1ee9 xa hoa nh\u01b0 m\u00e1y nghe nh\u1ea1c, ti vi m\u00e0n h\u00ecnh ph\u1eb3ng, laptop, iPhone, iPad, xe m\u00e1y, ng\u01b0\u1eddi thi\u1ebft k\u1ebf qu\u1ea7n \u00e1o v\u00e0 anh ta th\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111i d\u1ef1 ti\u1ec7c v\u00e0o cu\u1ed1i tu\u1ea7n c\u00f9ng con c\u00e1i c\u1ee7a nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi gi\u1ea7u cho t\u1edbi m\u1ed9t h\u00f4m\u2026<\/p>\n

Anh ta n\u00f3i: \u201cB\u00e0 \u1ea5y l\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u00e9t r\u00e1c t\u1ea1i m\u1ed9t tr\u01b0\u1eddng ti\u1ec3u h\u1ecdc. Ch\u1ed3ng b\u00e0 \u1ea5y ch\u1ebft v\u00e0i n\u0103m sau h\u00f4n nh\u00e2n. B\u00e0 \u1ea5y kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 h\u1ecd h\u00e0ng trong khu v\u1ef1c n\u00e0y. B\u00e0 \u1ea5y v\u1eadt l\u1ed9n v\u1edbi tr\u00e1ch nhi\u1ec7m nu\u00f4i d\u1ea1y con cho n\u00ean b\u00e0 \u1ea5y l\u00e0m vi\u1ec7c nh\u01b0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u00e9t tr\u01b0\u1eddng. Trong 40 n\u0103m qua, b\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 qu\u00e9t l\u1edbp h\u1ecdc t\u1ea1i tr\u01b0\u1eddng ti\u1ec3u h\u1ecdc. L\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111\u1ea1m b\u1ea1c c\u1ee7a b\u00e0 \u1ea5y ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u1ee7 cho b\u00e0 \u1ea5y v\u00e0 con b\u00e0 \u1ea5y hai b\u1eefa c\u01a1m m\u1ed9t ng\u00e0y. B\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ph\u00e9p s\u1ed1ng trong m\u1ed9t chi\u1ebfc l\u1ec1u nh\u1ecf \u0111\u1eb1ng sau tr\u01b0\u1eddng. Tuy nhi\u00ean b\u00e0 \u1ea5y bao gi\u1edd c\u0169ng mu\u1ed1n gi\u00fap \u0111\u1ee1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c nh\u01b0ng nh\u01b0 m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi r\u1ea5t ngh\u00e8o, b\u00e0 \u1ea5y ch\u1eb3ng c\u00f3 g\u00ec \u0111\u1ec3 cho.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prasad ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c: \u201cL\u00e0 sinh vi\u00ean \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc, ch\u00fang em th\u01b0\u1eddng t\u00ecnh nguy\u1ec7n l\u00e0m c\u00f4ng vi\u1ec7c x\u00e3 h\u1ed9i. V\u00e0i n\u0103m tr\u01b0\u1edbc, nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong ch\u00fang em \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ph\u00e1i t\u1edbi tr\u01b0\u1eddng ph\u1ed5 th\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ec3 gi\u00fap cho c\u00e1c ho\u1ea1t \u0111\u1ed9ng tr\u01b0\u1eddng. Em \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ph\u00e2n c\u00f4ng \u0111\u1ecdc chuy\u1ec7n cho tr\u1ebb con. Em l\u1ea5y m\u1ed9t cu\u1ed1n s\u00e1ch t\u1eeb th\u01b0 vi\u1ec7n tr\u01b0\u1eddng, c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n l\u00e0 v\u1ec1 Gandhi. Khi tr\u1ebb em t\u1ee5 t\u1eadp quanh em \u1edf th\u00ednh ph\u00f2ng c\u1ee7a tr\u01b0\u1eddng, em b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u \u0111\u1ecdc: \u201cGandhi th\u01b0\u1eddng vi\u1ebft nhi\u1ec1u th\u01b0. M\u1ed9t h\u00f4m, Kalelkar, m\u1ed9t t\u00e1c gi\u1ea3 \u1ea4n \u0110\u1ed9 n\u1ed5i ti\u1ebfng, th\u1ea5y \u00f4ng \u1ea5y \u0111ang vi\u1ebft b\u1eb1ng chi\u1ebfc b\u00fat ch\u00ec nh\u1ecf v\u00e0 l\u1eadp t\u1ee9c t\u1eb7ng cho Gandhi chi\u1ebfc b\u00fat ch\u00ec l\u1edbn h\u01a1n t\u1eeb t\u00fai \u00f4ng ta. Gandhi l\u1ec5 ph\u00e9p n\u00f3i r\u1eb1ng \u00f4ng \u1ea5y kh\u00f4ng c\u1ea7n n\u00f3. Ng\u00e0y h\u00f4m sau, \u00f4ng ta th\u1ea5y Gandhi l\u1ee5c t\u00fai t\u00ecm b\u00fat ch\u00ec v\u00e0 Kakelkar l\u1ea1i bi\u1ebfu cho \u00f4ng \u1ea5y m\u1ed9t chi\u1ebfc b\u00fat ch\u00ec v\u1eeba n\u00f3i, ‘D\u1eabu sao b\u00fat ch\u00ec c\u1ee7a \u00f4ng nh\u1ecf qu\u00e1 r\u1ed3i.’ Gandhi d\u1ecbu d\u00e0ng \u0111\u00e1p, ‘Nh\u01b0ng m\u1ed9t \u0111\u1ee9a tr\u1ebb \u0111\u00e3 cho t\u00f4i b\u00fat ch\u00ec \u0111\u00f3.’ V\u00e0 \u00f4ng \u1ea5y c\u1ee9 t\u00ecm chi\u1ebfc b\u00fat ch\u00ec nh\u1ecf \u0111\u00f3. \u0110i\u1ec1u Gandhi d\u1ea1y l\u00e0 \u1edf m\u1ed9t n\u01b0\u1edbc ngh\u00e8o, ch\u00fang ta ph\u1ea3i t\u1eb1n ti\u1ec7n. Ch\u00fang ta kh\u00f4ng n\u00ean ph\u00ed ho\u00e0i c\u00e1c th\u1ee9 v\u00e0 c\u01b0 x\u1eed nh\u01b0 c\u00e1c n\u01b0\u1edbc gi\u1ea7u kh\u00e1c\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Anh ta m\u1ec9m c\u01b0\u1eddi: \u201cC\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n n\u00e0y ng\u1eafn nh\u01b0 n\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ebft ra cho h\u1ecdc sinh ti\u1ec3u h\u1ecdc. N\u00f3 kh\u00f4ng quan tr\u1ecdng v\u1edbi em v\u00e0o l\u00fac \u0111\u00f3 nh\u01b0ng \u0111i\u1ec1u em \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng ch\u00fa \u00fd l\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n b\u00e0 qu\u00e9t r\u00e1c c\u0169ng nghe em \u0111\u1ecdc. C\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n m\u00e0 em \u0111\u1ecdc c\u00f3 t\u00e1c \u0111\u1ed9ng l\u00ean b\u00e0 \u1ea5y. B\u00e0 \u1ea5y l\u1eadp t\u1ee9c ngh\u0129 \u201cM\u00ecnh qu\u00e9t tr\u01b0\u1eddng m\u1ecdi ng\u00e0y v\u00e0 m\u00ecnh th\u1ea5y r\u1eb1ng tr\u1ebb con v\u1ee9t \u0111i. Sao m\u00ecnh kh\u00f4ng thu nh\u1eb7t c\u00e1c b\u00fat ch\u00ec \u0111\u00f3 v\u00e0 \u0111em ch\u00fang cho tr\u1ebb con ngh\u00e8o nh\u1eefng \u0111\u1ee9a kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c b\u00fat ch\u00ec \u0111\u1ec3 cho ch\u00fang c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 h\u1ecdc c\u00e1ch vi\u1ebft v\u00e0 v\u1ebd.\u201d Th\u1ea7y c\u1ea7n bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng ngay c\u1ea3 ng\u00e0y nay, ngh\u00e8o n\u00e0n \u1edf \u1ea4n \u0110\u1ed9 v\u1eabn l\u00e0 v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 ch\u00ednh v\u1edbi h\u00e0ng tri\u1ec7u tr\u1ebb con s\u1ed1ng trong nh\u00e0 \u1ed5 chu\u1ed9t v\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng bao gi\u1edd \u0111i t\u1edbi tr\u01b0\u1eddng. Cho n\u00ean ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n b\u00e0 qu\u00e9t r\u00e1c b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u thu th\u1eadp b\u00fat ch\u00ec, t\u1ea9y, c\u00e1i g\u1ecdt b\u00fat ch\u00ec v\u00e0 b\u1ea5t k\u00ec c\u00e1i g\u00ec kh\u00e1c b\u00e0 \u1ea5y th\u1ea5y. M\u1ecdi l\u00fac t\u00fai b\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111\u1ea7y, b\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111em n\u00f3 t\u1edbi c\u00e1c khu nh\u00e0 \u1ed5 chu\u1ed9t \u0111em cho ng\u01b0\u1eddi c\u1ea7n. \u0110\u00f3 l\u00e0 nghi l\u1ec5 c\u1ee7a b\u00e0 \u1ea5y v\u00e0 b\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 t\u1eebng l\u00e0m \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 t\u1edbi gi\u1edd.