An old proverb goes, “A foolish man hates instruction but the wise seeks guidance”. The quote is aimed at individuals but what happens when those individuals are living together in large numbers and form a nation? Such, I believe, is the condition of our country were novelty and progression are perhaps the most detested ideologies.
Run for your life, educationists
So stick to the old ideologies and you are safe in your job but if you try to introduce novelty, you shall have to suffer. To all the innovation and change loving local academics, young or old, new or experienced, here is my piece of advice – Stop investing your time, energy and ideas into the nation that hates knowledge and instruction and instead just run for your lives. Run for the greener pastures that await you on the other part of the globe because Pakistanis are unwilling to accept change.
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BY ANITA A AZEEM. POSTED MAY 13, 2015
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