I remember, I was around 7 years old and I was in third grade in Punjab (Northern state of India). We use to carry one blank notebook in our bags, which we call drawing notebook. We used to draw some phrases on the drawing book and then fill it with colors. I still remember some of those phrase such are 'Love is God', 'Always Speaks Truth', and 'God is One' etc. One day I came home and I told my parents, "Third grade is my class. I will not got to school anymore." They asked me then how you would become a great person in your life, if you won't precede your education. I said, "I am great, I am greater than anyone. So I don't have to go to school anymore." The actual reason behind, all of this was that the teacher use to teach forth grade was very tough. She used to beat children with stick, with hands and all other kinds of punishments (I already mention that this particular scene took place was in India, and there teachers can beat students and can give them hard punishments). She was kind of crueler than the other teachers and we third graders use to watch wh
ile often she beats kids with no mercy.
Now I am 27 years old, so it is been 23 years I am going to school, first I compete high school in India then in USA. Later on I decide to go for associate degree in electrical Tech. I complete it in 4 years, because I was working full time then I decide to go for engineering and I have to start it from scratch because tech classes does not transfer. This is my last semester; I will complete my two bachelor degrees in electrical and computer engineering at the end of this year. Hopefully I will start my master during the winter semester, and I don't know when I will complete it.
Some times I just get confused why I just don't gave up? Why I am still keep hanging there? When this will end? I don't find the answer for this but I always ends up to thinking about is really education is necessary for humanity? What we humans are seeking by educating us as well as advancing our world in sense of technology, medical, engineering etc? Are we seeking more 'Happiness' or 'Love' or something else? If I ask this same question some group of people, I am
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