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0110\u1ea7u n\u0103m nay, ch\u00fang em quay l\u1ea1i tr\u01b0\u1eddng ti\u1ec3u h\u1ecdc \u0111\u00f3 l\u1ea7n n\u1eefa. Khi b\u00e0 \u1ea5y th\u1ea5y em, b\u00e0 \u1ea5y c\u00e1m \u01a1n em v\u00ec cho b\u00e0 \u1ea5y m\u1ed9t \u00fd t\u01b0\u1edfng m\u00e0 trong nhi\u1ec1u n\u0103m b\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 t\u1eebng ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 c\u00e1ch gi\u00fap \u0111\u1ee1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c nh\u01b0ng \u0111\u00e3 kh\u00f4ng bi\u1ebft c\u00e1ch l\u00e0m. Em ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean khi b\u00e0 \u1ea5y k\u1ec3 cho em c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n c\u1ee7a b\u00e0 \u1ea5y, b\u00e0 \u1ea5y kh\u1ea9n kho\u1ea3n m\u1eddi em t\u1edbi nh\u00e0 b\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0103n c\u01a1m. Em kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 \u0111\u1ebfn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c v\u00e0o h\u00f4m \u0111\u00f3 nh\u01b0ng \u0111\u00e3 h\u1ee9a t\u1edbi ng\u00e0y h\u00f4m sau ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u1ec3 l\u00e0m h\u00e0i l\u00f2ng b\u00e0 gi\u00e0. B\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 n\u1ea5u cho em m\u1ed9t b\u1eefa \u0103n \u0111\u01a1n gi\u1ea3n nh\u01b0ng ngon tuy\u1ec7t. \u1ede \u0111\u00f3 em, m\u1ed9t sinh vi\u00ean \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc gi\u1ea7u c\u00f3 th\u01b0\u1eddng ti\u00eau h\u00e0ng tr\u0103m \u0111\u00f4 la ch\u1ec9 cho m\u1ed9t b\u1eefa ti\u1ec7c cu\u1ed1i tu\u1ea7n, ng\u1ed3i trong chi\u1ebfc l\u1ec1u nh\u1ecf c\u00f9ng m\u1ed9t b\u00e0 gi\u00e0, ng\u01b0\u1eddi l\u00e0m ra \u00edt h\u01a1n v\u00e0i tr\u0103m \u0111\u00f4 la m\u1ed9t n\u0103m. Em l\u1eafng nghe c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n c\u1ee7a b\u00e0 \u1ea5y v\u1edbi n\u01b0\u1edbc m\u1eaft l\u01b0ng tr\u00f2ng. B\u00e2y gi\u1edd h\u01a1n bao gi\u1edd h\u1ebft, em nh\u1eadn ra minh tri\u1ebft c\u1ee7a c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n ng\u1eafn c\u1ee7a Gandhi v\u00e0 em nh\u1eadn ra l\u00f2ng t\u1eeb bi v\u1edbi ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c t\u1eeb ng\u01b0\u1eddi qu\u00e9t tr\u01b0\u1eddng ngh\u00e8o n\u00e0y. V\u00e0 khi em ra v\u1ec1, b\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111\u01b0a cho em m\u1ed9t t\u00fai nh\u1ef1a nh\u1ecf g\u1ea7n nh\u01b0 b\u1ecb r\u00e1ch. Em m\u1edf ra v\u00e0 th\u1ea5y nh\u1eefng b\u00fat ch\u00ec nh\u1ecf \u0111\u00f3, nh\u1eefng c\u00e1i t\u1ea9y v\u00e0 c\u00e1i g\u1ecdt b\u00fat ch\u00ec. B\u00e0 \u1ea5y n\u00f3i: \u201cT\u00f4i mu\u1ed1n \u0111i t\u1edbi khu nh\u00e0 \u1ed5 chu\u1ed9t v\u00e0 trao cho tr\u1ebb con ngh\u00e8o. V\u1ec1 sau, t\u00f4i b\u1ecb vi\u00eam kh\u1edbp v\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 \u0111i b\u1ed9 t\u1edbi mi\u1ec1n t\u00e2y nam th\u00e0nh ph\u1ed1 (n\u01a1i c\u00f3 khu nh\u00e0 \u1ed5 chu\u1ed9t) cho n\u00ean anh c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 gi\u00fap t\u00f4i m\u1ed9t \u00e2n hu\u1ec7 b\u1eb1ng vi\u1ec7c l\u00e0m \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 h\u1ed9 t\u00f4i v\u00ec anh c\u00f3 xe m\u00e1y.