No one reads no more
We have been talking about how poor is our education system for some time now. This system has been operating for about 10 years now, maybe a bit more.
Yes, it’s a dumb system. It’s a system of spoon feeding our kids with information. And now that these kids are in the workforce, I lately come across many people who don’t read. Not that they can’t but they won’t. But the net result is the same: illiterate generation. Irritatingly so.
Like just this morning, I received a text message from a very highly educated woman (within the context of this education system) asking me for information, which was already provided to her in an attachment in an e-mail. It was basic administration type information she was seeking, like how much was the price for such service, who should the payment be in favour to, and where to send the payments to.
All the information was on the paperwork.
But do people read these days? If you have read this article, then I am not talking about you. It’s about those who don’t read. They are too dependent on others spoon-feeding in the info to them.
So here we spent a few precious minutes on stupid administrative matters which were otherwise clearly spelt out in the paperwork.
I would have preferred to engage in more simulating line of questioning: how can the service add more value to her and her business and vice-versa. Or how about a request to give an opinion on how she intended to use the service for maximum benefit.
Sigh… the quality of our lives depends on the quality of our questions.
I am so perplexed, why no one reads no more?
same thought,…. this morning I posted on my facebook status:
was wondering why people spend RM10k-100k, even RM500k just for a degree to work for RM2k-RM20k salary per month dragging themselves to office 9-5 when there are short courses, skills development and knowledge seminars which cost RM50-RM5k and when applied diligently, could easily make more than RM20k per month on own flexible time?
I think people will just stop learning (they dont even read!) when leaving school….
I hear ya. Last year when I moved, I had a garrage sale for a whole lot of my stuff including all my books except a few that i really couldn’t part with and my music books. Most of my books were based on biographies, history and a few on science and nature. They were going for RM5 or RM10! Out of the many who came, only 2 or 3 actually went towards the books corner.
At the end of my sale, furniture, bed, curtains, tv, clothes, shoes, home deco, kitchen ware, whatever u name it, were gone, but 90% of books were still untouched. I have got to say, I was puzzled and a little shocked at how little interest Malaysians have on books.
That is nice to definitely find a site where the blogger knows what they are talking about.
Blame it on the technology. People like to take things for granted. The like to assume. Our education system has taught us to be dependable. Therefore, those who just can’t figure out how to move forward, are still expecting all information be fed to them. Its like a typical Bumiputera person who thinks that the government will support them in every way.
wohh exactly what I was searching for, thankyou for posting .