For most learners being educated at school is remembering or memorizing. Why? Because that is how the system orients them to look at education. Most learners consider schooling like a reward system, and themselves as heroes depending on how high up the reward ladder they are ranked.
One is considered not smart, creative, or intelligent unless the grading system says so! As such all creativity and innovativeness has to be shrunk to fit into the demands of the spoon- feeding system; which unfortunately, kills many dreams and talents.
Month: September 2025
The chances of ten consecutive reels or posts to communicate a similar feeling are extremely minimal. This means ten differently themed posts can take us across ten different ranges of emotional response, such as joy, surprise, fear, worry, anger, agitation, anticipation, disappointment, disgust, assurance, doubts, confusion, etc. the list is endless and unpredictable too, just as human emotional reactions are.
It is easy to exclude, mislead and exploit people who are illiterate, or incapable of reading and writing. This is because of the limited nature of their access to information and knowledge which is a basis for civic participation, democratic engagement and informed decision-making. This is where illiteracy becomes an enemy to be fought will all our possible means.
We cannot deny the fact that the available education in itself has already equipped us as a nation with enough knowledge and skills to be far ahead of where we are. But growth of a state is a game of chess which takes skills, wisdom, commitment and discipline to win. It is a manifestation of us being learned people when our educators add value by being concerned with educating our own systems and are respected and listened to as experts.
Social media floods us with so much information at the same time. One can scroll for about ten minutes and explore about 20 completely unrelated topics communicating different moods, energies, messages, etc. beginning from news, opinions, memes, music, adverts, skits, sports, and many other random things. At least a quarter of these are made with AI, and another quarter is severely manipulated as compared to reality.