End of Traditional Thinking

Back when we were kids, we were told that if you study hard, complete your homework on time and score high in your exams, you will win a prize. Winning the 1^st prize was equivalent to how Lionel Messi would feel if he were to win the Football World cup. Then we began to grow up. These prizes evolved into bigger things such as getting admission in the top rated colleges, graduating in the top ten percentile, landing a job in the “Forbes Best 50 Employers’s List” companies and finally, earning a lot of money. But times have changed now.

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It seems as though students in Bangladesh understood the constraints facing the government in terms of providing free education and guaranteed employment way before the civil servants. These bright minds realized that following the traditional path to success no longer ensures achievement of success. Therefore, they decided to write their own fortune by investing time into “Projects” that would yield money instantly.

These projects range from freelancing to Facebook marketing, home tutoring to owning online businesses, working part time in coaching centers to playing the role of a full-time news reporter etc. These projects, in reality, help beef up an individual’s resumes both in the eyes of recruiters as well as university professors that can provide funding for postgraduate studies. Some students are pursuing these projects as a standalone full time job since these are earning them more money than a regular full-time job.

It is wonderful to learn about such initiatives taken by students these days. These initiatives are providing livelihood to many families. In some cases, these projects are contributing significantly in earning foreign currency for the country. The only thing that these young minds lack is social support. Since most families are not well acquainted with these imminent sources of income, they fail to provide proper support. However, it is not putting a stop to their flow of work.

The purpose of writing this article is simply to state the obvious. In this fast paced world, no tradition will sustain for too long. If one should get accustomed to something, its unconventional thinking. For a city like Dhaka, unconventional seems to be the word for the survivor.