University or life?

Sometimes I get stuck in that momentary phase of ponder. I ask myself whether my decision to attend university was an act of self interest in education, or an indirect forced decision influenced by my school ethos and unknowing parents who believe in the industrial education system.

Looking at my interests, I know that my passion lies within the arts; most notably painting, sculpture making and spending vast amounts of time imitating singers with my piano. So my decision to undertake a management degree at London School of Economics seems quite daft, and so it is.

I remember asking people from my workplace about their thoughts on the future; more specifically about whether they were going to attend university. Their abrupt answer of 'no' startled me, because I come from an academic institution where education is all and end all. But now I feel like it definitely is a viable option, seeing as the greatest members of our society, Steve Jobs, Jay Chou, Bill Gates, are all either college drop-outs or didn't attend university at all. Maybe in life there's just a need to remain focused and feed your passion, I guess that is the most important way to guarantee success and fulfilment in everyone's future.

We often get trapped within a cycle of life that we took no part in deciding. Rushing our applications for university because that's what everyone else did, and selecting the best course that supposedly suited us, expecting to pick up the interest once there. But this is probably the worst decision of all, because we don't listen to our wants but rather obey the wants of others. I don't know where this rant is going, or if anyone will read it with great interest, nor will anyone reply with their opinions, but I hope at least someone will get a grasp on this subject of desperation to achieve something beyond the status quo.

Human Evolution

According to the theory of evolution only the fittest will survive, a conclusion drawn with reference to the centuries of animal evolution as well as man's growth itself.

But as a majority of the world's population draw nearer to the bright city lights, the more we follow the mediocre path of school and "careers", the more we lose the ability to truly survive if catastrophe occurs. The capitalist mindset we all share today will be the final doom for our race. Our desire for money and materialistic items drives us to succeed in specific areas of expertise, but the truth of the matter is we all work towards attaining higher wealth. When looking at this system, one can see human individuals (particularly those in cities) as only living money-making specimens. Do many of the young know how to cook? And even if we do, are we at all educated on producing the ingredients used in order to make our dishes?

But why bother if the supermarkets provide all this in cheap and convenient packages? It makes sense, because this exchange of money will only help us to save time on irrelevant duties like cooking, in order to make space for more money generating ideas and actions. What if one day, perhaps soon in the future, when the collapse of the oil trade leads to an exponential growth of food prices, are we as a human race going to cope? Will the knowledge of calculus or trigonometry help us in our survival, or are these tools which only render useful in our current luxurious lifestyles?