When I was in college ..I regarded learning as it’s own reward. I felt like an explorer with a big curiosity to fill. I loved books ..ideas ..theories ..arguments and discoveries. I know that this sounds like a lot of sentimentalist bullshit – most students I talk to today consider higher education a distasteful digression on the way to landing a job making big bucks. Well, you know ..fortunes come and go ..but a resilient mind doesn’t crumble ..it adapts. College is not just a trade school ..it’s a place where you learn how to actively explore ..be receptive and continually refresh your mind. I find these things more valuable than any job skill I ever learned. Society and technology change too fast ..there’s not many jobs skills worth hanging on to.
true. one indian author said (booker prize winning) she does not believe in professions but oly professionalism. But i wondered what she meant. Is it what you said in your this blog?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment news guy. I don’t know what the author meant by “professionalism” ..the dictionary defines it as “competence in a vocation”. What I was trying to say about college is that ..in addition to teaching vocational skills ..it makes life more interesting ..and that’s a benefit in any profession.
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