In the news you
always hear about how public schools are not teaching children the right skills
to be competitive in today’s global economy or how college degrees are not
preparing students for the jobs that are available. A colleague and I recently had a discussion about ideas on how schools can be fixed. He
was studying for a Masters in Public Policy at Northwestern University in
Chicago and I have a Masters in Public Administration. We always share ideas on how public policies
can be created to support public schools.
Being as cynical as I am, I talked about ideas vaguely but wanted to
speak on things that are beyond our control without offending in the
workplace. Working in corporate America
has taught me that some of the things that you are not to talk about are politics,
religion, and sometimes sports. I ask
myself on a daily basis, why you can’t talk about politics, religion, race, and
sexuality. Those are things that we as a
society should be able to talk about. We
can talk about the latest celebrity gossip such as Jay Z and Beyoncé’s baby
being born by a surrogate, the Kardashians, how much the new CEO of Apple
received in salary, and the list goes on.
Those things can seem interesting often to a point where they are
trivial. Have we become a nation that
has been dumb down by not having standards?
In my opinion, as I read blogs and the comments, society laments on the
downfall of other people or the dumbing down of everything around us. There are no standards. Anybody can get paid doing the most
slanderous, vulgar, and perverted things out there. Somebody like Tebow who praises the Creator
for all the blessings that were bestowed upon him and his team are
ridiculed. Have we become a society
where bad is good and good is bad? We
have. When man lives by his own will, we
are going to have disasters. I don’t
care who they elect in office, nothing is going to change for the overall
good. Things may seem like they are getting
better, but in actuality, they are not.
With all the colleges and universities out there, we are a society that
is definitely dumb down lacking true knowledge and wisdom. I have two masters degrees and I feel that my
wisdom and knowledge has come from the Creator.
My mother has taught me if you pray for anything, pray for wisdom and
understanding. Wisdom and understanding
comes from the Creator. Wisdom that is bestowed upon those who incline their
ears, apply their heart, cry out, seek wisdom, and search for it. Wisdom is the understanding of what is true,
right or lasting. Nothing is everlasting. Things that were it, are no longer. If society seeks wisdom and understanding,
most of the problems that we have will be minimum. You can acquire much knowledge from
education, but true wisdom comes only from the Creator.
Blessings!!!!!
True indeed!!!!!
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