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Education system: Has learning faded from our education?

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knowledge from experience, something books cannot provide. Education ɛdjʊˈkeɪʃ(ə)n noun 1.    the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university. 2.    an enlightening experience. What is education for you? Typically, for a regular student, when we hear the word ‘education’ we tend to directly associate it with a picture of our classroom which leads to tests, assignments, grades, and marks. It is more of a tense competition where everyone is trying to be better than the other, beat the best, get the most prestigious college or job rather than actually being exposed to new things and learn it for their own selves. An experiment was done on 60 students in a class where they were asked a simple question on a regular basis - “how many of you actually woke up today to learn something new?” the maximum number of hands that were raised were 5. It might seem like that children don’t like school because they’...