Friday, February 17, 2006

Education

What does education actually means. It means to educate. HUH? What does "educate" means then? According to www.dictionary.com, "educate" means "to teach or instruct a person or group".

We educate ourself by attending lessons because we want to gain knowledge. Okay, at least that's what the mindset of people living in the 17th century.

Living in 21st century. Education doesn't mean gaining more knowledge anymore. Kids as young as 3 years old started to attend lesson in school just because of "kiasu" parents. They want to nuture their kids and make sure that the are among the "top elite". Now it seems that education doesn't mean knowledge. Alot of people take lesson just to pass exam. After passing the exam, the knowledge is forgotten. We just want that piece of paper as proof that we are somebody and hoping that we can have better jobs and salary.

What do we actually gain after all these education other than friendship? We are just trying to get a top graded paper stating that we are some qualified people for the job.

Some people even don't get to work in the industry in which they studied. Does that means that all these years of my study will go down the drain if I decide to work in another industry after my graduate?

Maybe this is life. Or maybe it's me who don't understand life.

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