Today my
maid was clearing my room and asked whether she could (finally) clear my unwanted
texts, files and notes I have not touched for years. I gladly agreed.
I used to
have the habit of keeping ALL my textbooks religiously for fear that I may need
them if I ever meet an unsolvable problem at work. My belief was shattered as
over the past decade, nothing of such happened.
No wonder I do not see any
plumber or air con technician bringing along their work manual to my home! The
notes and text I have “saved up” no longer serve any purpose other than giving
me lift to nostalgia lane. Over the years I have accumulated a lot of books but
not knowledge; a lot of information but not intelligence; learnt a lot of case
studies but not actionable plans. Are they worth keeping if they no longer
serve the purpose of education?
I am a firm
believer that the purpose of education is to fill an empty mind to an open one;
thus I would gladly trade them for a cleaner room.
Finally, I
have more breathing space to fill up an open mind!
2 comments:
Hi SBC,
Your handwriting is very neat.
I come from a IT background and I kept those thick IT books thinking that I too will have to refer to it someday. However, with Google and Forums, there is no problem that cannot be solved. IT also gets obsolete quickly.
I still have a few left though but it is more of sentimental reasons. The nostalgic feelings of looking back as I flipped through each page filled with scribbles.
PS: I think I still have my primary school exercise book somewhere. kekeke
Heh I bet this happens to the most of us. I'm definitely guilty as charged, but moving house and being lazy to shift things over to the new place has the (unintended) effect of solving this problem ;)
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