Analysis

Reading this story, one can understand several things. First of all, one can see that people have not changed. That is, in the story there is a strict teacher, and the author depicts him with very bad qualities and criticizes him. But his awe-inspiring authority stands as one of the main themes in the story. We can see this reality in our time as well. The main attention in this story is directed at the education and upbringing of children. That is, we may also say that the story is mainly gathered around this theme. For this very story comes in the seventh chapter of the work "Turkic Gulistan" — on the influence of upbringing. Another proof is the two poems that appear in the story. From this one can know that our ancestors paid close attention to the education and upbringing of children. Another main point we pay attention to is the reality that is causing the most discussions and conflicts in schools under our education system today — namely, that pupils have no awe of the teacher and go as far as grabbing teachers by the collar and fighting with them. From the story one can know that when the teacher has awe-inspiring authority, pupils study even if they are forced to. The teacher’s authority went away, and the acquisition of knowledge stopped too. If the teacher has authority, the pupil, let alone raising a hand against his teacher, cannot even look him straight in the eye. And this is precisely the upbringing our ancestors left us. In the story, the author subtly depicts the point where, when a gentle and open-hearted teacher came in place of the strict teacher, the children stopped learning. That is, he praises the righteous teacher with good qualities, calling him gentle and sound of heart. The reason is that if he were not praised, a bad feeling toward righteousness might arise. For when the righteous teacher came, the children’s education changed for the worse. Another thing we can learn is that we can see the falsehood of the claims, made by some today, that Muslims do not educate their daughters. In the story, girls are mentioned together with boys.

Sulton NIZOMIDDIN