The Future of Education
Dependent Scholar versus Independent Scholar (A Satirical Approach)
Dibakar Pal, Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta (India)
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Creative writing does not inform rather reveals. So it bears no reference. The present article is an outcome of creative writing meant for lay readers. As such free style is the methodology adopted so that pleasure of reading can be enjoyed by the common mass. As you know well that Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the immortal essayist, wrote many essays namely Of Love, Of Friendship, Of Ambition, Of Studies, etc. The myriad-minded genius rightly pointed out that all the words of the dictionary can be the themes of essays one can write. But little has been done, in this regard since his death, in order to finish his unfinished monumental works. In fact Bacon's way of presentation i.e., his unique individual style kindled the imagination already in me and encouraged me as well to write essays, in the light of creative writing, thus to get relief through Catharsis.
SOURCE OF THE IDEA
Boston University, USA asks to submit Scholarly Writing sample for admission in MA(English) and Creative Writing sample for admission in MA(Creative Writing). Now the question arises what is the difference between these two types of writings. How one can judge a writing either is the brain child of a scholar or a creator.
ABSTRACT
Universities produce scholars. They are geniuses. But there are so many geniuses who cannot, and do not want to, attend university. They are diverted geniuses, or rather, they are misguided missiles. University scholars are like flowers of the garden that grow and cannot live without the tender touch of the affectionate gardener. Their growth depends on care. On the other hand independent scholars are like the flowers of the hill of far off lands that experience heat and hailstorm. Yet they rise high alone and independently. Nature is their real mother. The rustic beauty of wild flowers is more enchanting than the beauty of those flowers of the garden of civilization. Only a fortunate globetrotter enjoys such beauty in untrodden hills. In this paper the basic differences between scholar and creator are discussed. I argue that a scholar is honoured everywhere but a creator gets hatred instead and thereby dies unfed, unwept, unsung and unknown as well. The paradox is that a Shakespearean scholar, doing research on the immortal creations of Shakespeare, is awarded a Doctoral Degree, but Shakespeare, the creator himself, had no formal education beyond school.
