“I have never let schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain
You could laugh it off as a humorous quote, but if you pause and reflect, it is a profound observation. The traditional schooling, including majority of the contemporary education systems, instead of facilitating, impedes the real education.
Based on the opening lines, you might think that I am going to criticize our education system and then offer another cookie cutter solution. But that’s not the purpose because I believe there are no right answers. Instead of offering remedies, I am going to raise few unsettling questions in an attempt to jolt you out of your comfort zone and start thinking about the issue. Let me start by borrowing a quote from Steve Jobs. He mused –
“The minute you understand that you can poke life, you push in and something will pop out on the other side, you can change it, you can mould it, that’s the most important thing.”
So this post is more like a poke, an attempt to make a dent by nudging you and starting a chain reaction.<!–more–>
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