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Understanding The Structural Problems in Education, Unemployment
& Health by M.F.Arnold
Formal
Education (secular & religious) is primarily seen as a must for progress,
yet many people, including the Prophet (Pbuh) had no formal education. He could
not read/ write. He was as pure as when his mother gave birth to him
(Um-mee-yuun). Thus, he was absolutely pure in thought and action because he
was unadulterated - uncontaminated by outside influence and indoctrination. He
observed life and appealed to the Greatest Truth, Allah SWT, for Guidance and
he received it for humanity. With the Support of God, he acted fearlessly and
courteously and Arabia was transformed from a barbaric existence to the seat of
enlightenment.
It
is understandable that every effort will be made by people without faith in God
to try and influence people to believe in human systems to survive. Their
constructs create fears in people to give their assets to them for protection,
progress and survival. If fears come from satan, then anyone who succumbs to
fears will become a disciple of satan, because he/she will promote belief in fear and lose the strength of
positivity, which is faith in God, Almighty, as Provider, Protector and
Powerful.
To
create fear they create systems and constructs that break down the self-worth
of people:
1.
Standardise all through
“education” and give no credit for talent and informal learning
2.
Group the masses
so that competition can thrive and cut-throat tactics can be employed
3.
Create
hierarchies to delay qualitative response to build frustration in business
& religion
4.
Give titles
“academic achievers” to instill in people obedience in bureaucracy
5.
Control people through
consistent monitoring by management of bureaucracy
6.
Support Sport to
feed the aggression and group mentality of competitive natures
7.
Create policies
for external assessments – with curricula drafted by the enfranchised - to drive
acceptance of hierarchy that drags out learning, ensures a lack of self-worth, control
the job-market, create a pool of unemployed to ensure exploitive wage offers –
the modern slavery.
These
kinds of systems and constructs create the structural educational dilemmas,
unemployment, crime and illness by those who feel the manipulation, but lack
the skills and support to make qualitatively changes, because the majority of
people have been brainwashed in accepting the status quo. That does not mean
that I condone anti-social behaviour, but that I understand the origin of it
and can sympathise with the victims of social, intellectual, economic, cultural
and religious abuse. This is possible, because the fear and control mechanisms
feed the lower ego of man that wants to be in charge and control others. That
is why slaves often later became slave-owners
and the abused often becomes the abusers. This simple indoctrination of fear
sells products of “security” – loans, insurance, credit, education, burials and
products and services that feed the fears. Attachment to the earthly ‘awards’
often becomes a lifestyle – and people forget to be thankful to the Provider –
God Almighty, Who Grants Gifts.
When
people realise that what they possess is a trust from God Almighty, which they
can share and work with, then they will help each other to achieve success
without fear of them losing position or safety. This simple Qur’anic Guideline
frees all to respect each other and help each other succeed, because there is
no better feeling in life than to know you have helped someone reach his/her
dream. This is how each one becomes accredited by Allah (SWT) and then respected by man and feels truly valued from within - the nearness to God. Crime and
exploitation will cease to exist - In shaa Allah Aameen – because no-one will
live in fear of being alone and without genuine support. This will improve health and welfare of people and reduce the many ills and crime that stem from a society that feel marginalised, vulnerable and exploited with the bureaucratic life style we have all become accustomed to and even be so blind to use the same bureaucratic tools to try and solve the socio-economic problems created by the systems - we have to think holistically and out of the box and be weary of the fractionalised education which aims to retard, rather than advance people.
