Voices of Youth

Education allows you to speak with confidence on matters that you never imagined to ever be able to speak in great length about.

At 1am, upon finishing a four-hour study session, I explained the conditions and causes for the urban-rural inequality in modern China since 1945 to my friend: from the economic reform to the social benefits provided, to the current educational system. I went on tangent so many times since the topic was so broad, but somehow I was able to paint a general picture for her.

The discussion, somehow, went into Cold War. And so we went from basic realism, to the idea of security dilemma, to the events near the end of World War II, to the arms race, to parity, to the end of arms race and the end of USSR in 1991. When we were done, it was 3am.

Education empowers. It’s a good feeling to be able to talk about things you never imagined knowing.

Life is exciting :D