While most work their asses off preparing for JEE or CAT,GMAT just for the prestigious degree which they believe would change their lives forever given the placements in the Corporate Giants,the big buck, Ferrari dreams and more.Well,there are those visionaries who create those very opportunities.
okay, So I can't help but wonder as it just hit me that most of the real big shots addressing world renowned universities Graduation Commencements are Drop outs or never really graduated themselves i.e. Bill Gates,Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, Neil Gaiman...the folks who really changed the way we see the world do not own these magnificent degrees...With the exception of Winfrey of course who went on to complete her degree after owning her own production house,doing a movie, being nominated for oscar..and hosting multiple seasons of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' on the US National Television.
That could make you wonder what good is that prestigious degree in your hand but before you dismiss it as a piece of Idealistic thinking..
Is the above illustrated fact a grave coincidence or it has us dig deeper into the working of the present education system which of course facilitates you with a degree to take care of your financial/social commitments and expectations but is it a cobweb that strengthens the present statuesque or a perceived way of how the world works and in the process curbs the very alternate vision and people that trigger change or a much potent term a 'revolution'.No wonder P.B. Shelley was expelled once he propagated his much controversial theory of Atheism at the much Catholic Oxford, for it was against the statuesque..
Is it the reason that most of the visionaries the world has seen really had to step out of the education system to nurture this revolutionary Vision they had which of course created history!
However,it is noteworthy that the visionaries are far more fewer and stepping out of a system has one come face to face with the uncertainties of life and only those who can endure and still persist make it, so for a middle class or upper middle class person who probably considers him/herself a visionary or has aspirations to be a pioneer or entrepreneur,stepping outside the very system does not seem to be a plausible option for all the practical commitments one has to meet.
So is there a way one can reconcile the dilemma, be a part of the system and yet see beyond it..
Here comes the example of the real 'Nayak' of India, a face synonymous with the very concerns and issues of the 'common man' Arvind Kejriwal,the man who revolutionised the way Indian Politics works in less than a year.Of course,it wasn't possible if he and his followers hadn't analysed the Indian Political scene that cried for change more than anything and hence paved the way for the inception and the incumbency of a New party serving the much needed change.All of this in such a short span of time firstly the Lokpal Bill Movement and then politically asserting their ideas and satiating the 'void' with the emergence of 'AAP' required foresightedness and strategic planning in advance.
Given Kejriwals forte, IIT-Kanpur Graduate, IRS, Magsaysay award winner and now New Delhi's Chief Minister, he could be the perfect example for the amalgamation of our two binaries the 'degree' and the 'Vision' that had him sense the need for change in the first place when he launched his NGO and named it 'Parivartan';a part of the system yet with the capacity of reshape it if need be..
okay, So I can't help but wonder as it just hit me that most of the real big shots addressing world renowned universities Graduation Commencements are Drop outs or never really graduated themselves i.e. Bill Gates,Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, Neil Gaiman...the folks who really changed the way we see the world do not own these magnificent degrees...With the exception of Winfrey of course who went on to complete her degree after owning her own production house,doing a movie, being nominated for oscar..and hosting multiple seasons of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' on the US National Television.
That could make you wonder what good is that prestigious degree in your hand but before you dismiss it as a piece of Idealistic thinking..
Is the above illustrated fact a grave coincidence or it has us dig deeper into the working of the present education system which of course facilitates you with a degree to take care of your financial/social commitments and expectations but is it a cobweb that strengthens the present statuesque or a perceived way of how the world works and in the process curbs the very alternate vision and people that trigger change or a much potent term a 'revolution'.No wonder P.B. Shelley was expelled once he propagated his much controversial theory of Atheism at the much Catholic Oxford, for it was against the statuesque..
Is it the reason that most of the visionaries the world has seen really had to step out of the education system to nurture this revolutionary Vision they had which of course created history!
However,it is noteworthy that the visionaries are far more fewer and stepping out of a system has one come face to face with the uncertainties of life and only those who can endure and still persist make it, so for a middle class or upper middle class person who probably considers him/herself a visionary or has aspirations to be a pioneer or entrepreneur,stepping outside the very system does not seem to be a plausible option for all the practical commitments one has to meet.
So is there a way one can reconcile the dilemma, be a part of the system and yet see beyond it..
Here comes the example of the real 'Nayak' of India, a face synonymous with the very concerns and issues of the 'common man' Arvind Kejriwal,the man who revolutionised the way Indian Politics works in less than a year.Of course,it wasn't possible if he and his followers hadn't analysed the Indian Political scene that cried for change more than anything and hence paved the way for the inception and the incumbency of a New party serving the much needed change.All of this in such a short span of time firstly the Lokpal Bill Movement and then politically asserting their ideas and satiating the 'void' with the emergence of 'AAP' required foresightedness and strategic planning in advance.
Given Kejriwals forte, IIT-Kanpur Graduate, IRS, Magsaysay award winner and now New Delhi's Chief Minister, he could be the perfect example for the amalgamation of our two binaries the 'degree' and the 'Vision' that had him sense the need for change in the first place when he launched his NGO and named it 'Parivartan';a part of the system yet with the capacity of reshape it if need be..
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