Book Smart vs Steet Smart...
I dread going for social functions.
It’s such a pain in the ass. I mean the party is fabulous, the food is great but the conversations are downright boring. Which university are you intending to go? What subject are you thinking of pursuing? Which junior college did you attend? Who are your parents? How much do they earn? Where do you live?
People will inevitably start to form opinion on you after you answer their barrage of questions. The conversations tend to be very superficial but isnt socialising like that. We become people who we always dream of becoming.
Society will only have a high regard for you if you are attending a top and prestigious university, came from the RI clan, have very successful parents and live in a multi-million condominium or bungalow. This is a whole lot of bull that I cant understand.
How do we define success in life? Is it based on the amount of education one receives? The amount of wealth you accumulate? The kind of house you live in? I am not denying that all of the above would make a person very comfortable and happy but will we be able to bring all these material gifts to our grave?
This suddenly reminds me of the book smart vs. street smart competition on the Apprentice! The core issue is whether a college drop out will do as well as the university graduate?
Mediacorp of course hyped up the whole issue and produced a trailer for the Apprentice in local context which I found of great distaste emphasising the already intense rivalry between a diploma and a university graduate.
Does it really make a difference whether you are a university graduate or not?
These sorts of choices are up to an individual, some people may not want to pursue a degree for many valid reasons. We have no right to judge others for their decisions.
A degree doesn’t guarantee you a bed of roses in the future. Honestly a degree isn’t really a big deal. I have friends who graduate at the top of their class from the local university and is still out of job not because of their inabilities but because the market is flooded with graduates who are equally as intelligent and capable.
I would prefer to say a degree is just a stepping stone to the working world to allow you to find your footing. At the end of the day, it still boils down to how we are going to apply the book knowledge to reality.
I am by no way saying that we should all be a rebel and quit university and do something dramatic. I mean besides giving your parents a heart attack you are not going to achieve much with this sort of rash decision.
Education is important and all of us should aspire to be someone, do something to contribute back to society but that should not be the sole focus in our lives.
Why can’t we learn to see people for who they really are? What sort of values they encompass? Why can’t we start a conversation on our hobbies? Or even talk about trivial things like desperate housewives ? Why must we always form opinions on people based on their social standing and background?
Why are we mailto:f@:£$^ judgemental? I am probably guilty of the above at times, but I always know where I stand and I will never put anyone down based on their background.
I would rather live a life where everyone is just plain quirky and weird. I love weird people.
Ok go ahead and jibe me but at least weird people do stupid things to entertain me and make me laugh. Weird people don’t take themselves too seriously and shouldn’t we learn to be like that?
We should loosen up and take some time to just be plain stupid for a day, perhaps run naked at orchard road, wear a wig, flirt with a stranger, let go of all our inhibitions and just be the real you.
It’s such a pain in the ass. I mean the party is fabulous, the food is great but the conversations are downright boring. Which university are you intending to go? What subject are you thinking of pursuing? Which junior college did you attend? Who are your parents? How much do they earn? Where do you live?
People will inevitably start to form opinion on you after you answer their barrage of questions. The conversations tend to be very superficial but isnt socialising like that. We become people who we always dream of becoming.
Society will only have a high regard for you if you are attending a top and prestigious university, came from the RI clan, have very successful parents and live in a multi-million condominium or bungalow. This is a whole lot of bull that I cant understand.
How do we define success in life? Is it based on the amount of education one receives? The amount of wealth you accumulate? The kind of house you live in? I am not denying that all of the above would make a person very comfortable and happy but will we be able to bring all these material gifts to our grave?
This suddenly reminds me of the book smart vs. street smart competition on the Apprentice! The core issue is whether a college drop out will do as well as the university graduate?
Mediacorp of course hyped up the whole issue and produced a trailer for the Apprentice in local context which I found of great distaste emphasising the already intense rivalry between a diploma and a university graduate.
Does it really make a difference whether you are a university graduate or not?
These sorts of choices are up to an individual, some people may not want to pursue a degree for many valid reasons. We have no right to judge others for their decisions.
A degree doesn’t guarantee you a bed of roses in the future. Honestly a degree isn’t really a big deal. I have friends who graduate at the top of their class from the local university and is still out of job not because of their inabilities but because the market is flooded with graduates who are equally as intelligent and capable.
I would prefer to say a degree is just a stepping stone to the working world to allow you to find your footing. At the end of the day, it still boils down to how we are going to apply the book knowledge to reality.
I am by no way saying that we should all be a rebel and quit university and do something dramatic. I mean besides giving your parents a heart attack you are not going to achieve much with this sort of rash decision.
Education is important and all of us should aspire to be someone, do something to contribute back to society but that should not be the sole focus in our lives.
Why can’t we learn to see people for who they really are? What sort of values they encompass? Why can’t we start a conversation on our hobbies? Or even talk about trivial things like desperate housewives ? Why must we always form opinions on people based on their social standing and background?
Why are we mailto:f@:£$^ judgemental? I am probably guilty of the above at times, but I always know where I stand and I will never put anyone down based on their background.
I would rather live a life where everyone is just plain quirky and weird. I love weird people.
Ok go ahead and jibe me but at least weird people do stupid things to entertain me and make me laugh. Weird people don’t take themselves too seriously and shouldn’t we learn to be like that?
We should loosen up and take some time to just be plain stupid for a day, perhaps run naked at orchard road, wear a wig, flirt with a stranger, let go of all our inhibitions and just be the real you.
posted by theflyisneverdead at 7/25/2005 05:15:00 PM
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