Nay Zin Latt - With educational challenges

Since I was a child, I have heard stories from adults about the ghosts of monks. Ordinary ghosts can be driven away by chanting mantras, but ghosts of monks cannot be driven away by chanting mantras alone. It is said that ghosts of monks follow the chanting mantras from the very beginning of the chanter's chanting, and they chant faster than ordinary monks without any hesitation, showing disrespect.

I have heard of it. I don't know how to drive away the ghosts of monks anymore, but I still remember that when we were children, if we couldn't discipline the naughty children with a few words, the adults would call them ghosts of monks. Why do they call them ghosts of monks? ...

When you reach middle age, thoughts of the ghost of a monk and those who are associated with him often come to mind. As you get older, the image of those who are called ghosts of monks becomes more vivid.

I remember an experience from my childhood when I was in school. When the revolutionary government came to power and took over the public property, the schools were also taken over. English schools were abolished and a Burmese-language priority education system was implemented. In the parliamentary era, English was taught from kindergarten, but in the socialist era, it was only taught from the fifth grade. When we were still young, we were still young in education. At that time, many ghosts of monks began to appear in English.

The English that they had learned through close contact became more fluent than others when they were in Burmese schools. In fact, they did not have a foundation. At that time, the English level of those who were about 10th or 9th graders could really be recognized, but the English quality of those who had just entered middle school could be compared to that of a child with weak legs. The Ba Maungs were in the second class. They became ghosts of monks, learning English that was only a little bit better than the new students. When they grew up, when they became adults, when they entered the workplace, they learned more and more. They were not good enough, not good enough, not good enough. However, time did not wait for the Ba Maungs, and they had to retake the English diploma separately when they were older. They had to retake more books. However, when they were older, they could not learn as quickly, quickly, and remember as they had when they were younger.

 

I had a friend during my six-year study at the Institute of Technology. Around 1970, I had the opportunity to meet some of the remaining foreign teachers at the Institute of Technology. It was the last period of the "True, True, True" (excluding Ba Maung). The students and students of the Sue Taw School at that time can still remember. Although they did not have a complete set of teaching aids, they still had a lot of them. Even if they did not read the latest books, they could still refer to books from more than 10 years ago. In 1988, the last sunset of socialism, the Sue Taw brothers and sisters were not even allowed to do their graduation thesis. I think that the number of those who had been running blind all their lives and worked hard on their final thesis and were able to return to their normal level of proficiency, was more than half, Ba Maung thought. Ba Maung himself was among them.

Ba Maung's school friend had always been a bit of a 'swa'. He had impressed his teachers by presenting his projects better than he had thought. Did the teachers' positive comments about everything he did lead to his monkish life? Did his own free-spiritedness forge his monkish life? Ba Maung and I don't share, and he must have examined himself in this day and age. However, time is not something that can be turned back. There is one thing, that friend's personality is that he knows what the teachers like and does well, and he is full of prayers for "May they see and love you."

He is more of a teacher than a peer. He is a person who talks down to others. After four, five or six years of living together, they don't want to be friends with him anymore. It's not the teachers' fault, but they can only see him through the "teacher's perspective." What kind of student would reveal his true character in front of his teachers? This culture is still ingrained in the Ba Maung people, and it is probably still a habit. I would say that it is a culture that makes the elders make wrong judgments.

When they enter the workplace as adults and mature, their reading and writing skills gradually become more and more clear. But with the old man who was always on the move, that friend was neither the opposite nor the same. No matter what they say, they are still friendly. The workplace is result-oriented. If they say good things, they seem to work at first impression, but after a while, the environment begins to distinguish between working and being. If the results are not good, the future is no longer guaranteed. It is an era of profit-oriented times, and good words and flattery are no longer support for the long term.

That friend left for America soon after finishing school. After four or five years, I heard that he was working in Singapore. We had no contact in the meantime. The competition in America was so fierce that I could roughly understand that he had come to Singapore through a process. After four or five years in Singapore, he returned to Burma. His return to Burma was not so bad. The return to America and Singapore certificates provided him with a small amount of support. It also coincided with the rapid development of Myanmar’s construction industry, and that friend got a lot of work. However, after 1998, even the certificates could not save him. He had to struggle to compete with the new generation of returnees like him.

Although engineering was not studied until graduation, entrepreneurs have become quite knowledgeable through practical work. One of the advantages of a market economy is that knowledge is free flow. At least knowledge has been acquired. Those who have systematically learned the science have become experts, but entrepreneurs have also become knowledge friendly. They have become able to calculate profits. They have acquired the ability to choose the best. If they are really not capable, they have no choice but to leave the place. This is an era where there is no other way.

There is no "perfect sandbox" for any system. In the era of globalization, the world's currents shape the era and the system that other countries must follow. If we resist, we will only be left far from progress. We can only accept a system as an agent.

Market Oriented Economy.ozê wêGegap:3028 waệwacap: - More than that, more intense. If you are not really good, you cannot grow. It has become an era where just eating sesame seeds can only last for a single morning.

According to research, even in the world's number one (1) United States, family businesses account for 90% of the country's business. It is estimated that the percentage in ASEAN countries is much higher. In the United States, after (2) years of establishing a business, 41% of businesses are unable to compete.

It has been noted that over 60% of companies fail after 4 years and 87% fail after 6 years.

Out of 3,000 ideas, only 4 have reached the stage of being practical and only 2 have been able to be put into the market. Of these, only 1 has been able to gain a market share. You can imagine how difficult it is to “become” a fish in water. Even that one is not a fish in water, it is just a fish in water.

The more the market economy becomes, the more intense the competition becomes. The survival of the fittest is also a characteristic. In a command economy, opportunities are the main source of growth, but in a market economy, there are very few opportunities for self-interest, self-interest, and nepotism. These factors are also indicators of the quality of the market economy. The emergence of more civil society organizations can also be taken as an indicator. The rise of “Hawk” and the fall of “Shield” are due to the competence of the leaders. Whether sustainability is possible depends on the competence of the competitors.

In this era where we need to have sharp thoughts, knowledge, and opinions, we need to be able to objectively assess the level of knowledge and skills we have. If you are not ready to enter the ring, you should not join the market economy.

Many people today do not have business degrees, but they understand the basics through experience and knowledge. I have noticed that the new generation is quite confused about the difference between GDP and GNP. Many traders are anticipating the outcome of Middle East tensions, border problems, and political crises. In the United States, we are in an era where we analyze and prepare for what will happen if the Republicans win, and what will happen if the Democrats win.

In such a time, in such an era, the monks should really know the world. They should get rid of the idea of ​​"I don't know enough about myself." There should be no ingrained knowledge, no unfounded thoughts, nothing can be true forever. What's worse is that they think they know without knowing.

The ghosts of monks. The idea that people who do not know, think they know, and know without knowing is now firmly established, and those who do not want to study anymore, and who consider themselves to be full of water, say, "You cannot add more knowledge. In fact, the knowledge and skills that you have are not eternal. Even those who really know and have learned still accept the concept of Continuous Learning.

I still remember an old saying from an old woman.

The stupid people in the world are stupid people.

A fool who knows he is a fool is only half a fool.

Fools who don't know they are fools are twice as fools.

Golden Eye (12/2008)