“A Jack of all trades is a master of none” is probably one of the most commonly distorted quotes - not just syntactically but also semantically. People use this short-cut version of the original quote1 to sarcastically suggest a person does not have enough skill or knowledge of a trade although s/he may exhibit ‘some’ competence – which severely deviates its meaning from original intent of the quote.
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The motive of this article is to bring forth the idea of “practical relativity”. I’m not daring to stretch the theories of the great Einstein – well you know I am not capable of doing that. Practical relativity here refers to the day to day situations or comparisons that happen among us – inter-personal or intra-personal. For our ease, let us understand inter-personal relativity as the (perceived) difference between two individuals and intra-personal relativity as the difference between two images of a person. To be more precise, we could look at this topic as “social relativity”. The whole idea of this background is to set up a context on what type of relativity I want to elaborate in the following sections of the article.
Oxford dictionary defines learning as “the acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught.” All of us know that learning means acquiring some knowledge. As mentioned above, learning can occur through several means. Yet, everyone of us may not learn with a common perspective. In this article, I will discuss about what I feel is the “art of learning”.
I have failed, you have failed and yes, everyone has failed at least once in their lifetime. Usually, failure is defined as a negative word by dictionaries. Even the feelings and expressions of the failed ones seem painful. However, failure becomes the best experience when you start cherishing it.
Writing is a phenomenon of transforming thoughts and feelings into words. Writings can be of different forms. People write novels, stories and even poems to depict the real or imaginary world. Other forms of writings like articles, news, etc. are intended to enlighten or inform people. There may be several other writing forms as well but here I will converge to article writing.
The word ‘silence’ has long been used to denote the lack of sound. At times, people do not even hesitate to say, “Silence is acceptance.” However, this hypothesis doesn’t always end up being the truth.
The word ‘student’ defines itself. It refers to that person who is eager and thirsty to study and gain knowledge from his heart, mind and soul. But, its meaning and significance get questioned when the word ‘politics’ is appended to it. This makes students leave apart ‘studies’ and get involved in so called political activities. These days, ‘student politics’ has spread in many colleges like a wildfire. Some politicians may support this saying that politics is an essential part of study. If this was the fact then the children in Nursery class would never have learnt A, B, C, D… because they are never taught about politics. I want to ask all the great political leaders of the nation, “Is politics really necessary in the process of gaining knowledge?” The answer is obvious and apparent to everyone including the national level politicians. When will we realize that we have been pushing the students’ identity into stake by encouraging them in politics?
Inability to distinguish between the good education and the right education has plunged a large mass of students into failure and frustration. By saying ‘good education’, I refer to the study fields praised high by our society. In our context, being doctor, engineer, pilot, etc. is considered to be a matter of huge prestige and people pertaining to some other fields are considered worthless. But, in contrary to the general perception, getting the right education is of higher value. ‘Right education’ can be understood as the field of study that best suits ones interests and more importantly, capacity. If we do not dare to cut a line between the good and the right education, the outcomes might lead us to disastrous consequences.
"आज मिति २०६८ साल फागुन महिना ८ गते अर्थात् मेरो दीक्षान्त कार्यक्रमको दिन| मेरो जीवनको अत्यन्त महत्वोपूर्ण दिन हो आज किनकि मैले बर्षौंको मेहेनतको प्रतिफल पाउँदै छु| हो, मैले पोखरा विश्वविधालयको स्नातक तहमा ‘विज्ञान तथा प्रविधि’ संकायबाट सर्वाधिक अंक प्राप्त गरेको छु| सुनेको थिए उक्त संकायबाट अहिलेसम्मकै धेरै अंक हो मेरो| हुन पनि हो, ३.९९ GPA ल्याउनु सामान्य कुरा थिएन र मैले सजिलै ल्याएको पनि हैन अनि कसैले दान दिएको पनि हैन मेरो अंक| मैले रात दिन मेहेनत गर्दै अन्य रमाइलो बिर्सिएको कारण सम्भव भएको हो यो सफलता| तसर्थ म उत्साहित छु; म आफ्नै कावुमा छैन आज| बिहानदेखि नै म छिन-छिनमा घडी तिर हेर्दै छु १ कतिखेर बज्ला भनेर; दीक्षान्त कार्यक्रमको शुभारम्भ १ बजे तोकिएको छ|
‘सुन्दर’ विशेषणमा ‘य’ प्रत्यय जोडिएर बनेको शब्द हो ‘सौन्दर्य’| यो शब्द कुनै ब्यक्ति वा बस्तु को आवरण को ब्याख्या गर्न प्रयोग गरिन्छ| भनिन्छ सौन्दय हेर्ने मान्छेको आँखामा हुन्छ रे| तर मलाई लाग्छ, सौन्दर्य आँखा मात्र नभएर हरेक संबेदनशील अंगले अनुभव गर्ने कुरा हो| मुहारमा मात्र नभएर कसैको आवाजमा, कसैको स्पर्शमा अनि कसैको विचारमा लुकेको हुनसक्छ अदित्यिय सौन्दर्य| यसलाई केवल नियाल्न अनि अनुभव गर्न आबस्यक हुन्छ|
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AuthorSuman Ojha is an Engineer but also has keen interest in writing and enlighting:) Subscribe
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