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prasad k\u1ebft lu\u1eadn: \u201cKh\u00f3 m\u00e0 k\u00ecm \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c x\u00fac \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u1ee7a em trong s\u1ef1 hi\u1ec7n di\u1ec7n c\u1ee7a c\u00e1i g\u00ec \u0111\u00f3 h\u00e0o ph\u00f3ng v\u00e0 qu\u00ed gi\u00e1 th\u1ebf. Xin hi\u1ec3u cho r\u1eb1ng v\u00ec em \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c sinh ra, em bao gi\u1edd c\u0169ng c\u00f3 m\u1ecdi th\u1ee9 em mu\u1ed1n. Em ch\u01b0a bao gi\u1edd kinh qua \u0111\u00f3i hay ngh\u00e8o. V\u00e2ng, \u1edf \u1ea4n \u0110\u1ed9, ch\u00fang em c\u00f3 hai th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi, ng\u01b0\u1eddi gi\u1ea7u v\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi ngh\u00e8o. Em may m\u1eafn t\u1edbi t\u1eeb ph\u00eda gi\u1ea7u v\u00ec gia \u0111\u00ecnh em nh\u01b0ng kinh nghi\u1ec7m n\u00e0y \u0111\u00e3 d\u1ea1y cho em b\u00e0i h\u1ecdc c\u00f3 gi\u00e1 tr\u1ecb v\u1ec1 cu\u1ed9c s\u1ed1ng. Kh\u00f4ng th\u00e0nh v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 b\u1ea1n gi\u1ea7u hay ngh\u00e8o, h\u00e0o ph\u00f3ng v\u00e0 t\u1eeb bi v\u1edbi ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c l\u00e0 quan tr\u1ecdng. B\u1ea1n kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i c\u1ee9 gi\u1ea7u m\u1edbi cho \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c. Ch\u1eebng n\u00e0o b\u1ea1n v\u1eabn c\u00f2n quan t\u00e2m t\u1edbi ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c, tr\u00e1i tim b\u1ea1n l\u00e0 thu\u1ea7n khi\u1ebft. T\u1ea5t nhi\u00ean, em ho\u00e0n th\u00e0nh l\u1eddi h\u1ee9a c\u1ee7a em v\u1edbi b\u00e0 \u1ea5y b\u1eb1ng vi\u1ec7c ph\u00e2n ph\u1ed1i m\u00f3n qu\u00e0 c\u1ee7a b\u00e0 \u1ea5y cho tr\u1ebb em ngh\u00e8o \u1edf khu nh\u00e0 \u1ed5 chu\u1ed9t. K\u1ec3 t\u1eeb \u0111\u00f3, em kh\u00f4ng bao gi\u1edd v\u1ee9t \u0111i b\u1ea5t k\u00ec c\u00e1i g\u00ec, k\u1ec3 c\u1ea3 nh\u1eefng chi\u1ebfc b\u00fat ch\u00ec nh\u1ecf v\u00e0 \u0111\u00e3 d\u00f9ng r\u1ed3i m\u00e0 em c\u00f3. Em gi\u1eef ch\u00fang trong t\u00fai em \u0111\u1ec3 cho em c\u0169ng c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 \u0111em ch\u00fang cho tr\u1ebb em ngh\u00e8o n\u1eefa. H\u00e0nh \u0111\u1ed9ng khi\u00eam t\u1ed1n c\u1ee7a b\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m thay \u0111\u1ed5i cu\u1ed9c \u0111\u1eddi em, b\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m thay \u0111\u1ed5i c\u00e1ch ngh\u0129 c\u1ee7a em v\u1ec1 cu\u1ed9c s\u1ed1ng v\u00e0 chung cu\u1ed9c h\u00e0nh vi c\u1ee7a em c\u0169ng thay \u0111\u1ed5i ho\u00e0n to\u00e0n. B\u1ed1 m\u1eb9 em \u0111\u00e3 vui m\u1eebng r\u1eb1ng em h\u1ecdc t\u1ed1t h\u01a1n nhi\u1ec1u trong tr\u01b0\u1eddng v\u00e0 \u0111\u00e3 th\u00f4i \u0111i d\u1ef1 ti\u1ec7c cu\u1ed1i tu\u1ea7n.\u201d Vi\u1ec7c cho khi\u00eam t\u1ed1n c\u1ee7a b\u00e0 qu\u00e9t tr\u01b0\u1eddng ngh\u00e8o c\u00f3 s\u1ee9c m\u1ea1nh n\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3 m\u00e0 \u0111\u01a1n gi\u1ea3n kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 m\u00f4 t\u1ea3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c. T\u00f4i c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y n\u00f3, m\u1ecdi ng\u01b0\u1eddi trong l\u1edbp c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y n\u00f3. T\u00f4i \u0111\u1ec3 \u00fd r\u1eb1ng sau c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n c\u1ee7a Prasad, nhi\u1ec1u sinh vi\u00ean d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 c\u1ea9n th\u1eadn h\u01a1n v\u1ec1 th\u00f3i quen c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd trong l\u1edbp n\u1eefa.<\/p>\n

