Education

Education brings us a step closer to success. Let's say we define success as perhaps having a proper career, or being able to contribute back to society or achieve your personal goals. Education provides us with new insight into the world and things around us. It encourages thinking, reflection, and most importantly, understanding of our country's history and milestones. Socrates once said, "Learning is the seeking of truth in matters, and it occurs when after questioning and interpreting the wisdom and knowledge of others, one comes to recognise their own ignorance. ". Through education, our ignorance is erased and we gain a deeper understanding into humanity be it through our own failures or through reading about people's failures or comebacks (or, just looking at our country's history alone). Only with basic understanding of the world around us, of people, of society, of our environment, of life, would we be able to speak and spark changes, or work towards what we deem as 'success' in life. However, the thing is that success is relative. In very remote villagers, the definition of 'success' in people's eyes can be simple, perhaps just to ensure the safety and happiness of the family? If that's the case, sincere effort, resilience and learning (it's a little different from 'education') is what people would need. It's a very devastating fact of life, though, that women in many parts of our world are still deprived of the chance to read, or to learn. Many are still victim of patriarchal biasedness, abuse. It will take a long time for these women to rise.