Education is Over Rated….

Growing up, we were always taught that education is very important and that it is the most important thing in the world. All parents’ dream is to have their children finish school and honestly it is over rated. Both my parents are CPA, my mom works in a bank and my dad works in one of the most renowned brewery company in the Philippines. And they told me that most of what they learned in college was not applied in their field of work. So why study? I mean what do you get from that? My parents, who believe that education is a need to succeed, told me that they don’t even use what they were taught in college. It got me to think. Why bother study if you won’t use it at all? And finally I realized that education is over rated!

It’s everywhere!

Typically, people think that the only place that you can get educated is in school, in colleges. And these people are wrong; you can learn things even outside the campus. And I’m not talking about learning to love or learning to be independent. I’m talking about things that people think you can only learn in school like wisdom and knowledge. There are lots of interesting people out there and when you find the opportunity to talk to them you’ll be surprised of what you can learn from them.

Can’t you see?

The Philippine Educational System is doing something wrong. Well yes, obviously there is something wrong in public schools and colleges but I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about the Philippine Educational System training people to be subservient, that they imply to them that being just an employee and working in a big corporation is the best that they can get. Most colleges in the Philippines teach good degrees but at the same time, these colleges imply to their students that as long they can find jobs they should be contented. Schools in the Philippines don’t urge their students to strive for something more or to look for better opportunities in life. And I think it is just sad that the Philippine Educational System is like this because most people get blinded with the idea of just being an employee and be contented with it.

Grade 7, is it really needed?..

I am from the province, and I’m not familiar with a grade school having seven levels. All I know is that grade school us just up to six levels. So to my surprise when I entered college, some of the people in my batch are way older than me. And that’s when I found out that some schools require grade seven to their students before they can graduate from grade school. And I just think that it is not really needed because I graduated and got accepted in DLSU without me taking grade seven. So what is grade seven for? What advantages do students have who took grade seven to those who did not?

Are we really paying for the education?

Studying in DLSU is quite expensive, actually it is very expensive. But it got me thinking. Are we paying for the quality of the education or are we paying so much because our school already has a reputation? And I think the answer is both. DLSU’s education is one of the best in the country and to be able to get access to that, you have to pay a corresponding price. But at the same time I think that DLSU has high tuition fee because it already has a name. DLSU is very popular and well respected. So I think our tuition fee is expensive because we have a great school and they provide us the finest education that we deserve.