An RJ question I did today that seems rather useful for all to read :D HAHA
RJ Question : Should we value useful knowledge and skills more than useless knowledge and skills?No, I do not agree that we should value useless knowledge and skills more than what is seemingly ''useless'' knowledge and skills.
Knowledge that is of immediate use now is often deemed as useful and knowledge without immediate use is often despised. Parents often complain that their children spend most of their time gaining invaluable knowledge instead on focusing on what is important. However, we should not despise useless knowledge as it might be useful one day.
Despite knowledge not being useful at the moment, we must learn to embrace such knowledge and appreciate them for their existence. It is important not to be critical of what we judge as it can be faillable and biased- Today''s useless knowledge might be placed into good use tomorrow.
For example, I am a fan of a Taiwanese singer of a band who was actually discovered online. He was majoring in Journalism and Broadcasting in University before he was offered the job as an entertainer. When he joined the entertainment circle, he was at the advantage in comparison to the other boys in the same band: He had additional talents of singing, playing the piano and blowing the flute. When he was pursuing a degree in Journalism, his 'useless' talents of learning musical instruments did not come in handy. But there was a sudden turn in his life and now what was deemed as useless were now considered an important source of his income.
It is important to have a thirst for learning as through knowledge, we are able to increase in creativity, ability and productivity in many areas of our lives. It is also important to note that to gain creativity is through knowledge and ideas (Creativity does not mean
artistic) the only way we can get creativity is through knowledge.
The more knowledge we have creative we become.
For instance, if we want to know how to get the value ''16'', if we know our basic maths, we know that the number ''16'' can be gained from addition (8+8), subtraction (20-4), multiplication (8 x 2), and division (48/3). However, if we know more than just our basic maths, we will also be able to gain ''16'' through Exponential (4^2)... and the list goes on and on.
What the above example is really trying to show is: the more you know, the more you can do.
That is when abilities come in. When you have more abilities in life, we increase in our value in the market. We also feel more confident in a place of position and ability we are confident of.
When we increase in our abilities, so does our value.
And when our reputations are raised, we attract opportunities and other talents who want to learn from us. Also when we have the ability to do more than one thing we are good at, we increase in our productivity.
Bringing it closer to us, it is the same for Year 1 Republic Polytechnic students who study core modules such as cognitive thinking, enterprise skills, maths, science and communications. Many would complain why study them when they are of no use to their future career anymore? It is important to remind ourselves that what we study today could be of good use in the future.
It is unpredictable when they would come in handy, but even so, we are given a chance to something that others are not given the opportunity to learn.
In summary, knowledge determines the value in our life.
And useful and ''useless'' knowledge should be valued with equality.
