I have been thinking about how the University changes the life. It’s supposed this is time to think with critical mind, and it would be good. But I’m not sure this process really exists.
I saw how the students change their political ideology. Some of them even become in political activists. But the rebound-effect of watching some years to our stinky politicians, or the daily numb convert them in conservative cynics. They finally vote to the no-so-bad party.
I saw how the students lose their religion. It wouldn’t be necessary bad if they should maintain the values that they miss in the Catholic Church. But, in fact, the lonely value they get is to be practical… for oneself. I hear mass criticism against religion. Nonetheless, I only see a very little part of the mass taking action to make a better world.
I could write too about how the students should go out to the real world as ethical professionals. But it’s very difficult when I see day by day unethical actions of some of our teachers and University governors. So, if students go into the University thinking in an speedy degree to get money, they go out of the University thinking only in the money. Knowledgement doesn’t matter.
Last week I met a friend after some years. She was my first pupil, I teached her Maths and Phisics when she was in the last High School year, ten years ago. She was a nice writer in that time.
I asked her ‘Do you still write?’. It was a rhetoric question, I thought she still wrote. It thrilled her a lot. But she sadly said me she doesn’t. ‘University changed my life. People didn’t interest about my writings. So I gave up.’
So, are we talking about a time to begin to change the world, or only a time to become like real world want us?