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]

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]

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 .

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.

[sauravgoswami]

Thts ok buddy,but u shud also be keen to take knowledge or else your intelligence will not always make u succeed,and yes we can increase our intelligence its all your interest.e.g.Founder of Mcdonald,froma retd.clerk to food-chain magnate

[Itanium]

today, i dont remember anything that i learnt in my schools and colleges... everything vanished the next moment after the exams completed. No Newtons laws, donno what ohms law means.. donno how human digestive system works...allergic algebras..calculus ?!?!? all learnt in physis,biology & maths... what to do..learnt everything for the sake of exams and forgot.

i'm not sure if i was born intelligent.. but for sure the education ruined me !

[mahul]

Education has certainly helped me channel my thought process. But in doing so, it has also narrowed my thought process and limited it to that very channel. So can't say whether it ruined me.

[sauravgoswami]

mate,dont limit ur education to profession or wat u learnd in collge,education is on a day-to-day basic even walking in a park in proper way is educating and learning exp

[ankur8819]

I don't know what education means to everyone here...but to me...its not just the bookish stuff we read in colleges and schools....Its much more than that..yeah if you talk about the bookish education I feel i am really ruined.because i dont see that education helping me..The word education in general means everything you know learn ..that includes learning from other people ,learning from your surroundings etc..
I feel for a rider knowing when to change the gear ,knowing about the speed he should drive