Question

Traffic jams, outside the school gate was a common sight since rnost of the students came on their own cars. This became a topic for discussion on every P.T.A meeting. On one such P.T.A. meeting, the principal pointed out the examples of four of their teachers who were car pooling for the past several years. She asked the parents also to adopt this method to sort out the problem.
(a) List two values shown by the teachers mentioned by the principal.
(b) Explain two advantages that will occur if more parents emulated the example of these teachers.

Answer 1

(a) (i) They share a common concern for the need to conserve fossil fuels which are  nonrenewable.
(ii) They value cooperation and co-ordination for a common cause of energy conservation.
(b) If parents would adopt car pooling then the number of cars on street would reduce. This would save a lot of petrol or diesel which is a fossil fuel. Apart from saving money, there would be less pollution in air because burning fossil fuel causes air pollution