Two of my favorite movies, which hits on to me, are Taare Zameen Par and 3 Idiots
What is common in both?Strict Parents?
I think that the thoughts were similar, the fact that in India, so much of importance is given to education..which is definitely good any day but does degree prove that one is a good person or a bad person.
One question...Why are perceptions on individuals behavior based on their education???
Well, in a nutshell, it shows that
Almost 80% of Indians believe that the kind of degree makes a man perfect!!!...is it true
Being from a research background, I immediately started finding out how valid my hypothesis is
Well I spoke to some people on this, also was checking on various industries
Marriage Market : In India,first thing one wants to know is the kind of education one has completed...the better the education, more is the dowry...engineers and doctors are most preferred, so one doesn't say that "He/She wants a funny person who can believe in compromising at times, who works hard and loves to enjoy life as well" but the ads are like this "I am a Indian electrical engineer , working in abudhabi capital of uae , i am looking a hindu girl for marrage , girl must be engineer in any branch , if she is Electrical branch it good for me"
Even when we attend a wedding, first thing one asks is What is the guy/gal?If the answer is software engineer, we are like Wah and by chance that person is a MA chap, maybe he is in a great MNC and a very good person at heart...our perception is like hmmm
Isn't that hilarious :)
School Market : Its sad when I see kids around, they are like going for a war..my son is 4yrs old, in lower kindergarden, he is already learning cursive writing, when I asked the teacher that dont you think he is too small for it...answer I get is Not at all..he has to be groomed to get into a bigger school
My neighbors son is in 11th in one of the top school of Bangalore, my neighbor was very happy the other day, he said that in six months, they have completed 11th portions and now they are teaching 12 std, so now for the next one and a half years, they will make them thorough for 12th...by the way the kid is being coached for IIT from 9th standard...Sad part is that he is just doing what his parents are telling him!
Job Market : In India, any day, its the IITians and IIMs who are preferred in the industries. Since I am in a MNC, I have seen people drooling over Inseads, many a times, trust me I have seen them being so lazy and outsourcing simple work, that I think to myself ...do these tags matter?
We believe that Person X from Kirana college of Engineering is bad as a worker that Person Y from IIT!!!
Social Life : Oh Man, in this segment, every one wants the better degree holder in their group, so that they can flaunt them. Oh yes I know Rishi, IITian right?he is with Mckinsey...he is loved no matter what
When I look at the entire ecosystem, I feel that its our fault of looking at things!!!
Don't you think we should look at a person, as to what he is and not what he has earned?What he has earned is great, no matter what but him/her being a good person is his nature and degree has nothing to do with it
When will we change our perception towards life???
I know that with a 1.2bn population and each job being craved by 50 others, its a competitive world but somewhere I feel that education should also cover humanity!!!
Isn't that important???
Humanity...where do we learn?
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