Today in a casual meeting with an elder cousin, we got into a discussion about what’s practical and might not be taught in the books but is how things actually get done in real life. This got me thinking about the wide gap between our education and real life.

Well, I am an idealist, sort-of, and I keep observing that most things that happen around aren’t how they are supposed to.  And it creates a frustration sometimes –  why is our education system always focused on the theories rather than practice!

Why are we taught so many things which never come to our aid later on but we unnecessarily cram them to pass? Why can’t we chose what we want to study early on in our lives and if later we feel so, change over to a completely different stream and pursue it? Why is there so much of emphasis on getting it right the first time?

These questions always cross my mind and I keep wondering if there’s a way to overhaul the complete system and let children discover and learn and find their way in life all on their own. I haven’t yet come across some radical idea though!

Maybe we ought to change the way education is imparted right from the beginning and through the teenage. More of practicals, on the field trainings, visits to actual places of work – all imbibed with the regular stuff on other things that we are taught, to give the angle of practice and reality. And then the students who would come out wouldn’t have to struggle in the real world. And we wouldn’t waste so much time studying unnecessary things.

Welcome your suggestions on this and hopefully there’s something different that can be done in the field of education…