When parents join their kids in an institute that advertises its meritorious students, in the hope that their children will do as well, doesn't it become a very selfish notion?? Every father and mother would harp on that "We are doing it for your benefit, beta!" line, but try digging a bit deeper. You go in and in most cases you'd realise most folks want a source of pride in their own hopeless lives. They haven't achieved nuts in their pathetic years, and are mostly not in a position to do so in the coming decades. The kid however looks promising enough to bargain for "their" place in the sun! So these very earnest elders make a decision in all fairness and fill useless forms with a burning desire for equally useless ranks and marks! They would love to go around town drumming their about sons and daughters academic achievements. good going mate! So what's next???? GRE? CAT? ICET? CA? MBBS? MS? Marriage? take some trouble and let's plan the chap's death too... save him all the worries and make sure he makes none of the mistakes from your own worthless existence. Kill him before you've slept the last.
My grandfather died a week ago. He was a photographer, a musician, a painter, an electrician, an agriculturalist, a tution teacher, a devoted father, a loyal husband and a very caring grandfather to his many grand children in all his 80 years that he lived. He accompalished so much with hardly any formal education. He travelled away from his village to far off lands to earn more. Many differences cropped between both of us during my teenage days. I somehow could see through all that when i began to see less of him. Now that he is dead, he remains one of the more forward-looking persons of his era.
I look around myself and am disgusted for this continuous rush for materialistic certificates and knowledge. I long to wake people out of their slumber and plead them to look around and enjoy life instead. To enjoy life to its fullest is my innermost emotion. I hope i will remember it forever.
Procreation is THE most selfish act an individual can do; to bring another into this world (while the child had no choice in the matter)just so ur life can be a little more fun and full.
I take it that you people won't be having children then.
You have a skewed logic there Cracked Nut. I can't even begin to understand it.
Nice come back, dude :) I guess if a parent can show to an offspring how best to live life, that would be enuf. Like that geography teacher that I had, who taught us no lessons (and hence sloppy by universal standards), but showed us how learning geography can be an immersive experience - like map reading and other fun stuff.
Neuro, how about viewing procreation as act of kindness -of giving opportunity to an unborn child, to be born and to experience life? :)
Hmm.. Aran, i don't understand why you would infer that i'd never have kids! However, with my skewed logic being the point of discussion here, i'd say this -> "I don't have a high regard for those who make decisions for me rather than let me choose for myself. i'd accept suggestions and advices, but NOT orders from others."
~JLU: u just HAVE to be kidding, man. Kindness? Experience life?? The ONE thing that can support this argument is to make sure the child has more 'good' than bad' in life. If you cannot give them a good life, do not have children - it is cruel.