If someone has children, the first thing they want is for them to be happy, and then become someone in life and all that. But the educational system, I mean always, not just now, creates competitive, successful people, and does not educate them to be happy. The problem is that success gives money, not happiness. The eternal problem.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that the educational system prioritizes success over true happiness for children.
Jorge Bucay highlights a significant issue within the educational system, which often fosters competition and success based on external measures such as wealth, rather than nurturing genuine happiness in children. He points out that while parents desire their children to be content and fulfilled, the way education is structured does not align with this goal, leading to a disconnection between success and personal happiness, hence presenting an 'eternal problem' in societal values.
In practice
This quote can be shared in an educational seminar to discuss the balance between success and happiness in the curriculum.
In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.
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Nothing enrages me more than when people criticize my criticism of school by telling me that schools are not just places to learn maths and spelling, they are places where children learn a vaguely defined thing called socialization...I think schools generally do an effective and terribly damaging job of teaching children to be infantile, dependent, intellectually dishonest, passive and disrespectful to their own developmental capacities.
What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
In the ideal college, intrinsic education would be available to anyone who wanted it...The college would be life-long, for learning can take place all through life.
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