"Constraints in understanding cross cultural issues"
Dr.Amina Ather*, Mrs.Hashmath Unnisa**
Ma’tur devo bahva, Pitru devo bhava , Guru devo bhava ,….. Indian culture emphasis on a respect note to the teacher as much as one respect to their parent, with the present intrusion of technology it getting a risky profession to be a teacher as more and more values of cross cultural barriers are implementing into the academic polices either by the management or even as simple as by the student itself.
The student spend most of its conscious time at school where in he/she is interacting with other students most of the time and they are just like raw clay mould who shape up according to the hands and the teacher is the best potter to mould them and also to shape and reshape them before they get harder and dry.
The greatest challenge lies for the teenage girl , as Indian society holds strong cultural roots it gets difficult for the teacher to understand them , especially in regards to the myths and beliefs one has during the menstrual cycle , this is a challenge for most of them and in this regards when workshops were conducted to teach them and guide them about the physiology a rift barrier upholds the teacher to constraint the students with resistance both from management the opposition from the parent as well as from staff which led to a new comer in the school vicinity and this opened all chapters in regards of health education.
During this process there was a huge gap unfilled between the teacher and the student where in the student was believed to be misguided when one pointes the girl to be misguided why not one think about guiding the girl , who is guiding them a question? , the question like why should the skirt be long , or socks be pulled up and other girls look and laugh at the girl when she come back to school after her menarche ( first menses) , are these question driving the girl to sever psychological distress that she feels she is laid back .
A research has been conducted to evaluate the cultural interventions in this issue which would be presented during the conference, this abstract is open for a thought should girl be given education on menstrual cycle before they attain it , or even after they attain it and if so who should be the trainer ?
