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The Dangers of Academic Credentials

Learning is wrapped in questioning. Education is simply not going to school. What majority refer to as education is absolutely not. They failed to understand that real education is questioning in disguise. Oftentimes, I had lost in thoughts with an overwhelming curiosity. My curiosity got me into thinking that led to my several questioning prompts, such as; how did education began? Who are the founders of education to humanity? Which university/ies did they attend? How did they come about the idea of education?   Interestingly, I realized that they went to universities of questioning and thought . It has left me with a lasting insight that great achievers are largely products from question-asking and answer-seeking, and not from the popular notion of the highly educated. Nowadays, it’s a pity to recognize that the underlying aim of many that attend school is to obtain Academic Credentials, and perhaps, to come out with good grades. And consequently, they have neglected the actual me