Education

"If young people could learn everything from the Internet, why should we spend so much on education?" Hebe asked.

"My friend, education - or I should say our education system - is not meant for educating the younger generation. Look at their content and curriculum and it's pretty obvious. From the social or governmental point of view, however, education serves two important purposes."

"Yes...?"

"First, when education is free and easily available, the younger generation would spend longer in the unversity. Since old people do not retire and job vacancies are vanishing, education is an excellent strategy to bring down the unemployment rate."

Hebe nodded - she could not agree more. Her friend went on.

"And educaiton is a convenient way of brainwashing. You learn something when you are a kid and you will be convinced that it is correct - religion, patriotism, universal value, and what not. Whatever you teach a kid, it gets imprinted in their mind and won't get challenged for the rest of their life. If you give the same message to all children, they would become cohesive and believe there is some core value of their country..."

Hebe could not help shivering.