There are millions of people who are making the world go round and they are not all doctors or engineers. There are so many people doing so many things that usually get unnoticed. These people work behind the scenes and do things none of the 'educated lot' would ever want to yet their presence is extremely significant for everyone's existence.
We are talking about our farmers, labourers, sweepers, workers etc. It is impossible to have a world without these people but the disregard they get from the elite society is alarming. It is strange to find that if a farmer's son receives good education and becomes an officer, he starts to look down upon his ancestral occupation. He wouldn't want to become a farmer in any case then. Now if all farmers' children leave farming like that, who will produce the required food grains?
The thing in question is whether education is completely ignoring dignity of labour. Why do educated people refrain from manual work and why is there no respect regarding it? Our education should encourage us to value every person and the work they do. It shouldn't distance us from the world we live in. We should understand the importance of every kind of profession. We should break the cocoon of comfort and self reverence we form around ourselves once having earned an esteemed degree.
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We are talking about our farmers, labourers, sweepers, workers etc. It is impossible to have a world without these people but the disregard they get from the elite society is alarming. It is strange to find that if a farmer's son receives good education and becomes an officer, he starts to look down upon his ancestral occupation. He wouldn't want to become a farmer in any case then. Now if all farmers' children leave farming like that, who will produce the required food grains?
The thing in question is whether education is completely ignoring dignity of labour. Why do educated people refrain from manual work and why is there no respect regarding it? Our education should encourage us to value every person and the work they do. It shouldn't distance us from the world we live in. We should understand the importance of every kind of profession. We should break the cocoon of comfort and self reverence we form around ourselves once having earned an esteemed degree.
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India has so many successful doctors, engineers and other professionals!! But have we ever heard of a highly succesful farmer, a proud group of labourers, a happy rickshaw-puller...and so on...
Its because we look down upon work like these. We dont have a sense of dignity of labour..
Evryone in schools are pushed to become doctors, engineers, IAS offficers, but they are never told the importance of difficult mannual or tedious jobs. these children when they grow up, when fail to get these so called high profile professions are unable to rsort to these so called low end jobs. they think its against their pride! they would rather sit back work less or resort to illegal means than become a taxi driver, waiter, attendent, etc...
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