Education is important, because knowledge is better than
ignorance, and wisdom is better than foolishness, but in the end
all meet the same fate, both the educated and the uneducated. As
such, education is not the most important thing in life, just one
of the things that is good to have.
Education does not necessarily make you happier, because the more
you know and the more you comprehend of the things that go on in
this sad world, the more you see that it is all going downhill, and
the more things you worry about. It is quite depressing at
times.
However, education widens your horizons and increases your choices
and opportunities, gives you more freedom to think and to act, and
equips you to to better deal with the complexities of life, and in
fast-paced singapore, where nothing stays the same for very long,
this is especially important.
Singaporeans tend to take a narrow view of education, one that
views it only as formal institutionalised education for the purpose
of obtaining a paper certificate, but really, education is the
whole of life and what you learn from all your experiences. There
is certainly a lot of pressure on students to mug for exams, but
good education is about more than gaining the specific skills
useful for passing exams, it should broaden and exercise the mind,
give greater understanding, and develop the character.
