I was born intelligent, but education ruined me.

The_Big_K

So, that's a famous quote you'll spot on T-shirts all around the world! Let's give it some serious thought.

Do you think education ruined you? Did it kill your creativity? Did it narrow down your focus? Edison never went to school - yet he could claim 1093 patents. So is the case with many achievers.

What do you say?

KINETIC_JOULES

I say it somewhat ruined my creativity, but if it did anything, it enabled me to think more clearly.

miniy

Present Day's Educational system gives no importance for creativity..If you are capable of remembering facts and figures ythen you get through..No recognition or appreciation is given for the one who comes up with a new idea..We are restricting ourselves to the prescribed syllabus and not ready to think beyond it..All this is because of this educational system..Einstein was thrown out of his school because he refused to study whatever is there in the syllabus and he went beyond that..Hence,this system needs a revamp..

ash

Are we talking about education as a whole? or specific levels?

We can't classify "education" as one whole body. Different countries & societies have their own ways on how to implement them. Things get a little more similar at higher levels, I suppose. I remember during my kindergarten days, we played lots of lego *grin*

The_Big_K

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Originally Posted by ash

Are we talking about education as a whole? or specific levels?

We can't classify "education" as one whole body. Different countries & societies have their own ways on how to implement them. Things get a little more similar at higher levels, I suppose. I remember during my kindergarten days, we played lots of lego *grin*

Oh, very good point Ash!

I totally missed it. Probably, we should narrow down the scope to the education that we received in school/colleges.

Surely, we can't classify education.

[Btw, lego thing reminds me of Larry Page - I read somewhere that he had build a computer case using lego bricks when he was a kid]

Ash => Larry Page (beta)?

ash

Ah well, I have a knack for losing lego pieces *sigh*

Lego (and other similar building block toys, such as Meccano) are probably the best ways to express your technical creativity. I believe these days, Lego Mindstorms are the "in" thing.

Remember, your learning experience also happens at home. You can't blame school for diminishing your creativity, when you have ample opportunity at home

Thus, your family plays a big factor during your upbringing.

sauravgoswami

its all how u take,education doesnt stop at school or college,its a continous development,it differs person to person and creativity cant be diminished it is in-born,those remarks are targetted at school/college education,well every country has a successfull education system tats why there presence is felt!!!

MaRo

I thought this goes only Egypt!

But it seems a global problem, Yes, this what happened with me but always you have the chance to rebuild yourself.

The_Big_K

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Originally Posted by MaRo

I thought this goes only Egypt!

But it seems a global problem, Yes, this what happened with me but always you have the chance to rebuild yourself.

We are a global forum and you're bound to find 'global' problems here

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Well, my experience has been different. I have interviewed many young, fresh graduates who flaunt their 'topper' status. But a 10 minute discussion will tell you one thing - they have never gone beyond their textbooks! That's sad!

I remember Sabeer Bhatiya (the founder of Hotmail) said the following in one of his interviews:-

"Once our professor asked all of us to read two books and write a report about it. I submitted my report and got a very low grade. The professor told me - what you've written is just a summary of what's said in the book. I expected you to write your about own thoughts / learning you derived from the book."

Granted that education system helps us understand the things in better way. But does it really makes us think about new things? Something that has not been done before? Or does it help us improve our imagination so that we can do the things in a better way?

gohm

Two different things being compared. Intelligence and knowledge are seperate skill sets. One can be highly intelligent without much knowledge or have a lot of knowledge and not be very intelligent. I myself prefer intelligence because unlike knowledge it cannot be taught.