Why Go to University? Moti Nissani,

Why Go to University?

Moti Nissani, USA (1947-)

This essay is about the deferent of University education. The writer says education is extremely valuable because it makes us different from other creatures. Getting a university degree not only helps us to get a job and promotion but also reforms our character and morality. It’s only through education an individual knows the real meaning of life.

b. Apply the four levels of meaning to “Why Go TO University?”

Literal comprehension: This suggestive essay “Why Go to university?” has been written by a versatile American writer, Moti Nissani. Though there are few disadvantage of going to university education there are many more advantage of it. There is high change to get job for the educated one. In job, promotion and qualification university education becomes backbone. Secondly, we can solve various personal, social as well as national problems if we are educated and awarded. The education of good health and healthy life can be achieved form this educational system. Again, educated persons can hardly be cheated by other rather they can easily remove the social evils and superstitions. The educated persons have good prestige and respect in the society since they are the pillars of national development. Mental horizon is widened as that thinking, attitudes, characters are also become hospitable and cultured ones. Social horizon is enlarged with the help of university education. Again, internal satisfaction and self-understanding is possible by this education. Getting education of university is a good mental exercise. The world and its multiple aspects, ecology, human life and environment, political, cultural changes are possible to know with the help of university education. There are ample advantages in acquiring university education in our life.

Interpretation: Some of us are taking university education without knowing its true purpose but for formality. Some of people have not taken this education being unknown about the multiple advantages of acquiring it. Real education for life and our career is got from university education. Our interest must be positive and we must have earnest desire to get this education so that we can make our future bright. This essay might be trying to tell that civilized and cultured life can be attained with the help of university education. We educated and uneducated people must change our attitude towards university education. Because only truly award and educated person can understand what life really is?

Critical Thinking: We can’t deny the ideas given as the advantageous point in gaining university education. Besides, we can raise some disagreeable points against the writer. Are educated people really respected in this money minded society? Are there really chances for opportunities and jobs for educated people? Can all level people gain university education? Can find the ideals of education in Nepali universities? Has not the politic spoiled actual ethics of university education? Can only knowledge give/ sustain our life?

Assimilation: After reading this essay I widened my mental horizon as said by the writer. There is no good political system or true democratic system in Nepal. Most of our leaders are not getting university education so democracy has not been developed gradually. Again, I knew that besides getting job, there are many more advantages in getting university education. True political system can be established with the help of university education and true utilization of it.

c. What are the advantages and disadvantages in going for university education according to Moti Nassani?

Disadvantages:

-          University education is not suitable to everybody because of its expensiveness.

-          Engaging in university education kills our time for earning money and financial development.

-          Such education brings forth unnecessary tension and mental burden to our mind.

-          Being indifference to university education is a way of being satisfied: the more we know serious our life becomes.

-          Sometimes such education becomes lingering of time than productivity.

Advantages:

-          University education is used to have higher social standard, prosperous life, highly improved income and quality of life.

-          Higher education is a guardian to avoid a number of socio-cultural, economical problems by extending multi-faced ideas so that educated person rarely be cheated rather become master in everything.

-          Since education and health are interrelated ideas so education helps the people to have healthy life.

-          Educational sectors and institutions are all mental fields so better education leads us to have better mind and better thinking.

-          Education makes a person self-dependent or self-sufficient so that educated or knowledge people are able supposed to be the ideal and reputed persons in any society.

-          Having interest is way to progress. So, interest in learning new thing is ever encouraged by higher education by nourishing the varieties of books.

-          Being social creature human gets widen the social horizon with the help of higher education.

-          Again, education is a strong tool for personal freedom to differentiate what is right and what is wrong. It means the knowledge or educated people examine able everything critically and reasonably.

-          Through the educational process we are acknowledged about co-existence in the universe. It is the educated person who understands that all species of the earth are equally important for existence.

-          Since there is interrelationship between democracy and education, education purifies and makes a matured democracy.

In short, there are limitless advantages of university of education despite of its few drawbacks. It is the higher education that helps to lead quality, independent, healthy, sound and reasonable life. So most of Nissani’s ideas are fully supported here.