The Hamster Wheel of Our Lives
Why our education system needs a fix!
I have often wondered is this what I really want to do? Would things be better if I had chosen some other path? Will I be doing this for the rest of my life? And the realization hits like a ton of bricks..."YES! You are just another rat in this hopeless rat race and in all likelihood you would run around in circles for the rest of your life!"
Then I look around, my colleagues, my friends, my family, they all are a part of this insane orgy. There are a few who are doing really well, there are a few who are really happy, and most match up to the social measure of success. Even I would tip the social scales of moderate career success then why am I so confused? Why all these questions in my mind? Why can't I be happy like the others? Why can't I be as successful as the ones I see everyday? A little voice in my head says "You are comparing yourself with others...you want to be like them...and that’s what's propelling you on in this rat race." But why am I doing this? What is it that I am trying to achieve? With every job I change comes a hope that maybe it will give me the purpose I am seeking and a few months down comes the disillusionment, things have changed very little!
This, alas! is the sorry state our society is in. Most of us ask these questions to ourselves but only a few recognize it. The questions do not come to us in so many words, they come as feeling of emptiness, a void; they come as a sense of lack of purpose. These questions and feelings are with us all the time weighing us down but we have little time to give cognizance to them. Our response is my job, my responsibilities and my social status are my purpose and I strive to better that. Are we really?
I came across a nice article on the net this morning. This article, though by no means a piece of literary genius, delves a fathom deeper into our (the Indian) society and its attitudes, the educational system and its pitfalls and the trends that are currently driving us. It would not provide any answers to you but hopefully it would help you recognize the questions muddling your head, your personal ghosts. Then, maybe, you might pause and smell the proverbial rose.
I have often wondered is this what I really want to do? Would things be better if I had chosen some other path? Will I be doing this for the rest of my life? And the realization hits like a ton of bricks..."YES! You are just another rat in this hopeless rat race and in all likelihood you would run around in circles for the rest of your life!"
Then I look around, my colleagues, my friends, my family, they all are a part of this insane orgy. There are a few who are doing really well, there are a few who are really happy, and most match up to the social measure of success. Even I would tip the social scales of moderate career success then why am I so confused? Why all these questions in my mind? Why can't I be happy like the others? Why can't I be as successful as the ones I see everyday? A little voice in my head says "You are comparing yourself with others...you want to be like them...and that’s what's propelling you on in this rat race." But why am I doing this? What is it that I am trying to achieve? With every job I change comes a hope that maybe it will give me the purpose I am seeking and a few months down comes the disillusionment, things have changed very little!
This, alas! is the sorry state our society is in. Most of us ask these questions to ourselves but only a few recognize it. The questions do not come to us in so many words, they come as feeling of emptiness, a void; they come as a sense of lack of purpose. These questions and feelings are with us all the time weighing us down but we have little time to give cognizance to them. Our response is my job, my responsibilities and my social status are my purpose and I strive to better that. Are we really?
I came across a nice article on the net this morning. This article, though by no means a piece of literary genius, delves a fathom deeper into our (the Indian) society and its attitudes, the educational system and its pitfalls and the trends that are currently driving us. It would not provide any answers to you but hopefully it would help you recognize the questions muddling your head, your personal ghosts. Then, maybe, you might pause and smell the proverbial rose.
posted by The Soulforged @ 4/06/2005
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