Education, Degrees, Parenthood, and the Burden of Expectations

This article examines how modern society often reduces education to a tool for earning money, degrees to symbols of status, and children to carriers of parental expectations. It argues that education has increasingly become transactional, where marks, degrees, and career success are valued more than understanding, creativity, and self-awareness. The paper also explores how parental love is frequently intertwined with expectation, social pressure, and personal desires, causing children to grow up under burdens of comparison, fear, and approval-seeking. It highlights the dangers of memorization-based learning, social conditioning, and status-driven parenting while emphasizing the importance of curiosity, critical thinking, and independent self-discovery. Ultimately, the article argues that real education should help human beings understand themselves and the world, rather than simply preparing them for employment or social recognition.