Oh Christ! Our Education System
Christmas is here!!!
It is one of those rare festivals that is celebrated all over the world. Have a wonderful Christmas each one of you. May this Christmas bring Joy to all of us. I always wanted to wear a Santa Claus attire, but never did.
On the other thoughts, a teacher in the US has been fired because he taught Children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist.
Now every body knows what’s fact. Why should children not be told facts?
Talking of Child Education, there are thousands of children in India, who do not go to schools. Almost all of them end up as Child laborers. They go to work, get money, give it to their parents and feed; and next day the same routine.
The joke is those children who go to school, spend thousands of rupees on their education (so called!), and then end up being Adult Labors. You work to get paid and feed your stomachs and desires.
If you observe carefully there is only one difference between both ‘varieties’ of children. One variety spends to be a laborer, and one variety earns because he is a laborer. Who is better? And yet we have institutions and organizations calling for more schools.
No I’m not against schools. I also hate children ending up as laborers. What concerns me is that the education system of ours has created intellectuals not humans. All we are concerned is about how well we can pass out certain exams rather than dealing with the problems of life or inventing new things.
These children of ours grow up only to fall into the same vicious circle. The laborers stay laborers, thanks to our economic conditions. So those who are laborers stay laborers and those who pass exams keep passing exams.
The very idea of our education system is to break the cycles of life. But are breaking these cycles or making them – look at present India, and you will know the answer.
But when you look at present India, there is always a glimpse of hope. The problem is that hope always remains (Most people tend to think that hope is a positive word. Hope is something that we do when there is nothing else to do. Now tell me if it is a positive thing). People keep looking at this hope and say everything is fine.
Of course perfection is too much to ask for, but people like you and me, ie people who matter most, are satisfied looking at this hope. Isn’t there something else that we all can do, if not with various things, at least with Education System.
I’ve just begun making a small difference, don’t ask me how. Are you making any?
Anyway Merry Christmas to you, and to those thousands of Children who go to school and those who don’t.