I feel like I live in a world where education has lost its essence!
In my generation, I rarely see people who can talk about the subjects that they learned in school or in college. The typical answer they have is “Oh I did that 2 years back when I was in college! How can you expect me to remember that?”, “Yes it is true that I was the gold medalist in college but again that was 4 years back!” I too make such excuses all the time. It is like we have to delete a few folders from our memory to add new ones! For the same reason I thought it was normal to forget old things... and make space for new additions!
But, recently I realized how wrong I was. I met up with my grandfather’s cousin brother in Chennai and had a discussion with him. He is 70 years old and he wanted to learn how to SMS using the dictionary mode. I was more than happy to help him as this was one subject I dint have to make excuses about not knowing the subject. Anyway that’s beyond the point of my discussion. I was shocked at the way he was showering me with his knowledge...the subjects he did in law school around 45 years back (Not 2 years or 4 years!!!)
I obviously thought it was just him... but again I was wrong! Almost every educated person in their generation had a clear understanding of the subjects that they learned in School... especially English grammar and arithmetic.
So is it the current education system that should be blamed? Or is it that our generation is less intelligent from the previous?
Grades grades and only grades are in our minds now! But I don’t blame us for that mindset. Only good grades allow us to enter the next level of our career building game! Book stores are filled up with R-Kumars and S Chands...most frequently asked questions, past 10 years question papers, chapter wise questions and answers....and you name the kind of shortcut you need and you’ll get it! But only questions and answers! No theory is available... No understanding is required to clear exams! Just mug it up and spit it out in the exam hall... After all this, how can you expect someone to remember what they studied in college 2-3 years later?
I think we should be very careful in choosing our career path. I know that only a few are gifted with a clear mind to know what they want to do in college and further. However constant prayers and deep focus can help
I feel ashamed to say that I am educated... and now God has given me yet another chance to study.. .a chance to grow up once again
see tat is y I never study,,, y study when u r going to forget abt it...:P
ReplyDeleteFYI: no matter what u think of me,,, my school and college grades r proof of wat I just said...
Who should be blamed..?? Well..of course, present educational system can be held responsible.The concept 'education' is almost replaced by 'grades'.Children are taxed from a very young age that they end up channelizing their efforts to get higher 'grades' , not 'education'.Exams try to show us what we 'don't know' rather than letting us show what we 'do know'. So, in the process of trying to bag higher 'grades', most of us tend to neglect the process of understanding. Priorities have changed...
ReplyDeleteNithin, our School tried hard to look at education from a different angle but only one school cannot make a difference.
ReplyDeleteWe were not trained to mug up or give too much value for grades... We had a nice time in school but college was difficult without these skills right?
That is why i have always said "Padhai karke kisi ka bhala nahi hua"... I never studied during college days so the question of not remembering does not arise only... :)
ReplyDelete@Sumit and Nishant - Are you sure that you dint study in school or college? Or is it that you have forgotten whatever you have studied there and now prefer to just say you haven't studied?
ReplyDeleteTo escape!!
Our school made an effort..and it shows.We do remember what we did in school, don't we?At least 70%?College wasn't difficult, it was different.
ReplyDeleteSeriously i dint study... It never helped anyways... I did Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Finance... Right now i am working in Business research industry which has nothing to do with either... I dint study and it was never of much use to me anyways...
ReplyDeleteSeriously i dint study... It never helped anyways... I did Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Finance... Right now i am working in Business research industry which has nothing to do with either... I dint study and it was never of much use to me anyways...
ReplyDeletei think 45 years before there was nothing but studies! People dont remember the exact formulaes & definations but ofcourse they relate & understand it with basics which could have not been known without education. Im not ashamed to call my self educated. I would have not known many things if i didnt study mechanical engineering, after which and with little work experience I see things happening in different perspective and i know everyone else does too. So I would say education system is alright, yes there are few troubles but thats there in all aystems and it gets revised.
ReplyDeletehappy mechanical engineer and proud to be nishant's friend :-)
People in the olden days are known for their physical activity!They were involved in so many outdoor activities. Maybe they don't know how to email and sms but they surely had a hang everything else. If the computer and cell phone were as popular as it is now, they would have excelled in it also!
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