Here I am not criticizing the Indian Education System. I am not demotivating any student. I am not asking you to leave your study or anything like that. So Before anyone comes here by taking that flag of nationality. And start screaming that, “Itna hi problem hai Indian se to Pakistan jaa naa.” The first thing comes; first, any system in this world is not perfect. We need to understand that whenever we talk about the design, It’s all about the execution. That means none of the systems are good or bad. It’s all about the matter of implementation at the ground level. So in this article, we will focus on three bitter truths of an Indian education system that we haven’t taught.
Truth 1: Marks don’t affect your whole life.
Here I would like to give a disclaimer that I am not saying; we don’t need to study, Nobody will consider your marks in your whole life, you should stop your study and all, no, not at all. We need to understand that what will only determine your marks the initial ingenious in the initial phase of the career; for the rest of the profession is down to your real-world skills and the amount of work you put in. So now the question is why all these things are happening in our education system. For that, we must understand the word “Institutionalization.” Institutionalization means that “The belief that your view of the world is the only truth.”
Institutionalization happens to human beings when they spend most of their lives in one business or one organization. Most of the school teachers, tuition teachers, coaches are all institutionalized. It’s not their fault. Their entire life has been spent in a school, giving more importance to the marks than the real world. When these teachers give lectures, they merely project marks like the essential thing in the world, and that’s why a lot of the students get affected by those thought processes, which is called Institutionalization.
Realistically speaking, you only spend about 25% of your entire life in your studies at schools or college. Those marks will determine the only “that 25% of your life”. After college, the rest 75% begins, now the most of the teachers will tell you in that 25% of your life that your marks will determine the rest of your 75%. But that’s not true, teachers believe so because 75% of life is still spent in school even your teacher’s performance will be decided according to your marks. That’s why usually teachers put pressure on you to do well. These institutionalized teachers make you believe that 25% will determine your life, but the reality is that the rest of your life will be determined by the real-world skills set.
Truth 2: Your friends are your biggest teachers.
Your teacher might teach you how to work hard, and if they are excellent teachers, they might lead your ethics, morals in life. However, your friends will teach you the skills that will help you go ahead in your career. Realistically speaking, You will have one of these job profiles either you are going to work in some kind of business or some kind of corporate field, or you will have your own business. Now in both the situation your Number one skill required is communication skill. How well you talk to people and, more importantly, clarify your own thoughts, take your ideas, and through them out in the real world. You know the clarity of studies and the confidences when you talk with your friends. You will not be able to do that with your employees, clients, and colleges in your life. Communication skills are your number one weapon that you learn from school.
Number two skills that you pick up from your friend teamwork, empathy, and the ability to understand another person’s perspective. One of the crucial traits in life. In life, you will get so far if you only choose to work alone; however, if you really want to make it big, If you really want to build some kind of massive business organization and want to go ahead in your corporate career, it’s all about how well you work with your friends. That’s what you learn from school. Learn teamwork, work upon group projects, learn how to work with other human beings, learn how different human brains work. And your own career will be get benefited from it.
Truth 3: You may not belong in the system.
The most shocking truth of all the above. The Indian education system may not be meant for you from a biological perspective. Let me explain it everyone’s brain is made of two hemispheres; each of those hemispheres is responsible for daily activity and different kinds of thought processes. Depending upon the genetics, you either fall into club one, where the left-hand side of your brain is a lot stronger than the right-hand side of your brain. If this is the case, you are possibly more logical, you are better at mathematics and problem-solving, and you would be better at languages. You love working within a structure, and you will be a fantastic corporate employee.
And in most cases, the Indian education system does justice to these kinds of people. But club two where gets a little interesting; they are more inclined towards creativity, towards art. They like to think in free space. They would possibly be better at visualization and physics as well. But if you can believe in open space, That’s a crucial point. It means you don’t like working in a structured format, and the Indian education system is precisely that structured format.
Two important people to take note of Ravindranath Tagore and Paramahansa Yogananda. They both tried to launch education institutions in India which meant more right-hand side-brained people, but that didn’t work out well. These institutions believe that every student is different, so the subject taught and the kind of culture in these institutes were made both keeping left-brain student and right brain student. There was the subject of artistic, creative as well as scientific and mathematical. There was something for everyone so that once you graduate from school. You would be prepared for all types of careers. But for some strange reason, these institutions haven’t lasted in the test of time. Nowadays we have institutions, where we focus a lot more only on the scientific and logical side of things that is fantastic for more left students, brained the one who likes logics, science, structures but what about them, who is more into the creative, artistic, and entrepreneurial domain. Who doesn’t want to work in format? You may not be getting along with your teachers. That might be a tell-tale sign? Be careful of choosing a career.
Conclusion
So after we discussed these 3 truths, what are the lead-ups.
Lead-up1 is that you can’t hack the education system. It is not going to change overnight. Instead of sulking about it, instead of screaming, I am right-brained. I don’t want to study. Study!! Get past it. Get past that first 25% of your life but very important when you get done with that 25%, choose a job that suits your strength. If you feel like more right-brained, don’t select a corporate job, don’t go for MBA, and of course, if you are left brained and like to work in a structural system, then Logic is the way to go, the corporate sector is one for you. For the rest of us who is right-brained, entrepreneurship, artistic jobs, things like that for you. I highly recommend you to go and check out something called “MYERS BRIGGS TEST.” It is a psychological test That will teach you more about yourself. It will kind of help you with your career options.
Lead-up 2 can try to explore different jobs in different fields, try corporate jobs, try entrepreneurship, and try some kind of artistic employment. It will help you choose a career for yourself and trust me, there is nothing sadder than a person who spends their 20 to 30 years of life, especially in that 75% zone on a job that they don’t enjoy. That 75% of your life should be the best phase of your life, even if you didn’t enjoy your first 25%. If your exam is on keep studying get good marks. It will make the initial phase of your 75% much more comfortable, and more importantly, be self-aware don’t be influenced by what you have been told since your childhood. You aren’t your marks, even if you are successful in your study or fail your research. It really doesn’t matter. What matter are your hard work and your real-world skills :-)
