'Words Are Mightier Than the Sword\r'

'Ayoub Awadalla Prof. Brumfield October 9, 2012 Words Are Mightier Than The trade name The story â€Å"By Any Other Name,” by Santha Rau, explains the memory of the writer’s first and proceed week as a student at an Anglo-Indian school. Santha Rau speaks about the happy, sad, and embarrassing moments she had in school. She a equivalent speaks about how earning a â€Å"valid” education, in westward terms, is difficult to achieve in India. When someone is in an environment where it is typical to hear insusceptible and loose language, s/he leave alone likely croak insensitive and irresponsible.Insensitive and irresponsible speech typically becomes a chain reaction. Once someone speaks or says an insensitive or irresponsible thing, the other person ordain follow with being insensitive and irresponsible. An example was when Permila, Santha’s older sister, was take downting ready to take a test, but the teacher made her and the other Indian kids sit in the back with a desk in between each other. The teacher utter, â€Å"It was because Indians cheat. Once Permila comprehend this insensitive statement, she stormed out of her class, marched into Santha’s class and told her â€Å"get up, were going home. ” When she got to Santha’s class, the teacher smiled at her in a kindly and encouraging way and said â€Å"now, you’re little Cynthia’s sister? ” Permila wore a poker face that did non betray a single emotion. Treating Santha’s teacher with an insensitive way, yet like her teacher treated her. Changing a name of a child is a misidentify matter for the child to understand.A child is a gothic when it comes down to lying. Most children, from ages of 3-6, are innocent and do not know how to lie. The head mistress changed Permila’s name to Pamela, and Santha’s name to Cynthia. Santha was too upstart to understand and was okay with the name changing. Permila kept a â₠¬Å"stubborn silence” while Santha replied, â€Å"thanks you. ” And when the teacher asked Santha for her name, she replied, â€Å"I don’t know. ” She was confused; thus, did not know if she should say her real name, or the sweet name she received from the head mistress.This act by the head mistress was very irresponsible. She was too indolent to call Santha, her real name, so she gave her an artificial name. universe 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(prenominal) 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 two left the school and never went back.\r\n'