Wednesday, November 26, 2008

A xerox education system

While our system claims education to be the hallmark of perfectionism,the education setup revolves around the pivot of economic freedom only, neglecting emotional, intellectual and psychological freedom. A system with more focus on virtual skills than practical skills; A system intending to generate more managers and few entrepreneurs, more administrators and few technicians. The factory prototype schools create identical personalities from different children, killing natural reasoning and self worth in them. Exams and grading system instill a deep sense of failure in a child. When success becomes a must in a limited timeframe, the possibility of exploring innovative ideas and methods is lost. This child expectedly looks for a secure career option when he grows up. No matter how skilled and gifted the person is, this fear of failure captures his risk taking ability. Investing in an MBA degree seems more lucrative and secure option than investing in a startup. Simply because former is a more secure option. More secure and less satisfactory. But, even in the absence of will, wish permeates deep in psyche. A wish to create and explore and, to use ones’s abilities and opportunities to the fullest. A wish to live for a reason and not die serving borrowed setups and ideas. The result is schizophrenic, dissatisfied workforce.

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