Do you realize how much the education system in this country (and elsewhere, I presume) prepares you for 'life'? Today is Orientation Day for my oldest child, who enters middle school shortly after Labor Day. I'm sure most of us can look back (way back) to that day and recall the anxiety we faced. Suddenly, class sizes grew, the entire grade's population grew, and importantly, rather than being part of the top grade in elementary school, we were thrust into the lowest rung at a new school.
Thankfully, the year progressed, and soon we were the top rung (or at least, no longer the 'newby' on the block, as it were). We figured out changing classes, locker combinations, and how to take very quick showers after Phys. Ed. Heck, I even learned how to square dance which, while I have not had the opportunity to participate in since then, I'm sure would be just like riding a bike if I ever had the chance to participate in such dancing again.
But, the creme de la creme only lasts so long, right? In just 1-2 years we were thrust back to the lowest rung again, this time in high school - and, of course, it took longer to climb back to the top in high school; or at least it felt that way.
Ah, 12th grade ... graduation from high school and you're on top of the world, right? But, whether you head off to college, a trade school, the military, or simply a starting position at some job, you get thrust right back down to the bottom rung. And, depending on which path you decided to take, that rung may have seemed much further down than the last time.
In time, again, we learn, we experience, and we climb the ladder of life. What the education system does, is it lessens our psychological "defeat", if you will, to the repeating "slam" back to the lower rungs. Because, of course, that is how life treats us. We graduate college or serve our four years in the military or perhaps our company goes out of business, and then we must pick ourselves up and go look for another opportunity. And, our background gives us the experience to understand that we can do it. We can achieve our goals, even if we get knocked around every so often.
I know, nothing really on the legal front in this blog, but I thought the issue presented was timely.
Have a Great Day!
