Education

The education system here may not be everyone's favourite, but any system has its flaws or praises. Maybe some may find it to their advantage while some may fine it a hindrance to their development. Our way of education is not perfect. But neither is other countries too. It may look good when you are not part of it, but it is different when you are pursuing your education there. There is no perfect education system anywhere. That is what I think.

Yes, what we learn in school may not be beneficial in the real world. But at that point in time, do we know what will be our future in one, two or three years time? We can only hope that what we learn in school will help us somehow. For the moment, we can only pursue the paper qualification that is needed to get a head start to our career. The employer-to-be can only picture us with the paper we produce to them.

Yes, that piece of paper may not be of any use. But at least think of it as an achievement you have done. Unless you buy that piece of paper from some online site haha. There are degrees and even higher, qualified people who gave up their positions to do lesser qualified jobs, and there are people who don't have any papers but yet doing well in higher posts. The future is unknown. Do you want to sacrifice education, attaining what you can achieve, just because you think the subjects you are learning at such and such institute of education is not important?

I can't remember much of my younger days. I know I was lucky that I passed my "O" level, because I never really did much studying at that time. It was still TV and movies for me, even during exam period hehe. I went to poly but my luck ran out on my first year. So I missed out on getting a diploma. At that time, I didn't think it would be useful. And so I went from one job to another, not knowing what I wanted, just as long as it paid money. None of them really satisfied me. Till I learnt dancing.

And so began my career in dancing, that spanned over 10 years. I still dream of dancing to this day. But I had to give it up, as I wasn't a great dancer and a mediacre dancer can't make money. So I landed a job, which was fine till I find I feel empty inside. Without friends and a satisfying job, I daydream.

Yes, what I had learnt in school wasn't much use in the real world. But some basic things do apply now and then. Maybe if I had stayed in poly, then found out I love dancing, my diploma would have gone to waste. Yet maybe not as my path may follow a different route. What we have not done, we can't say that we will not do.

So, never think what we are learning will not be useful. Education is part of our lives, and we are continuously learning daily without learning.

Go study the highest you can, if you have the money. And while you are still young. Don't put it off, thinking you can do it later. Not everyone can have the mindset to study once they have stopped for one reason or another.

Be thankful that you can get into polytechic or university. There are more who can't. Even though you may not be studying what you really want to, do the best you can. Who knows, maybe you may learn to like it in a few months time.

Let us hope that any future changes in education system will be to more people liking.