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The school sweeper<\/p>\n

Few months ago when I was teaching in India, I noticed that Prasad Mehta, a fourth-year college student often wrote with a pencil. Today college students do not use pencil, most use laptop and if they have to write, they use ballpoint pen. I was more surprised when he could not use that pencil anymore, he put it back on a small bag where he had many pencils, all of them short and seemed like they have been used before. Pencil is relatively cheap and often used until the last few inches short then you throw it away. I thought that he was a poor student who could not afford to buy pen so the next day, I gave him a package of six ball point pens and said: \u201cYou may want to use these pens, it will last for the whole year so you do not have to use pencil anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prasad thanked me for the pens then explained to me why he preferred to use pencils. He said: \u201cI have pens but I like to use pencil because it reminds me of something important that change my life.\u201d It turned out that Prasad came from a very wealthy family. His father owned several companies and he has all the luxury things such as music gadgets, flat screen TV, laptop, iPhone, iPad, motorcycles, designer clothes and he often go to parties during the weekend with children of the rich people until one day \u2026<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cShe was a sweeper at an elementary school. Her husband died few years after her marriage. She did not have any relatives in the area. She struggled with the responsibility of raising her children so she work as a school sweeper. For the past 40 years, she swept classrooms at the elementary school. Her meager salary was just enough to give her and her children two meals a day. She was allowed to live in a small hut behind the school. However she always wanted to help others but as a very poor person, she had nothing to give.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prasad continued: \u201cAs college student, we often volunteer to do social works. Few years ago, several of us was sent to the elementary school to help with school activities. I was assigned to read stories to the children. I picked up a book from the school library, it happened to be about Gandhi. As children gathered around me in the school auditorium, I began to read: \u201cGandhi used to write many letters. One day, Kalelkar, a famous Indian author, saw him writing with a tiny pencil and immediately offered Gandhi a bigger pencil from his pocket. Gandhi politely said that he didn’t need it. The next day, he saw Gandhi scrambling to find his pencil and Kakelkar again offered him a pencil saying, ‘Your pencil was so small anyway.’ Gandhi gently replied, ‘But a child had given me that pencil.’ And he carried on the search for that small pencil. What Gandhi taught was as a poor country, we must be frugal. We should not waste things and behave like other richer countries\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

