Got the big words saved for my final blog post ( probably :P ). I actually wanted to write about a close friend who astonished me with his " need for a girlfriend " . But this would be far more deep , I thought.
After the those fantastic lessons on Paulo Freire and the Libertarian approach to pedagogy and that sad lecture on Neo Liberalism, I began to question myself about the irony of university education. To learn Freire and to understand the push of the local education system ( primary secondary and tertiary) towards creating market-oriented students is the worst feeling ever! That moment when you realize that you have been trapped and you have no way out!
Btw , Depends strictly on your empathy on society my friends...
If you are happy with yourself, your grades , your own relationship and your own happy bubble in the society , certainly this is not the post you wanna read. You can still not give a damn and act as if you never learnt or heard of freire, But if you still care , think that there are countless people needing help out there and want to make things slightly better , please think about this.
Up to our 4th year (till the end, lets say) , our poor country ( which is running headlong into debt-traps) has spent a decent amount of money on us for education ( even the free wi-fi counts , amigos :D) . So lets decide , whether we will :
1) Graduate with the highest class ( Go for it if you can and believe)
2) Get a fancy job and a good pay cheque
3) Have that dream wedding , car , home and family
4) Study further
and succeed and succeed and succed , stay out of trouble or even say goodbye to a cursed country.
--- OR -------
1) Graduate
2) Find your own target community or issue
3) Apply the 4 years of knowledge , skills and attitudes to the situation
4) Make the situation at least a level better
5) Get that slightest of mental relief that at least you tried to give back to the country
and then think ahead. I might sound stupid. Oh! Come on Naveen , What about our culture and parents's expectations ? Are you blind?
THINK THINK THINK AND THINK MY FRIENDS........How numb can we be to the needs of society?
And find happiness along the way: somewhere between the dreams and the reality, there is a thin margin of human love that has not vanished yet. You students inspire me everyday!
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