"The roots of education are
bitter, but the fruit is sweet." - Aristotle
Students must not take their academic
lives easily as this stage and age doesn’t come again. This is the stage where students must learn
maximum in their academic institutions as they are not engaged with too many
responsibilities. However, most of the
students enjoy their lives in this stage ignoring their academics. But they realize their mistakes after completion
of their academic lives especially when they enter into employment. This doesn’t mean they should totally devote
their lives on academic by ignoring other activities. In fact, there must be a balance between the
both academics and non-academics.
Students must focus on learning all
subjects equally through their attending skills in the classroom. They may not appreciate certain subjects but
it is essential to emphasize on all subjects equally to acquire basic
knowledge. It helps them become jack of
all trades in their lives. It is like knowing something of everything. At the same time they must emphasize on a
particular domain in which they are passionate, and are interested to grow. Hence,
focusing on all subjects equally will make them jack of all trades and emphasizing
on a specific domain makes them master of that trade. Succinctly, it is like knowing something of
everything, and everything of something.
Students must strengthen their base in
the initial stage itself to strengthen their roots. They may not find the results immediately but
they can reap great rewards in later part of their lives. Stephen R. Covey
reveals in his book, The 8th
Habit from Effectiveness to Greatness as follows:
“There’s a certain species of the
Chinese bamboo tree that, when you plant it, you see nothing for four
years. Just a little shoot out of the
ground and that’s it. You weed, water,
cultivate, nurture and do everything you can to make it successful, but you see
nothing. In the fifth year, this
particular species of the Chinese bamboo tree grows up to eighty feet. Then, once it had its root in place, all of
the growth went above the ground and was visible, giving evidence to the cynics
of the growth that had been occurring all along.” Hence, you must strengthen your academic base
during the education institutions itself so that you can become confident with
knowledge, and can succeed in the corporate world.
"You can't have the fruits
without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories precede
Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good
relationships with others." -- Stephen Covey
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