Success and failure are two faces of a coin. We can never think to succeed or prosper ever in life,unless we accept these facts in our lives. A human's life , whether it is the life of a common man or of a superman, is always filled with several instances of success and failure. Society has gives the world many famous and not so famous people through the ages who have hit tough situations in life and overcome them , and most of the successful people of the world have grown and outshine their talent after facing failure. Especially, examples of the people who have dropped colleges or failed in school are admirable , they have understood the real meaning of success and have finally achieved by not running after degree. Education is not just about
Today, education has simply become "a custom ", "a tradition" ,"an end "and not a" means ". How do we achieve it, what processes we follow to attain it, is not our main concern. Our main and only concern is to see the end result, that is , how much marks or what grade our children score . No sooner a child is born than we star dreaming and thinking about their future .The basic questions that revolve around their future are : how can he get admitted to the best school? how can our child be the topper ? how can he be a "successful" person in life ? But the question arises,what do we mean by being "successful". By "successful" we simply mean "money" and only "money". Money becomes the paradigm to evaluate the success of a person.
We often forget what is of utmost importance - the most important gift we can give to our children is to educate them the real meaning of education , but what we actually do is expect them to be the toppers of their classes. Parent's want their student's to perform well and for this they could give them all the resources , all the facilities , all that a child needs or desires , but at the same time have you ever cared about what the child dreams for,what things he wants to learn before starting for the run in the race for success'. Before going into the detailed of understanding the essence of "education". I would like to highlight a real life story and experience of a person whom i personally know very well.
"I have known him since a long time .He is not an engineer , not any highly qualified man but a real hardworking , dedicated , determined , sincere and committed worker. He does not have any degree or higher education , yet he has all the knowledge and shill about "machines". He is so well versed with these knowledge that repairing any machine is a child's play for him .So,here we see how a degree is not the only factor that matters, what matters is "knowledge".
Let us take one more example of 'Japan' unlike 'India' where every second person is busy managing , collecting and getting degree or qualification, children in 'Japan' are busy handling all types of machines. Machines are their passions , their life ,while in India we are under control and surrounded by machines without completely having the knowledge of how to operate them . Creativity level in India is much higher then in any other country and Indians would have been known for their creativity only if we were free to experiment and create but the fact is we are all busy in scoring good marks . What Japanese children could do, many highly qualified engineers in India find it difficult to handle.
Education is not solely about earning a great life, its about living a great life . 'We need education' only to be successful , only consider it as a means to earn money. We never consider it as a 'means' to gain knowledge as a 'means' to learn something . The day we understand the true meaning of 'education' and regard it as a synonym of 'knowledge' and 'learning', that day we would in real sense be a truly successful person. We should portray our future in a way we find it valuable , simply the trick is to gain knowledge there's nothing without it , we can never find success by running after it.And the lesson i have always taught and learned from bitter experiences is that : No matter what happens , always be yourself , think positive and cherish your day !
Today, education has simply become "a custom ", "a tradition" ,"an end "and not a" means ". How do we achieve it, what processes we follow to attain it, is not our main concern. Our main and only concern is to see the end result, that is , how much marks or what grade our children score . No sooner a child is born than we star dreaming and thinking about their future .The basic questions that revolve around their future are : how can he get admitted to the best school? how can our child be the topper ? how can he be a "successful" person in life ? But the question arises,what do we mean by being "successful". By "successful" we simply mean "money" and only "money". Money becomes the paradigm to evaluate the success of a person. We often forget what is of utmost importance - the most important gift we can give to our children is to educate them the real meaning of education , but what we actually do is expect them to be the toppers of their classes. Parent's want their student's to perform well and for this they could give them all the resources , all the facilities , all that a child needs or desires , but at the same time have you ever cared about what the child dreams for,what things he wants to learn before starting for the run in the race for success'. Before going into the detailed of understanding the essence of "education". I would like to highlight a real life story and experience of a person whom i personally know very well.
"I have known him since a long time .He is not an engineer , not any highly qualified man but a real hardworking , dedicated , determined , sincere and committed worker. He does not have any degree or higher education , yet he has all the knowledge and shill about "machines". He is so well versed with these knowledge that repairing any machine is a child's play for him .So,here we see how a degree is not the only factor that matters, what matters is "knowledge".
Let us take one more example of 'Japan' unlike 'India' where every second person is busy managing , collecting and getting degree or qualification, children in 'Japan' are busy handling all types of machines. Machines are their passions , their life ,while in India we are under control and surrounded by machines without completely having the knowledge of how to operate them . Creativity level in India is much higher then in any other country and Indians would have been known for their creativity only if we were free to experiment and create but the fact is we are all busy in scoring good marks . What Japanese children could do, many highly qualified engineers in India find it difficult to handle.
Education is not solely about earning a great life, its about living a great life . 'We need education' only to be successful , only consider it as a means to earn money. We never consider it as a 'means' to gain knowledge as a 'means' to learn something . The day we understand the true meaning of 'education' and regard it as a synonym of 'knowledge' and 'learning', that day we would in real sense be a truly successful person. We should portray our future in a way we find it valuable , simply the trick is to gain knowledge there's nothing without it , we can never find success by running after it.And the lesson i have always taught and learned from bitter experiences is that : No matter what happens , always be yourself , think positive and cherish your day !
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