most books, videos i have seen discuss about the violence and hatred religion creates. I agree it is an important point. But i also think there are also many problems with belief in religion. it affects lots of other areas also.
donation to charity-most people are willing to donate a fraction of what they earn. but in most cases it goes to temples, events by religious groups etc and not to charity like cry etc
government revenues- priests in most countries don't pay tax. instead they earn a fat salary without work
time wastage - most people are made to believe by tourism, hotel industry that they need to visit such and such temple for god blessing. they take holidays from jobs. some even goto to temple daily for better blessing.
it leads to promotion of other scams like astrology, rings, yoga as medical solution etc.
health problem, possibly death like upwas in jainism or vegetarianism
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
single education model?
There is no such thing as one model fits all. Then why do we have a education system which requires ones go through 12 years of same school curriculum? I wonder.
In India, we have 55 % illiterate people. Though I feel it must be much higher. Most people don't go for it because they don't see any obvious advantage of it. In 12 years of school, we learn just to0 many things like light's angle of reflection to finding ions present in a solution to solving complex differential equations etc.
But most people need all these in real life? What does a hotel manager guy need to know about it? A shopkeeper? A truck driver or his manager? a carpenter?
To add to it, we don't learn essential skills like time management, dealing with fear, depression, solving family problems, fraud/scams, basic laws, dealing with death of loved ones, proper nutrition and basic exercise skills etc etc. We don't learn how to aloof ourselves from possible scams like weight lose pills, fairness cream (yes, they don't work), homeopathy etc.
I believe there should be an option of students to get basic education (including literacy) and go for learning job skills as needed.
In India, we have 55 % illiterate people. Though I feel it must be much higher. Most people don't go for it because they don't see any obvious advantage of it. In 12 years of school, we learn just to0 many things like light's angle of reflection to finding ions present in a solution to solving complex differential equations etc.
But most people need all these in real life? What does a hotel manager guy need to know about it? A shopkeeper? A truck driver or his manager? a carpenter?
To add to it, we don't learn essential skills like time management, dealing with fear, depression, solving family problems, fraud/scams, basic laws, dealing with death of loved ones, proper nutrition and basic exercise skills etc etc. We don't learn how to aloof ourselves from possible scams like weight lose pills, fairness cream (yes, they don't work), homeopathy etc.
I believe there should be an option of students to get basic education (including literacy) and go for learning job skills as needed.
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