Objective of Education

The most natural subject to begin with. I have come to think that one of the primary objective of education is maturity. Now as they define it, it would mean 'appropriate response to given circumstances'. In my understanding it would encompass knowing and achieving what one really wants and the strength to respond to any given situation appropriately given the variables.

Even that seems like asking too much.....so what do we make of the compartmentalised learning that we do in the name of education....social studies, science, maths etc. To what objective? To the objective of .... in India, of taking some exams which then ensure/facilitate entry to xyz colleges which in turn ensures employment (lucrative, depending on the 'grade' of college you went to)

More often than not, we pass our school years never being in touch with our real selves...and then coming to college, some vistas open up...we come out on our own...and I guess by the time we hit late 20s or early 30s we begin a relationship with ourselves. This at least was true of most part of my generation (went to school in 80s).

At the end of it....probably we and our careers and living were/are a result of who we are and not directly of what the schools at that time help us discover. In fact, for most part, schools hindered this self discovery....I mean weren't we a different person at home and altogether different at home......And why do I have a strong feeling that was true not just for me?.