Its like common cold. Only more glamorous. No one would make a super-hit life-changing movie on common cold. At least no one has so far. Also much more deadly. Never heard of anyone killing themselves or dying naturally coz of an influenza flu. Though papers and news reports have claimed deaths due to the much feared board exams. Its an industry. From the individuals who just earn a little extra income by checking answer papers of large scale assessments and entrance exams (like my Dad used to do till late night for the better education of his kids) to those individuals who create and sell pre-school softwares worth 1-2 lacs and run centres where 4-5 yrs old kids become proficient in computers. Its a system. You get good education which gives you good job so that your kids get better education who can create jobs. Everyone can’t create jobs, for themselves or others. The society will fall out of order. Hence, you can’t give better education for all. But the system runs on the slogan of – universal quality education. Its prolific. Like common cold. And Everybody has a remedy for it. Yet there is no external cure to it. Its self-limiting.
Its not the end, its the means. It means different things to different people. To earn money. To develop confidence. To become a visionary. To build personality. To buy lifestyle. To travel the world. To explore the worlds. To survive. To live. Yet, its not the cause, its the consequence.
When we talk about universalisation of education and giving quality education to all, we effectively say, we want a certain level of skills in people. So that they are able to earn money. And lead a more comfortable life. If there is no money in the society or the nation, what will that means (=education) achieve?
Its a disease in which we are caught right now.
The real education lies in information dissemination. Yet, we don’t know anything for true. Gravity is just a concept. A belief. Teaching is nothing but influencing with subtle power.
The art lies in differentiating between information and beliefs.
A Sign Curve 
education is a positive ion (pun-intended, courtesy chemistry)! education means what people perceive education is (dhoni’s new pepsi ad)! so question is, what kind of education are we talking about? value/skill addition or formal school/college education?
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i dont know myself
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i guess an apt title can be metaphor “khichdi”!
“Gravity is just a concept”,
“Teaching is nothing but influencing with subtle power”
I recently read that using metaphors can greatly increase the effectiveness in teaching but you are using it everywhere :)
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