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Nobody, absolutely nobody, has a greater interest in and responsibility for your education than yourself. In today's world, the only people most of us can blam
by Arun2009 9y ago
Nobody, absolutely nobody, has a greater interest in and responsibility for your education than yourself.
In today's world, the only people most of us can blame for our poor education is ourselves. Most of what I learned, I learned after leaving the university system. If anything, what my formal education did was to provide me with the skills to acquire knowledge on my own and also instill in me the desire and confidence to do so. The present day world which provides us with MOOCs, Wikipedia, freely available books from every corner of the world and from every era, ability to hold discussions with like-minded learners from every part of the world, etc., are all extremely conducive to self-education. It's a terrible shame to let this golden opportunity go to waste.
- rm_-rf_slash 9y agoPerhaps it was your university experience that prepared you to be a lifelong learner?
- Arun2009 9y agoLooking back, I can't claim that my university experience had anything much to do with it. It was a realization that I came to by myself: if you want to learn anything, the only person you can really depend on is yourself. Once the will to uplift yourself is there, especially in this age, you will find the materials and the resources along the way. Poor educational system is something that India suffers from too. I think the best antidote to it is to evangelize the idea of self-learning even well after you have left the formal educational system.