They face many difficulties
while doing this work. They have to bear the foul smell. The foul smell often
results in nausea and headache. Their job is considered a dirty job and hence
they are looked down upon by other people.
Following are the list of jobs which we prefer not to do:
1. Sweeper
2. Laborer
3. Fruit/vegetable hawker
4. Construction worker
5. Gatekeeper.
These jobs need fewer skills. Without higher studies also it can be done. As we are studying in school, we will do a job to make life better for everyone so that society can be proud of us.
People do not want to do
those works which are not challenging and which do not require much mental ability.
All the menial jobs like cleaning, sweeping, etc. come under such a category of
jobs. People want to do a job that is challenging and well paying. People also
want to earn respect in society. Poor and uneducated people do this kind of
work. Poverty does not allow them to study beyond certain grades. Lack of
education makes them unfit for doing most of the jobs. That is why these people
have to do these menial jobs which need fewer skills.
If nobody would do this work then it will create problems for us. The garbage
will get collected outside our school and houses. It will start giving a bad
smell due to the process of rotting. It could create epidemics also. The place,
full of garbage, will look very ugly.
Some other ways for cleaning, so that people would not have to do this work,
are Cranes can be used to lift a huge amount of garbage which will eliminate
the need for garbage handling by hand. We can use the big dustbin in which
garbage is collected.
Gandhiji and his team started doing the job of cleaning so that people should
come out of their mindset. He wanted people to respect every type of job. He
wanted that people should understand that a particular job is not meant only
for a particular caste.
People generally behave very
badly with those who clean toilets and drains. People consider them as
untouchable. People avoid talking to those who clean toilets and drains.
The work done by boys and girls, men and women are somewhat different. There
are certain tasks like cooking, sewing, washing, ironing clothes which are
supposed to be done by ladies only. There are certain tasks that are supposed
to be done by men only. For example; repairing a fault in _ electricity,
repairing the car, moving heavy items, etc.
I would like to bring some
changes. For example; men should also learn cooking. Washing or ironing of
clothes can be done by men also. Women should also be allowed to do a job they
want to do.
There are people who look differently at different kinds of work. Some people
have yet to change their mindset. It is important to bring change because of
several reasons. Every work is important for society. A simple job does not
mean that it is useless. Every person has self-respect and people should learn
to pay respect to others no matter which kind of work they are doing.
Gandhiji was right that every person should do every kind of work. By doing
work we can understand the importance of that work and can also understand all
the effort required for that work. If everyone followed this, then people will
start showing more respect to others. We will understand that everyone is
important to society. In my house, I think everyone will start gaining the same
amount of self-respect.