Jimbi

Education is not a collection of facts, it is not intelligence either, which tells you how to apply the knowledge. Education is finding the way, when confronted with life’s challenges. Education is the light which shows the way when there is a darkness all around. Education is not literacy, which enables you to read books. Education is the understanding of life, how the world works. The most important Education is the knowledge of how you (yourself) work?

Unfortunately, most schools only teach literacy, which enables you to pass exams and to an extent read, explore and discover ideas of famous thinkers. Schools don’t teach you to innovate, they don’t teach you how to find the way in life when you are stuck. Then why do we go school to receive education? We don’t go to schools for literacy, we go to schools for getting challenged, for thinking beyond our limitations when we are posed with tough problem. In that way, we receive education. Schools don’t last with us for a lifetime, education does.

In everyday, we get a chance daily to solve problems, get challenged, find solutions, go beyond our comfortable limits. The challenges comes in various forms: to someone who is trying to code a new feature the challenge is how to write the code effectively so that it integrates well into the system and problem gets solved accurately using minimal resources, to a struggling mother, the challenge is how to make her a 7 years daughter more responsible. Each day, each one us receives an education in a school called life, whether we choose to accept the challenges of life or not depends on how willing we are to learn, to get challenged and persistent in face of uncertainty. Education is not simply applying solutions where the problem is already defined, it is defining the problem and finding the solution to a new problem, each day.

Education is a way of life. It is an inspiration to live, a guiding force, which propels us towards success. So, are you a literate or educated?

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