EDUCATING THE EDUCATED : IMPACT OF EDUCATION ON CULTURE



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. 

It doesn't take any certificate to note that most of the immoralities of this age are brought about by, if not supported by education. To see the impact of education one must first note that, the basis of our modern culture was based on the Holy Bible. Is it still? Here is a list of the things that were unheard of before education corrupted our minds, changed our focus, direction and made us puppets right in our own lives. It is because of education that:

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.

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