The process of learning rarely needs formal education.
@aninditasen (18198)
Raurkela, India
June 17, 2023 10:03am CST
This realization dawned into me after I witnessed our maid in Kolkata who has done her schooling. Comes to our house well dressed but doesn't know about a lot of things my illiterate maid knows at Rourkela, my city.
My maid at Rourkela, knows how to use a smart phone though she has never gone to school. She knows what a sandwich maker and idli maker is.
In the photo is a idli maker which surprised our maid here in Kolkata. She just couldn't guess what it was and doesn't know what idli is or what a sandwich toaster is. My illiterate maid at Rourkela I should say is smarter than the one in Kolkata.
Really if a person wants to learn and gain knowledge formal schooling is not always a necessity.
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@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
18 Jun 23
I’d rather have a formal education than know how to use small appliances. They both have knowledge of different things, but a formal education is more valuable in the long run.
Not to say you’re only smart if you have an education. That will never be true. Common sense and natural wisdom go a long way.
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@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
18 Jun 23
@aninditasen She does well with what she does know, which is wonderful. Some people aren’t as “lucky” when it comes to education, but yes, they can be smart other ways, absolutely.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
18 Jun 23
My maid at Rourkela was not lucky enough to get formal education but then she has the interest to learn.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
18 Jun 23
@AmbiePam If we want to learn there are different ways and that's what she is been doing.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
18 Jun 23
Intellect can be acquired and not pushed.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
19 Jun 23
@rebelann Her intellect didn't get discovered at the right time and so she didn't get any formal education.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
18 Jun 23
There is so much one can learn just by being enthusiastic.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
18 Jun 23
That's true. To learn you have to be both enthusiastic and experimental.
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@prashu228 (37518)
• India
18 Jun 23
I wonder how come she doesnt know about an idli stand , even the remote villages people knows what idli is and how it's made.. quite interesting about the maid
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
18 Jun 23
I think she has decided to stick to only Bengali dishes and not extended her avenue of cookery.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
17 Jun 23
I totally agree with that Anindita. Sometimes even common sense eludes those with many high degrees. Sometimes the most lowly have more common sense to know things.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
18 Jun 23
Yes, that's true. Sometimes people with the most humble upbringing turn out to be the smartest.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
17 Jun 23
Just remember, somebody had to show your maid in Rourkela how to use the idli maker and how to use the sandwich toaster. Somebody had to show her how to use the smartphone, too.
Formal education doesn't deal in practicalities . It's a broad education so the person isn't considered ignorant like your illiterate maid. (You wouldn't call her illiterate if you really considered her smart.)
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
18 Jun 23
In India they would call her illiterate as she has never attended school but she has learned a lot from me about cooking and from her daughter who goes to school. She is eager to learn.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
18 Jun 23
So very true. Our ancestors didn't go to school in India in the 1800 but they have left a whole lot of legacy about health and beauty.
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