I am not trying to diss education and knowledge or
what. The thing gets more and more important to our lives as we develop in
technology and move into the next centuries ahead, that's obvious. The thing
that worries me the most is about how education is robbing our identities right
in broad daylight! Maybe our great grand ancestors had seen that when they
tried to refuse the offer to education.
Divorce
cases are increasing day by day.
Women now think themselves superior and equal to men
to the extent that they won't even blink in refusing their spouses demands,
which of course they owe them. The holy bible even confirms that. a cultural
Shona proverb is of the dictum that machongwe
maviri haariri pamusha mumwe, meaning to say that for peace and harmony,
somebody has to report to someone, our culture had taken care of the issue well,
education comes to say that women should be treated the same way as men! This
makes it difficult to maintain peace and harmony in a home where there are two
leaders. One can note that in this manner education is there to strike wars
between husbands and wives.
The
rate of unwanted pregnancies and STIs is increasing every day
Because of the so-called human rights, it is now
difficult to control our daughters the way we should be. it used to be a
cultural norm that girls be examined and scrutinized on a given basis so as to
preserve their virginity. Then, girls would strive to keep their virginity for
fear that they get embarrassed in front of their elders. That effectively
controlled the issue of STIs spreading and unwanted pregnancies, yet education
comes on and suggests that it is abuse. Girls now go astray sleeping around
anyhow, they get nothing to be afraid of and that's threatening their health to
the fullest.
Infinity
wars, everyone thinks they can be leaders
Women have advocated for gender equality. It is not
a bad thing. The problem comes now, when because of these so-called ‘gender
rights' the women now want to be the leaders of the household. God instituted
marriages and clearly distinguished the rights of men and women in marriages
after all God is all-knowing, he probably knew all along if there were no
demarcations on anyone's position there would be peace. But instead, women
think that because they are more educated than their husbands then the roles
get reversed. You can not disturb the natural order of God and expect
everything to fall into play, there are bound to be consequences that many will
regret. People often like to listen to advice when they are regretting. You have been forewarned!
Relationships
outside their marriages
Slowly, we are adapting to the western way of
living. It is as if it has become our way of living. Nothing seems wrong in the
mind of the liberalist. People often do not see the right or wrongs of it,
media influence. We see it every day, everywhere so we do not take most of our
time to think about the repercussions. What examples are we setting for the
next generation? If we keep this up what will happen to our way of life? Where
are we leading our children to?
In "Value of documenting African
knowledge", Collence Chisita lamented the distress of not documenting
Zimbabwean culture. Emphasis is on the lack of appreciation and a total
confusion of the attention resulting in a particular kind of logical inaction
on the part of intellectuals amongst Zimbabweans.
In conclusion, in this era, we cannot teach culture
by simply telling the next generation to be wise but to initiate a way of life
such that they learn their culture and they deviate from following in the steps
of our generation. Without any improvement in the society there is bound to be
a cultural lag and before we know it our culture becomes history and we have
lost our identity while emulating other people's culture. We must, therefore,
guard against the idea that our education should incorporate everything new to
society.
