(SELF-EDUCATION Part2)

(SELF-EDUCATION Part 2)

You can find all the information and lessons you want to learn in the internet especially Google and You Tube. Attend seminars relevant to what you’re interested in. Once you become so good, no one can ignore you even if you don’t have a diploma or a degree. 

There really are no dumb people. You just need to know what it is that you really want to do. You have to try your hands at different things at least once or twice to find out what you enjoy doing and which you can eventually turn into a profession. To learn something of value, you have to commit time and discipline to it. And remember, it has to be fun too, or else forget it. I became successful in my career because I was enthusiastic about it and had lots of fun doing it. 

More Fun in Self-Education  

My self-education  is exactly the opposite of my experience in school. In school you must accept certain conditions and policies. You must study what teachers tell you to study. You have no choice. You have to pass their tests because they have to give you grades as a supposed measurement of what you have learned. I am concerned with so many out-of-school youths, unemployed graduates, underachievers, and unhappy individuals who think that their education has failed them. You only think it has. In truth, college has equipped you with knowledge and skills that can take you up to a certain level of success in life. 

Most lessons we learn in school will only be relevant for two years or less because of the fast changing times. After two years or so, you will have to study again. You will have to re-tool, so to speak. But where will you find the new learning you need? Not from school anymore. Teachers have taught you what their syllabi required them to teach you. This time you will have to educate yourself. This is the reason why I’m trying to explain the difference between self-education and traditional education. 

What is True Education? 

What is education? Education is not memorizing a considerable amount of facts. It is not being physically present in classrooms, or passing exams. It is not passively accepting what the teachers say or following rules. Education is what happens to you after learning something. Knowledge is important in your education only if it changes you or makes you a better person. Becoming more mindful, powerful, insightful, and more attuned to life is what knowledge through education should bring. Otherwise, if the quality of life does not change for the better, then you have not been educated properly. Our lives can change for the better primarily by changing our thinking. We can build happier, healthier, harmonious, more comfortable lives by adopting more dynamic thinking that can make us win over the challenges of living in today’s hectic environment. Schools should be able to encourage and effect new and dynamic thinking.

(To be continued)