‘Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school’
Why? That word is something special. It is a question, that explores the very existence of the human boundaries, why does this work the way it does? why do we have to do that like that? It is a question that is unfortunately shunned by the institutions of today. Schools , colleges and universities , the factories of societies most prized possession , the youth of today shun students who question the system and the way it works. These students, the prized possession of what our future holds in store for us, are told this is the way it works, this is the way it must work and this is the way it will work. In most cases the student will listen and not question, go on to get a mid level job in an office , get married and pile on a massive debt and mortgage. The rest of his life, he will spend slaving away to clear that very debt and mortgage he so happily took on one day. Now , what does happen to that student who question the way the world works?
Well those students that question why things happen as they do, need to be nurtured , they need to be polished, they need to be mentored because essentially they are the thinkers and leaders of the future, ultimately the Darwin’s, the Warhol’s, the Lennon’s, the Kerouac’s of the future. Every child is born with a gift, a burning passion whether its to become a builder, a plumber, a dancer, a lawyer or a writer something they know in the deepest corners of their heart they will be good at. Surely if a young person knows he will be good at something, he will strive through endless ahrd work to achieve perfection and greatness in his craft, his talent and eagerness for a craft should be nurtured , because ultimately would a client rather have an eager , willing and interested builder or a builder who’s praying for the shift to end so he can go home with his money.
To become the best at ones craft its vital, to question the many different aspects of your craft. Questioning things allows one to understand how things really work, and perhaps as everyone is different what’s ones rule to another mans hindrance, this goes with the saying one mans heaven is another man’s hell. Why and how things work allows one to personalize rules, ideas, concepts and systems to ones advantages depending on what he’s good at.
But how can this be achieved? This bending of rules to match ones natural advantages when questioning is shunned by institutions who lay down the rules. Schools and colleges focus on the only route in life they understand and are willing to accept: i get my gcse’s, i get my a-levels, i go to university and then i get a job. But what the system fails to do is recognise and understand is the vast amounts of different paths that can lead you to that ultimate goal. Perhaps its time that the institutions of today realise this and begin expanding their field of knowledge and expertise to help the talent that was never made for colleges, schools or universities because otherwise many children and young adults will carry on getting failed by the system . Ultimately why build a system around one type of person , when essentially everyone is different.
Balthazar Dominguez
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