Tragedy brings heartening lesson
Sometimes, doing your job properly is the best way you can serve your community.
Rajendra Dawadi, the principal of Trishuli Bazaar Secondary School in Nepal, has been hailed as a hero after he evacuated more than 900 pupils and staff from the school during a devastating flood. For Dawadi, the tragedy has brought a poignant lesson about the fine line between survival and perishing. Despite his own worries about the potential loss of teaching time, he quickly calculated the best course of action.
Dawadi had to turn back buses returning from an outing, making the decision to evacuate even more complicated. Ultimately, only five pupils, a teacher, and a security guard were caught in the flood's rampage, with the latter dying, possibly due to Dawadi's heroic efforts. In the midst of the suffering, Dawadi's actions serve as a powerful reminder of how proper job performance can be the difference between life and death for his community.
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