One day while writing, my mind conjured up a phrase, “it’s not what you’ve been taught but what you’ve learned…” In hindsight, I recognize it as a riff off Rakim’s “It’s not where you from / It’s where you’re at.”
Utilizing a macro-lens, both statements, personal
philosophies can be debated and with various parties ending with a correct
viewpoint. But, if one focuses on the end result of each statement, then how
does one go about reconciling “where he is” and “what she has learned”.
These past few months I have had many opportunities
to think about formal education and what one is supposed to learn and therefore
achieve with the education. For
simplicity’s sake, why and how is it that everyone is taught the same thing
(the 3 R’s) yet each person learns something entirely different?
Though I concede environment serves as the filter
which determines how we apply knowledge learned, I do wonder whether seeing the
end result, i.e. the achievement of others serves as the primary determinant of
what we learn.
For the most part, the most educated person does
not make the most money; the hardest working people don’t hold the highest
positions; and success tends to be more of who you know rather than what you
know. If you mostly agree with the previous statement, how does that hinder you
when acquiring future knowledge or tackling a job?
“Nothing really matters!” #laurynhill… is an
approach with two disparate heads. One end is zen-like where I am looking
internally, guided by faith that it will work out in the end. The other extreme
is to look outward at the chaos and the apathy and feeling like no amount of
effort can change the inevitable.
So my friends, on life’s journey, what have you
learned?
This month, I bring you two friends who remind me
that it does matter. Their personality draws you to them as individuals and the
work they do rounds it out with true compassion and passion. Please visit their
respective website to learn more.
Book --->Don't Buy The Lie
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Akua Odion
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