Today I have decided to
write a post on an issue that worries us both as parents and as educators since many
of us have had to give guidance to our sons/daughters/students on how to choose
a career path. In spite of the severe economic crisis we are
going through, I reckon we should encourage our youth to take ownership of their lives, choose
something they like, master it and then make a living by doing what they love
most.
Therefore, to help young
people make the correct choices perhaps we could start by asking them: What
would you do if money were no object? This is a question British philosopher
and writer Alan Watts (1915-1973) asked himself and I would
say he gave a truly appropriate answer in an amazing lecture from his last years.
I believe his speech could be the starting
point for a very interesting debate in our Citizenship/ Philosophy/ Tutorials
classes.
The following video summarizes the ideas of his lecture quite
accurately:
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