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.

My question is crystal, and relevant because you are also caught up in this system of rules that you have to abide to. I was not even there, it was the early stages of our time there exist the great minds of all time(at least we think so) who came up with all the inventions and they lived their lives smoothly not anxious of anything because there was no standard back then. Creativity was endorsed and failure meant try again. They lived out of their hobby, well there where no careers back then. Your career was yourself, what are you bringing in the table. From Gallelio making the first telescope to Jobs giving us the best pixels in our machines.

Later on we took their life style(Shakespeare, Newton, Einstein, Aristotle, etc.) and turned it into the way of life i.e. The Rules. I have been wondering lately why are we not creative? inventive? and satisfied? then I came to a conclusion that its because we are not wearing our shoes, they just don't fit. We took people's hobbies and turned them into our careers neglecting our hobbies in which we can find contentment in. I am reminded of a story I was told whereby animals met to compete with on another, and swimming was the standard in which their victory was measured by; the Elephant drowned, Lion drowned, Giraffe drowned you can now see the trend and obviously the aquatic animals made it, why?

(Think about it, before you continue)

The Rules tells us to go study, get good grades so that we can secure a good job. They don't tell us that the government will take more than our tithing through tax and promise us a retirement fund in which we wont live to benefit from since life expectancy is low. Who set the rules? Why do we have to work on most half a day(8 hours and stuck in traffic) then come home tired depriving our kids and spouse family experience? Who told us to sleep when there is a moon and work when there is sun, in fact why should we work from the first place? Are we caught up in a system of rules  and we are stuck in it because we are afraid of change?

"Don't send a Duck to an Eagle school"
- John C. Maxwell, Golden Leadership

You may read this from the first time here on this blog that this is an old system of slavery. You go to work for a pay check(worse: once a month!) like slaves submitted to their masters for a meal. No work No pay, and its not like they are paying you enough so that you can be free, they pay you enough so that you can be more dependent to them month after month. Pay your bills(at least most of them) and by mid month you have zilch then you anticipate for the end of the month for a pay check! Its 21st Century Slavery and to tell you the truth its disgusting. If a slave doesn't work he will either get beaten or killed. If you don't work you will be beaten(hurt because you can no longer feed your dependents) or killed(what are you going to eat?) until you decide to go to your master(Employers) to use you then give you a meal(pay check) that will sustain you half a month. Sometimes you get caught up not even realizing that the check comes only 12 times in a year. Are you enjoying your job? If you do, big ups! If you don't i.e. working because you have to not want to? then there is no difference between you and the slaves who where taken from Africa to build America in boats. Who has set the rules?!

Education is the key, but I am afraid the locks have been changed over time as a result our graduates are seeking jobs at the robots(traffic lights to my readers from England) and are desperate for jobs. The very same education that claims to be the key teaches us how to submit not how to rule because immediately we rule, the rules are going to change. Who has set the rules? The reason you work nine-to-five its because a motto company decided that in the 50's. Have you ever questioned the logic of numbers, like why 1 + 1 = 2, Who has set that rule?

There is a threat issued to those who don't want to abide by the Rules. They will be killed by the very system of rules that is set. To mention a few survivors: Zuckerburg didn't abide, and manage to revolutionize social media. Steve Jobs didn't abide, and manage to revolutionize the tech device industry. Gordon Moore didn't abide, and manage to revolutionize the processors we use on our computers. For how long will you be trapped in the status quo?

When will your liberty come? There are only two types of people in this world; nails and hammers. Which one are you?