EDUCATION-III
High offices held and ruined by
persons of doubtful integrity cannot be blamed on education. It is a sign of
moral decadence or profound selfishness with no concern for others
Conditioning the mind for analysis:
A well educated person has a typical
approach. [I do not mean those possessing high-sounding degrees] The ideally
educated person will not jump into the bandwagon merely because many say so.
[S]He will dispassionately analyze the situation taking into account all facts
available. Analysis is the virtue from proper education. This is an essential
attribute for neutral and selfless approach in life. Why analyse, when so many
are saying the same? Often people rapidly spread an idea before any verifying.
Besides, irrelevant additions to create sensations also happen, to enhance the
focus or divert attention. People with vested interests find it easy to handle
a flock of sheep than genuinely convincing a single individual. A good analysis
saves from being misled. There are umpteen ways analysis and analytical
approaches are taught to us in all stages and courses of study. Any analysis
begins from the gross observation. It deciphers every step that relates to the
gross observation. In analyzing human characters every utterance and mutilating
of facts by a person should receive attention. Any person who prefers to meet
individuals in isolation is not of an open character. This can be conveniently
taken for granted if the person chooses to talk to individuals only when the
rest of the group is away. Obviously the person is uncomfortable at some truth.
So, always we should condition the mind not to accept any result or
pronouncement without getting personally convinced of the veracity. If this
habit is cultivated, all the vistas of unbiased assessment open up. A major
requisite for this approach is to stay silent and watchful.
If we get into some form of
participation, we would lose the opportunity for simultaneous analysis as the
event goes by. Analysis depends on accuracy of verification. Verification must
involve cross-checking without panicking. If gripped by panic, thought turns
imbalanced. It should not happen. Also, the general tendencies of a person or a
group of persons deserve being kept in mind. Analysis occurs in every mind
right from child hood.
It gets tilted or biased when
objectivity is lost. The really educated would sustain objectivity for the
singular purpose of tracing the truth. To be analytical, the mind and
disposition have to be neutral. Trying to cash on popular notions is the
gimmick of the evil-minded. Persons sustaining such attitudes, even if
“qualified” are really un-educated.
To decipher them it is necessary to
be analytical. Every subject we learn gives us the tools of analysis; be it
language, literature, Sciences of varied description and all branches of
Humanities. All these have been established on the bedrock of analysis.
Students who read these subjects without
learning them fail to read this common under current. So, even to
appropriately learn a subject, analysis by correct parameters is essential. We
are keen of repeating a statement
without reaping its purpose. To
achieve the intended effect, analyzing comes to our help if we muster this
elementary tool.
To continue Prof. K. Raman
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