Students have a duty to serve society as future citizens. While their primary focus should be on their studies, they should also spend time engaged in social service activities. Students have free time that could be better spent helping others rather than wasting time in idle activities. Social service provides benefits like personal satisfaction and helps utilize free time productively while also benefiting society. It is important for students to be taught the value of social service from a young age to inspire them to meaningfully use their strengths to serve society through activities like teaching literacy, providing medical assistance, environmental cleanliness initiatives, and help during disasters.

1. Students And social service
Like others, students have also their duties towards the society. Students are the future citizens
of the country and have different roles to play. Though they should devote a greater part of their
time in attending to their studies they should spend a portion of their time in the service of the
people. It is needless to say that they get much time for merry making, playing, amusements,
touring etc. apart from their routine life of study. Students should cultivate the spirit of service
from the very formative stage.
Most of the time of a student is wasted in idle gossip, in roaming and in fruitless work. It is
better to utilise the power of youth in socially productive work than to squander our precious
time in loitering at the market place or before theatre hall.
If a student utilizes his time fruitfully and in socially useful work he gets contentment.
Contentment is his satisfaction with his position. Students should remember that they are born
for the improvement of the society by instilling the spirit of service in them. They can help the
mankind in the best possible way.
If a student does not have the will or spirit to work he cannot succeed in life. We elevate our life
style by doing well to the society. Social service is a voluntary work and one cannot be compelled
to do a work. Social service fulfills two conditions. It helps one to utilise the leisure hours and
the society gets benefited by it.
The value of social service should be taught to students to create inspiration in them. They
should be enthused to pay their utmost strength and service to the society to make their
existence meaningful.
Students should be taught how to serve the people of their country. They may teach reading,
writing and arithmetic to the vast majority of illiterate Indians. They may render service to the
members of the society in their time of need. They may relieve the suffering of the masses by
nursing the sick.
Spreading education is no mean service. They can make the illiterate masses aware of their
rights and duties. Once zeal is created amongst the students illiteracy may be wiped out. The
Government cannot fulfill the ambitions of the vast mass of people.
Hence the students can guide the people in the right direction whether it is a question of digging
canals or constructing educational institutions. Sympathy and fellow feeling should be imparted
the students to do some noble works for the people.

2. People of our country are not aware of how to keep the atmosphere hygienic. People can be
taught by students how to lead a life of cleanliness and how to keep their lives free from
diseases.
Students can co-operate with people on matters of public interest such as education, sanitation,
trade and commerce. Students can participate in cleaning drains, ponds during the leisure
hours. They can help people during natural calamities such as earth quake, flood, drought,
cyclone by collecting funds from different sources.
Students have a spirit to work but the guardians and, teacher should guide them in the right
way. Social service can be safely managed if they can be guided properly. Our leaders should
guide them in the right way.
Plant more trees
Plants and trees are intimately connected with our life and well-being. It boons and benefits
derived from them are too many to count. They provide shelter, food, fruits, fodder, wood,
timber, medicine, oxygen; check soil- erosion, pollution and floods. They also check very
effectively the spread of the desert and landslides. They are essential to maintain ecological
balance and preservation of fauna. "Plant More Trees ' should not remain a mere slogan but
become a religion and creed with all to us. We all should plant and grow more and more trees,
and protect them. Social forestry should be taken on a large scale, and trees grown all around
where there is space to them. Trees add to the quality to our life and living. Without trees and
forests there-* would be deserts and desolation all around us. Trees save energy and
money. Just three trees strategically planted around your home can cut your air
conditioning bill in half.
2. Trees save tax payers. Trees in a city slow storm water runoff and reduce the
need for storm sewers. Tree shade also helps cool municipal buildings, lowering
electricity bills.
3. Trees cool our cities. Urban "heat islands" are directly related to massive treecutting for development.
4. Trees clean our water and air. From low level ozone in our cities to pesticide and
fertilizer runoff from our farms, trees absorb harmful pollutants.
5. Trees help community life. Tree planting and community based forestry can add
significantly to a local community's sustainable economy while restoring the
environment.

3. 6. Trees protect soil. By holding soil in place with their root systems, by deflecting
pounding rain with their canopies, and by adding nutrients each fall with their leaves,
trees are crucial to keeping and improving our soil.
7. Trees provide habitat for species of many kinds -- including endangered species.
A key project of American Forests is "Trees for Tigers" in the Russian Far East that
is restoring habitat for the endangered Siberian tiger.
8. Trees can pay your "carbon debt". Planting just 30 Global ReLeaf trees will
absorb the amount of carbon dioxide that is generated in the production of energy
for the average American lifestyle each year.
9. Trees provide clean water and natural flood control. Forests act as natural
reservoirs, and they protect watersheds, providing clean water for cities, bays and
rivers.
10. Trees are a beautiful part of our lives. From striking individual trees that are of
historic significance or are simply large and majestic, to a grove of trees in a city
park, trees enrich our lives by simply being there. Trees are not just a key to the
natural ecosystem -- trees are an essential part of community life.
So plant at least one tree in this monsoon and grow it!!
pleasure of travelling
Travelling has great educational value. It increases the frontiers of our knowledge. While
travelling, a person comes across people of different races, religions, castes, regions, etc. He
also visits different places. Each place has a historical importance of its own. Many colleges and
schools arrange educational tours for the benefit of their students. Young boys and girls of
western countries have a great passion for travelling.
Travelling is also a source of great pleasure. It gives us respite from our dull and dreary routine.
It relieves us of our worries. It affords us an opportunity to meet our near and dear ones who
may be far away from us. It enables us to meet new people and know their customs, habits and

