Learning is a life -long process - article by Ashwini kunder

Learning is a life-long process

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Education is not a preparation for life, Education is life itself.

There is no upper age limit for learning. However, whatever one starts learning, must be taken to its completion. In this fast-paced life, everybody is busy gathering bits and pieces of information from wherever possible. A complete hold on any particular area is lacking. Therefore we must be patient enough to gain expertise in our chosen field before shifting to another.

However, learning something incompletely can prove dangerous in the long run. Be it any stream of knowledge or any part of wisdom, indepth knowledge of it is necessary. An ill-informed soldier will get himself foolishly killed if he has no knowledge of war strategies. An industrialist will ruin his own fortune as well as that of the others if he has no true knowledge about his own business. A teacher will instill absurd knowledge and inverted concepts if he has no real learning himself.A lawyer will ruin his clients fate without thorough knowledge of law and legality. A dumb engineer’s bridge is sure to collapse and only God can save a patient from a dumber doctor.

Hence, we must follow the middle path. Neither should we be content with less knowledge nor should go overboard as we learn. Knowledge teaches us to be humble and compassionate. Only this can maintain order and harmony in society.

Ashwini Kunder

Nandikuru, udupi