Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or your self confidence.
Showing posts with label basic education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label basic education. Show all posts
Monday, July 19, 2010
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
A diamond for the youth - 2
We all get to a point in our lives where our vibrant dreams suddenly turn into a dismal blur. Some would instruct us to do our part then leave it all to God. On the other hand, some would insist that your human abilities are just not enough. So which is it, really? Is it because you lack the faith and fervent prayers to back your aspirations, or are you really not capable of receiving what you long for because of your lack of skills, patience or education? I guess that certain elements will always come to play when it comes to the achievement of things that we hope for. The first is your actual qualifications.
Ask yourself, are your credentials, training and experience sufficient for whatever goal you want to achieve? You cannot be the CEO of a large, multinational firm if you didn’t even finish college. Some may argue that there are still some people who make it big even without the necessary education, as seen in the success stories of dropouts who have become tech magnates or street children who have metamorphosed into boxing superstars. But this is simply a myth; one way or another, these people have paved their way to get there. They did not simply wake up one day with the hand of God casting them from the slums to the big time. They had to work long hours, developed virtues and self-studied to know how to get to where they are now.
And now you wonder why you have all it takes and you’re even overqualified, but you still don’t seem to be getting anywhere. Here’s where life’s most important aspect comes into play—making a huge effort where it matters most. There are those who might not be as talented, but they have excelled more because of their perseverance. After all, diamonds are simply bits of coal that stuck to their jobs. I admit that I am one of the many people who are guilty of the lack of this—I allowed myself to drift from one job to another, not focusing on just one thing because I thought that I could do everything. I also confess that I’ve considered immediate gratification rather than knowing the ropes and then earning my wings to orchestrate the show. Like most of the young people, I’ve sought acceptance, popularity and easy money. We all forget top build up on the essentials and never run out of excuses for not sowing yesterday what we could be reaping today.
Forgiving our mistakes and pledging to get better is the first way to get somewhere right. There’s a fine line between keeping your mess and fixing up straight. Your decision today will determine your tomorrow.
ref: inquirer.net
Ask yourself, are your credentials, training and experience sufficient for whatever goal you want to achieve? You cannot be the CEO of a large, multinational firm if you didn’t even finish college. Some may argue that there are still some people who make it big even without the necessary education, as seen in the success stories of dropouts who have become tech magnates or street children who have metamorphosed into boxing superstars. But this is simply a myth; one way or another, these people have paved their way to get there. They did not simply wake up one day with the hand of God casting them from the slums to the big time. They had to work long hours, developed virtues and self-studied to know how to get to where they are now.
And now you wonder why you have all it takes and you’re even overqualified, but you still don’t seem to be getting anywhere. Here’s where life’s most important aspect comes into play—making a huge effort where it matters most. There are those who might not be as talented, but they have excelled more because of their perseverance. After all, diamonds are simply bits of coal that stuck to their jobs. I admit that I am one of the many people who are guilty of the lack of this—I allowed myself to drift from one job to another, not focusing on just one thing because I thought that I could do everything. I also confess that I’ve considered immediate gratification rather than knowing the ropes and then earning my wings to orchestrate the show. Like most of the young people, I’ve sought acceptance, popularity and easy money. We all forget top build up on the essentials and never run out of excuses for not sowing yesterday what we could be reaping today.
Forgiving our mistakes and pledging to get better is the first way to get somewhere right. There’s a fine line between keeping your mess and fixing up straight. Your decision today will determine your tomorrow.
ref: inquirer.net
Friday, September 12, 2008
Raising the Quality of Our Human Resources
The GLOBE is dividing into the world of the skilled and the world of the unskilled. And the world of the skilled is rich, while the world of the unskilled is poor. We Filipinos must strive to become part of the world of the skilled.
We must get out of labor-intensive, low-wage industries and into high-value-added technologies. We must seek our competitive advantage based not on cheap labor doing repetitive work but on quality and innovation. For us, competition in low-skilled industries is a dead end as an economic strategy, since we are the only East Asian country with a legislated minimum wage.
What must we do to become part of the world of the skilled?
We must increase exponentially our investments in our human capital We must put more - much more – public money into basic education, and more- much more – corporate funding into research and development.
The problems besetting the services sector are not much different from those of agriculture and small and medium enterprises: inadequate technological know-how, lack of financial access and inadequate infrastructure and institutional support. Thus, the next government shall devise appropriate assistance schemes and shall endeavor to improve technological expertise of this very important and in many ways neglected sector of our economy. Special attention shall be given to practical and low-cost improvements in workers’ conditions, particularly in the informal sector, with the end goal of enhancing their productivity.
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