Quotable quotes 3

Since the holidays, i got a job being a paid guardian for my friend by her parents, who supposedly think she is screwed up. I shall not take sides and be a biased arsewhole, but what is certain is that i have to accompany her to her college and make sure that she gets to college and back without any detours or fiasco. So the college, coincidentally, was previously called UCSI. Now it got fucked up and is called UCSI University. I mean WTF?? I guess they employed someone who was against the uni college or whatever you call that crappy place to come up with the name, coz now it is called University College Sedaya International UNIVERSITY. Idiots. Now back to the story, as i was walking along the college corridoors wandering around aimlessly and being disgusted by the infestation of gangstaz (you catch ma drift aiight homie? :P), i saw this rather useful, yet controversial quote by Robert Maynard Hutchins, iuno who he is, but it went something like this:

'The objective of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives'

Now the thing is, education today is, to put in a simplistic manner, fucked up. I have experienced firsthand the flaws of education. Here is a perfect example. Since i migrated to malaysia when i was 14, i went through two different education systems, and so came up with a definitive idea of what is what. And while in Singapore, i was studying its history, and when it came to the separation of Singapore and Malaysia, we were led to believe that Malaysia was an evil and lousy country, who were so biased and horrendously backward in its mindset. Whereas in Malaysia, upon studying history in the Malaysian perspective, we were then led to believe that it was Singapore that was evil, and it was too demanding for its own good, trying to spark animosity among races and stuff like that. Though both have valid and to an extent sound arguments, i am more inclined on the latter perspective. But the point here is that if you only lived in one place, you will only hear one side of the story, and you will be led by the nose into believing something that might not be wholly true. This shows the corrupting capabilities of education.

Another thing about education itself can be read in my blog post on society 'United we stand, divided we fall?' So good fer you if you read it, and thanks for your unending attention and time! for those who havent, dont be lazy swines and go before i smite you to the deepest darkest crevice of this earth.:P

So if education now is fucked up, then what does that saying mean? I guess it involves education on a basic, pure and undiluted manifestation. A form of education that does not involve taking sides and focuses more on the logic and critical aspect of the human brain, or just for the sake of gaining uncorrupted knowledge, things told as they are, and not through any form of censorship or body to make sure everything is 'properly told' to benefit the authorities. Seems like today we are running out of people who call a spade, a spade. (Instead, they call it a metal tip, sometimes pointed at the edge, or may be flat, joined to a wooden pole, and is used for digging holes.:P)

This therefore leaves me to conclude that the quote only applies to a basic and pure manifestation of education, and no matter what, the significance of education should never ever be downplayed. It also goes in line with the ancient adage 'give a man a fish and he feasts for a day, teach a man to fish (and perhaps if you are charitable enough, give him a rod) and he feasts for a lifetime (provided he knows how to use the knowledge n stuff he has gained). Ponder about it, HoMiEz.. FB out..

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