4. traditions. We can also know the different kinds of food eaten by people belonging to different
regions.
Of course, we can get to know about the people of other countries by reading travel books. But
when we personally visit these countries, we can get first-hand knowledge of such countries and
their people. Knowledge thus obtained by visits has a personal touch. It lasts longer than the
knowledge attained by books.
By travelling, we can visit historical places like Agra, Jaipur, Jhansi, Hyderabad, Nalanda,
Mysore etc. We can also visit places of religious importance like Hardwar, Ujjain, Varanasi,
Allahabad, Ajmer, Amritsar, Vaishno Devi, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Rameshwaram, etc. Travelling
also enables us to go to hill resorts like Srinagar, Kulu, Manali, Dalhousie, Nainital, Darjeeling,
otacamund, etc. and escape from the scorching heat of the plains.
Bacon was of the view that “travelling in the young is a part of education, in the older, a part of
experience.” In fact, young boys and girls derive immense gain from travelling. They can know
about the local customs, language, culture, tradition, etc. Travelling enables a person to mix
with other people and forge social relationships. It teaches us to rise above narrow
considerations of caste, colour and creed. It enables us to broaden our outlook. A person who
rarely travels remains a prisoner of his own thoughts and prejudices. His position is that of a
frog in the well. Travelling liberalises our outlook. It cultivates the spirit of tolerance in us.
Travelling plays a crucial role in national integration. It unites people of diverse castes, cultures,
languages, dresses, etc. The major social evils of our country are casteism, communalism, etc.
Travelling removes these evils. It brings together people of different races, religions,
communities and regions and affords them an opportunity to mix and understand each other
well. It creates a feeling of brotherhood among them.
Travelling to foreign countries promotes universal brotherhood. It gives us pleasure and
enriches our experience. By visiting other countries, we can know about their development and
progress. We can also get acquainted with their culture and civilisation. The one way to solve
the problems of universal peace and progress is to remove all barriers in the way of free travel.
Lack of communication is the root cause of misunderstanding and conflicts among various
countries of the world.
Travelling is, therefore, a unique experience. It affords us an opportunity to acquire first-hand
knowledge about our own country as well as about foreign countries. It develops the spirit of

5. “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” i.e., the whole world is one family. It increases our power of
observation. It makes us social. It trains our mind and spirit. The hobby of travelling is thus a
boon for the young.
Importance of right ideals
Different people have different ideals, high and low. An artist has before his mind a standard of excellence in
his art and strives to reach it; a politician sets himself to reach a position of power and influence; a devout man
puts before him a lofty height of saintliness, and will never be satisfied till he attains it; a business man devotes
all his energies to making a fortune. In all cases, the ideal a man sets before him determines the sort of life he
will live and the sort of man he will becomes; hence the importance of choosing a right ideal.
Many people, however, seem to have no definite ideals in life. They are like ships without compasses, sailing to
no definite port and blown hither and thither by every change of wind. They live an aimless life; and what they
do, and what they becomes, is largely a matter of chance, determined by the circumstances in which they
happen to be placed. They live an aimless life; and what they do and what they become is largely a matter of
chance, determined by the circumstances in which they happen to be placed. Such people, because they aim
at nothing, achieve nothing.
To make anything of life, we must have an ideal of some sort. A man striving to realize a definite ideal is like a
steamship steaming by the compass to a known destination. It does not depend on the wind, but forges ahead
by its own innate energy, in the teeth of wind and wave. But if it necessary to have an ideal in life, it is of the
utmost importance that ideal should be the right one. For the more earnestly we strive after our ideal, the more
swiftly shall we realize it; and if it is low or wrong, the more swiftly shall we ruin ourselves. If our ideal is simply
to become rich, or to enjoy pleasure, we shall lose the bets things of life. But if our ideal is to serve our God, to
do our duty and to develop gifts for the good of humanity, we shall make the best of this life, and of the life to
come.
Rolling stone gathers no moss
Why a stone should want to gather moss, it is hard to say. But the proverb is an old one, and
everyone knows what it means. The "rolling stone" is the man who is always changing his

6. occupations and pursuits, and never settles down steady to anything. Popular wisdom says that
such a fickle and unreliable person makes but little out of life.
There is, no doubt, a great deal of truth in this. In these days of keen business competition and
specialization, a man must choose a trade or profession and stick to it if he is to achieve any
success. Steady application and hard work at one job are essential.
A man who starts one kind of business, and getting tired of it, tries another, and then gives that
up for a third, cannot hope to get on in any. Constantly chop-ping and changing, he cannot
expect to produce any satisfactory results by his dissipated efforts. As the proverb says, "He, who
hunts two hares, loses both".
The typical "rolling stone" is the man who never keeps any situation in his trade or profession
long. When you get an application from him, and find that he has had many posts but for only
short periods, you say: "Ah! This fellow is evidently a 'rolling stone'; he will never stick to this
job, even if I give it to him. He is no good." Such men seem to have restless nature, and are
incapable of setting down anywhere.
The same is true of studies. A student who wishes to become a scholar must specialize in one
subject; and he must devote all his time and energy to it, if he is ever to become an authority on
it. The student who takes up mathematics, and then goes in for history, and tired of that, takes
up philosophy, and drops this again for economics, will be "Jack of all trades and master of
none".
Still, there is something to be said for "rolling stones." Adventurers, explorers, travelers, and
discoverers are generally men of restless energy who could never settle down to any steady
occupations. Yet the world owes much to such rolling stones; for even though they gather no
"moss" for themselves, they certainly gather much for the world, in the shape of new knowledge.
But these are men apart. For ordinary people the proverb is, "Slow and steady wins the race."