He smiled: \u201cThe story was short as it was written for elementary students. It was not important to me at that time but what I did not pay attention was the sweeper woman also listened to my reading. The story that I read had an impact on her. She immediately thought \u201c I sweep schools every day and I saw all kinds of small pencils that children throw away. Why don’t I collect those and give them to poor children who cannot afford pencils so they could learn how to write and draw.\u201d You need to know that even today, poverty in India is still a major issue with millions of children live in slums and never go to school. So the sweeper woman began to collect pencils, erasers, sharpeners, and any miscellaneous things that she found. Every time her bag gets full, she brought it to the slum to give away to the needy. That was her ritual and she has been doing it since.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly this year, we went back to that elementary school again. When she saw me, she thanked me for giving her an idea that for many years she had been thinking about how to help others but did not know how. I was surprised when she told me her story, she insisted that I come over to her hut for a meal. I was not able to come on that day but promised to come back the next day just to please an old woman. She had cooked for me a simple but wonderful meal. There I was, a rich college student who often spend hundred dollars just for a weekend party, sat in a small hut with an old woman who made less than few hundred dollars a year. I listened to her story with tears in my eyes. Now more than ever, I recognized the wisdom of that short Gandhi\u2019s story and I realized the compassionate for others from this poor school sweeper. And as I was leaving, she handed me a small almost ripped plastic bag. I opened and saw those small pencils, erasers and pencil sharpeners. She said: \u201cI would go to the slum and handled over to the poor children. Lately, I had arthritis and could not walk to the southwest of the city (Where the slum located) so would you do me a favor by doing that for me since you have a motorcycle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prasad concluded: \u201cIt was hard to maintain my emotion in the presence of something so generous and so valuable. Please understand that since I was born, I always had everything that I wanted. I never experienced hungry or poverty. Yes, in India, we have two worlds, the rich and the poor. I was lucky to come from the rich side because of my family but this experience has taught me a valuable lesson about life. No matter whether you are rich or poor, generosity and compassion for others are important. You do not have to be rich to give to others. As long as you are still concerning about others, your heart is pure. Of course, I fulfilled my promise to her by distributed her gift to poor children in the slum. Since then, I never throw away anything away, including small and used pencils that I had. I kept them in my bag so I can also give away to poor children too. Her humbled action has changed my life, she has changed my thinking about life and eventually my behavior also changed completely. My parents were glad that I did much better in school and stopped go to weekend parties.\u201d The humble giving of the poor school sweeper had a certain power that simply cannot be described. I felt it, everyone in class felt it. I noticed that after Prasad\u2019s story, many students seemed to be more carefully about their habits in class too.<\/p>\n

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