Positive social awareness among the South African educated half-caste is zero. Teaching is a mechanical job. The best way of earning a living.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I've never considered it a neutral or passive profession.
If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.
The consequences of substandard teaching go far beyond whether college or a good job is in reach. They affect earning potential, with implications throughout a person's life.
I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.
Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community.
Apartheid education, rarely mentioned in the press or openly confronted even among once-progressive educators, is alive and well and rapidly increasing now in the United States.
Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?
I'm a socially concerned citizen of India. I have strong views on issues of social and political relevance. But it's very difficult to voice it in an intelligent manner without it sounding contrived. Because people think you're saying or doing all this as a PR exercise, not from your heart.
Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
Outside of the family, education is the greatest determinant of social mobility.
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