COURTESY

Courtesy, it is something that should be possessed by all the people in this world. It is the sense of feeling that will certainly give both the sender and the receiver many benefits. Despite of getting these benefits, of late young Malaysian adult in Malaysia have been said to lack courtesy. Why is this happening? Maybe is this because they have less teaching about courtesy, second is maybe because they are too exposed to western lifestyle and lastly maybe because of their status. First and foremost, the reason when young Malaysian adult has become discourteous is because they have been taught less about courtesy. Their parent may have taught them many things such as how to pursue studies, how to be an independent person, how to manage their lives. But they have forgotten to include the teaching of courtesy such as polite behaviour toward people or showing respect for other people. This parent feel that they can learn courtesy by themselves once they are matured, but it is a mistake because courtesy is something that needs to be nurtured and developed in their children since they are still young. Secondly, young Malaysian adult nowadays are more likely to be influences by western way of life. In this modern technology, everyone can get information about anything in this world by just logging into the internet, watching television and many other ways, these sources of information can be good and sometimes can be negative such as violence, pornography and others. These information may be suitable for the western but not for Malaysian who have been taught many good values such as respecting people or polite behaviour towards people since they were still children. Third and lastly, maybe the factors of status can also cause young Malaysian adults to lack courtesy. This is because, when the young adults feel that they are rich and have the authority to decide something without anyone else’s point of view, they will become a snobbish person. Once they are in this type of situation, their feeling of courtesy toward others becoming less and they will surely do what they want and when they want to without thinking about other people’ feelings such as them happy with what you are doing or they agree with you. Since Malaysia is a diverse country, all Malaysian should possess courtesy. This feelings should be shown toward each other at anytime and is widely shown in Malaysian daily life, this will ensure that we will live in a happy environment and the spirit of ‘Malaysia Boleh’ can be raised among Malaysians in heading towards a bright future.

by
MOHD FAWWAZ BIN MOHD JAIS