Are we better off than yesterday?

Life has certainly become easier and more comfortable for the current generation as compared to that of people who belonged two generation ago. Technology and establishment of individual rights in a rational society are the sole reason for easing out the various difficulties an average human faced during the past. The primary purpose of technological and scientific development is to provide solutions to the various problems prevailing at a given time in history, be it under the medical field or the entertainment industry. The troubles have been enervated and what were fatal problems of yester years look implausible to cause harm in today's world. The eradication of major diseases and advancement of medicines for most of the common ailments has reflected in the increase in life-expectancy of a human being. not only has technology and science assured mitigation of life risks, it also strives to ensures that quality of life improves through various factors like better communication and transportation facilities. The entertainment industry improves not only the audio-visual treatises in every movie or music composition that releases with better technological support, but also strives to relinquish the wide imaginations and desires of the customers of the entertainment industry. There is a tendency across the globe to move towards a society that acknowledges the individual sentiment and establish a rational social equilibrium. This assertion may seem far-fetched when seeing the disturbances in the media and the various communal fights that are prevalent, but these have surfaced to the sight of the common man only due to the rise in media awareness. We have moved away from the World war era where the life of common man was sacrificed and even during peace times, harmony was to be enforced with random curfew and related social stabilization policies. Grandparents would often cite times when they couldn’t step out their place for days and when daily utilities were scarce to get were rationed frugally. The visualization of increase in the standard of living can be seen in the increase in usage of mobile phones, vehicles and gadgets that make things easier. But all these come with a price of more perseverance and increased risk of defaulting on credit. In today's world, anything can be procured on credit and life can be lived on a day on day basis. But the expectations of performances have increased along with the rising complexities of social life. Hence the comfort that the current generation is living in can be sustain in the long run only if the people of the current generation exercise a sense of restraint while enjoying and purchase on credit keeping in mind the increase liability towards repaying their debts.

Common curriculum across the nation

A nation should not impose a rule of a single national curriculum in school till college. At the outset, this suggestion may look attractive since it seeks more equanimous society in the future by providing the same educational opportunities to everybody in school. But, there may be serious consequences due to elimination of choice for the individual participants during the course of accessing the fundamental need of education in the early stages of life. Every individual has a different aspiration, different aptitude sets towards different various & range of social as well as biological capabilities.It may be argued that the diverse educational requirements may be fulfilled after they enter college & till then, a generalized curriculum can be perceivably better for an equity in the society. Superimposing a fixed educational setup for the first 12 years of student life can be acheived in two ways: (a) Select all topics across the major disciplines & cover the basic knowledge required to enter college with specialities. (b) Select a curriculum structure which trains the pre-college teens towards the commercial world, tuning the course work with the socio-economic requirements of manpower planning & social harmony. Developing either of these strategies is not deterministic & assumes a smoothe transition from pre-college to college mindset in a very short time. Hence, there should be two to three standards of education based upon overall difficulty & academic rigour. The range should suffice the needs of parents who want to prepare their children for international standards and who are well-endowed as well as those who want their children to get a modest learning with minimal stress. The second problem is presence of barriers in setting such a common framework. The cultural topography, geography as well as socio-economy of nations hardly remain uniform across the states. There are regional languages which people prefer to learn, regional authors/peots whose contribution is essential for the basic education to that region. The elimination of choice of state-wise curriculum will erode opportunities to learn these regional factors. The nation can impose a common language of instruction for pre-college students but enforcing a common curriculum is not justified enough.