Unlearning Entrepreneurship

The Toad, having finished his breakfast, picked up a stout stick and swung it vigorously, belabouring imaginary animals. 'I'll learn 'em to steal my house!' he cried. 'I'll learn 'em, I'll learn 'em!' 'Don't say "learn 'em," Toad.' said the Rat, greatly shocked. 'It's not good English.' 'What's the matter with his English' said the Badger, 'why are you nagging the Toad? I also do the same and it's good enough for me, it ought to be good enough for you!'  'I am very sorry said the Rat humbly.'Only I think it ought to be "teach 'em", not "learn 'em". 'But we don't want to teach said the Badger. 'we want to LEARN 'em-- learn 'em, learn 'em! and what's more, we're going to DO it, too!'

In the case of the Toad and the Badger their interest was not only to distribute knowledge, but it was also learning. This simply means that their definition of education is a two-way street. Not in our lecture halls, unfortunately, we are no longer having lectures but we go to the halls and listen to talks. The content being taught at schools, at least in South Africa is irrelevant, ineffective and lethal hence we have to unlearn. Wait... How did I arrive at this conclusion?

It's easy, take a look at social media platforms and the content in which our millennials are tweeting and twerking about (I also don't know where does twerking fit). It actually exposes what is happening in the classroom i.e. Nothing. If the school was effective we won't be having #MinimumWage as a trend and we won't be voting for ANC because it promises us a social grant. Since we are talking about money, the education system is not mindful of the entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship landscape. It is stuck in 19 something when Jan van Riebeek arrived at the cape, it's basis is on slavery.

The problem began...

Doing my ninth grade, I was taught that the aim of the business it to make a profit. This provoked excitement, but at a later stage after not making a dime for a year I realised that money is a byproduct of impact and value. You provide impact and add value, like smoke when a fire is lit, it appears.
Here is another one, "I am an entrepreneur, I am my own boss" these kinda people are either still living in a back room or can't write entrepreneurship without auto correct. The reality is: when you are an entrepreneur the government, clients, shareholders are all your boss' take a seat, Mr Happy Socks.
As our education system produces spoilt brats and low self-esteemed human beings, we end up with 9 out of 10 businesses failing within the first three years. 

Let me explain this further.

What happened when someone failed a grade? he was dimmed as a loser and an incompetent bastard who is wasting parents money. Ignoring the fact that only one out of 7 methods of teaching were practised and the content he is learning is irrelevant to the society around (I still can't figure out why I was taught about King Louis the Sixteenth). In the business realm, failing doesn't mean that. It's an achievement that you at least know what is not working. As of spoilt brats, our graduates are beggars.
I don't find it cute holding a banner saying that you have a degree in engineering and looking for a job at the robots(my English friends, I am referring to traffic lights).

Talking about traffic light... we didn't even invent that. How does a nail clipper work? You would be still chewing your teeth if they didn't introduce it to you, comfort zone. I agree with the founder of LinkedIn when he says entrepreneurship is like jumping off the cliff and building an aeroplane on your way down. The information you have learnt at school is outdated and poisonous, unlearn it or learn the hard way.