Why education is not as great as its made out to be...

I remember an old saying - "We have burnt our bridges and have no alternative but to fight and win".

This made me think about a old, rich farmer I came across deep inside western UP (its the Colaba of Uttar Pradesh) who had two sons. One was a BA pass while the other did not study beyond 4th grade. The 4th grader helped his dad in the fields. The BA pass just sat at home, slept late and waited for the employment office to call him up. The 4th grader was always willing to help out and was in the fields early in the morning and worked till late. The BA pass was just interested in a 9 to 5. So who is more productive for the economy? To the farmer, its the 4th grader.

The other point of view here is that if given the opportunity, the BA pass is more productive. But thats the point. A dysfunctional govt means that all opportunities will have to be created by the people themselves. In the absence of this opportunity creating structure, the 4th grader is more likely to act out of desperation and take up any and every job he is offered when compared to the 9-5 seeker. He has nothing else to fall back upon. He has burnt all his bridges......