is this guy basically just passing wind, or does he make -- some sort of -- sense?
there is a new fashion in decrying education. i think it's bogus, and it's yet another post-modern, post-colonial, politically-correct bit of nihilism. it appeals greatly to those intellectual pygmies from the JNU stable, and a lot of faculty who get their views from the evening news soundbites and congenital idiots like burqa dutt and rajdeep sardesai.
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I think this is another case of decrying excellence and merit as "anti-human" - I agree that elite schools in America produce elitist SOB's, but elites are needed too.
There is something to this though - I always cite the example of Warren Buffet vs. the Investment banking bubble machines. They do the same thing, but in a different spirit and with different results. Buffet went to Wharton I think - but he was from the folksy west as opposed to a flashy lawyers son. Same goes for the "Tapit Brothers" (NPR's Car Talk radio program), who went to MIT but were not from a privileged background
Perhaps they should start looking for "values diversity" in addition to test scores.
think of this : how many politicians are educated? education wants to make you go get a job. while those without education have to survive - and often wind up as politicians through the rowdy/goonda route. likewise even with entreprenuers. yet they lead the country. this is not to say that education is disadvantageous. except our current system moulded in the colonial framework is.
That's because Indians have been kept isolated from the free market world, and therefore haven't developed the skills to make a living by providing goods and services to others. Providing goods and services to others is a reasonable way to make a living while meeting other peoples' needs through those goods and services.
I am surprised at this comment of rajeev..
First of all, the current education system is nothing but a propoganda system, similar to christianity..
A propoganda system, that continuously teaches false history, false perception, and produced negative opinion about our own culture.
In india, elite means, those who adopt british life style. (Being rich doesnt mean elite.. elite indicates culture).
So the current education system pushes people from traditional life style to british life style.
also, is there any worth generated in the current system except for some degree papers as certificates?
Can a person completing 10th std, survive on his own?
Can a person completing his 12th std, survive?
Or can a engg student passing out of the college, utilise his knowlege to survive on his own?
A persons ethics, character, and morality develops only during the first 20 years. Are there any value education provided in those times?
Or atleast, is a student trained to think?
for all the above questions, the answer would be a big "NO"..
And i dont know how rajeev could support an elite education.
Infact, i found most of the views expressed there, as accpetable.
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