Very few people in Pakistan have the luxury to ‘stay hungry, stay foolish’; given our value systems.
LONDON: This is with reference to the editorial titled “Steve Jobs (1955-2011)” published on October 6. Unfortunately for us in Pakistan, many thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of ‘Steve Jobs’ are never able to fulfill their potential. Children study subjects they don’t enjoy, do degrees that don’t inspire them, join professions on their parents demand and remain unfulfilled. In an education system, and indeed a state, where martial values are supreme, standing straight, marching in a straight line and imposing fines on your uniform is the benchmark of ‘discipline’ and good education regardless of what is actually being taught in the classroom.
Very few people in Pakistan have the luxury to ‘stay hungry, stay foolish’; given our value systems such a person would be called a waste of space.
RIP Steve Jobs.
Nadir El-Edroos
Published in The Express Tribune, October 8th, 2011.
