Civilisation

Civilisation reached its peak some time between the introduction of learning via specialised institutions and the enforcement of it as mandatory. Today, society has long passed the latter benchmark. Skipping to my point, I believe that every system upholding the life we lead is on the verge of failure.

In proceeding, the issue of educational developments, and the implications of this for the parents, must be established. Children today are usually drained by the education system, both physically and mentally. Yet, despite being aware, parents, the supposed protectors, have no way to understand the feelings of them, nor are the parents able to provide aid. This is due to the single fact that education has transformed very drastically from their generation to their children's.

During the time of the parents, education was always second priority, with the first being to help the grandparents at their roadside stalls. For females, the emphasis was even lower. After all, they can succeed in life without studying -- they just need a wealthy husband. Now, education is not just a first-priority. In many cases, it is the only one. Today, the higher emphasis on education has caused it to develop beyond the levels of knowledge that our parents had previously been imparted with. Understandably, they are afraid.

But again, what does all this have to do with civilisation's downfall?

Family is the basic unit of life. It serves the purpose of nurturing the child and developing the child into men and women to enter the workforce. If the child is to be a leader of tomorrow, the family must guide the child onto that path. That brings us now to the question: Which path is our children walking down today? Because education steals the children away from the parents, parents squeeze every possible time and spend it with their children. In effect, today's children are not given as much freedom as the past. Any further activity that physically distances the adult from the child is discouraged. Effectively, this eliminates the process of learning through trial-and-error. Children today will grow up into adults afraid of stepping out of their comfort zone, content to be employed than to employ. Risk-taking that has been the success of 77th Street and many other enterprises will diminish by the time the torch of nation-building is passed onto us. We cannot bring this civilisation further. We can only maintain it, stagnant.

When this happens, we would have reached the peak. From there, there is only one way: down. Why is civilisation falling, because education has tried to muscle into the family unit.

p.s. I'll try again. I will try not to give up.