While growing up, i was told that for me to be great, "Education is the key". But if education is the KEY then school should be the LOCK. But it's suprising how the school have so many locks and i wonder how one key will open diffrent locks.
Going through certain stages in life, my parents always say make me proud, be at the top of the class and i always do that, for aslong as i was ontop of the class with a high score and i passed my exam,i was kul with them. The basis of education is not about going to school and passing the exam. Education is about inspiring one's mind and not filling students head with someone's opinion on a subject. Look at it William shakespeare was educated in the art of writing novels, stephen spillperge is educated in the art of movie production and directing..
Education is not about passing exams, its about doing what you love doing at your very best. Most students are written off by their teachers because they are slow in learning. Teachers are meant to be a role model and source of encouragement to their students and not dream killers. Ben Carson was written off by his teachers but he is now educated. We have to re-access our motives and define our aims when we talk about education. Am not saying school is bad all am saying is we should redefine how we view education especially in Africa.
Look at other countries, in their schools they are provided with other forms of education not just books, look at it, they learn how to play drums,sing,dance,sports e.t.c but most african country fail to do so, all they think about is book. Steve Wonder was educated in the art of playing the keyboard and singing, where did he learnt that from? You should know the answer.
Every one has to follow his/her dream in what form of education he/she wants, if one wants to be a footballer, he should be sent to a football academy,if one wants to be an actor/actress, they should be sent to schools related to theater arts, if you want to be a drummer or a singer then you should be sent to a music school. And not a school that gives only theory on your dreams instead of pratical works, not a school that is filled with diffrent courses of diffrent dreams that are not functional. Education is a thing of the mind. They say school expands your horizion,i will agree to that when the school is about the dreams you have the education you wish to obtain relating to the art you want to be good at. Some say if you don't go to school you are uneducated, tell that to MALCOM X, who was renowed for what he learnt in the prision.
Education is about your dreams,your goals. There is a saying which says that "if you don't build your dreams,someone else will hire you to build theirs" and i hear some say they dont work for the money and i tell them do you work for charity or do they need some clearity.
Money is the only medium to measure worldy sucess not your degree. Lets see the statistic Bill Gates,Steve Jobs(Rip),Oprah Winfrey,Mark Zearugburg, none of this individual graduated from a higher level institution but they were all educated.
Jesus Christ,Mother Theresa, Prophet Mohammed,The twelve disciples, were they uneducated or unsuccessful? I once watched Jay Jay Okocha take a free kick, and as the side of his nick sponsored boot hit the ball,it went up into the air and changed its direction along the way,i saw how the keeper kept looking at the ball as if he was reciting the laws of projectile motion, before the net hug the ball as a prodigal son returing to his father, the country were i came from erupted into cheers,looking at myself i said damn their are so many ways to be an educated man.
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