Oh time and education....

I recently read an article on a modern illness yet to be cured, especially prominent in developed countries. This illness has a cure, but those infected do not wish to take it. Instead, they carry on their lives with it, oblivious to the damage done to them. This illness in the article was called "busyness".

Just a few keypoints I picked out from the article. I have no idea where the article is and thus the sentence may vary quite a sum, since it was read quite some time ago. Some of the examples would be using my own as well. Despite technological advancements trying to increase the effeciency of humans, the time saving effect we try to grasp at has become a time wasting one. We build and buy cars to get us to places faster. Instead, we get stuck in traffic and red faced drivers are definitely not a rare sight. We build washing machines, printers, computers, trying to get the job done faster. Yet, we never seem to have enough time.

Some may believe it is an issue of time management. However, with the increasing expectations and jobs we place on ourselves, we end up with less leisure time than our ancestors did before. Even with our leisre time, we fill it to the brim with all sorts of activities. Even in the most unlikely of places, be it on the bus or the toilet bowl, one is expected to be working all the time. If we are not SEEN doing something, contributing to society, we would ths be considered a burden, a pile of junk slowing down society.

In spending our free time doing something, even of the least importance, we fail to sit back and relax. Children are forced to study or die in this competitive world. The time to dream, think and grow has been robbed from or childhood. Being a teen in the face of an important examination, this is not difficult to relate to. I can do all the work I want, but if I am not seen doing it, it doesn't count and I get nagged all the time. There is no time for me to relax or daydream, for my life is expected to be composed of study, eat and sleep. Nothing else is important. School hours are extended till it is like a five day work week. The older generations expect nothing less.

Education is considered a priority, so much that probably 75% of out lives are forced into it. The older generation do not bother of how the new system works. Their stubborn mindset limits advancements. In my case, JC is a must and going to poly means that I'll be a failure in life forever. However, in this day and age, JC and poly should be equally recognised. They are after all using 2 different teaching methods. I happen to be more of a kinetic learner and can't sit in a lecture hall or I'll fall into a deep slumber, hence, I kinda want to go poly cause it is a more hands on approach. However, with my parents influence, JC still gotta be my first choice before poly.

So.... what the heck people. You gotta learn to relax and change with the times. Don't follow the system you are used to, but rather adapt it to fir the advancements of the society. The system has gotta be less rigid or just because your learning style is different, you'll be forced to go down the gutter.