标题: Some words about blacktangerina [打印本页] 作者: wayne 时间: 2004-2-1 17:11 标题: Some words about blacktangerina
They say knowledge is power. However, many people confuse knowledge with a college education or perhaps what they read in books. Knowledge is what you know in your heart and not just what you store in your brain. Knowledge is being spiritually wealthy. Knowledge is love.
We Chinese people invest very little money and time in the advancement of the arts and culture. Our national budget for the Arts and Culture is among the lowest of the "advanced" countries in the world. We see the arts and universities giving way to more "important" and serious subjects. Children are often frowned upon if they wish to major in the Arts or if they wish to pursue a career in the Arts. A career or major in the Arts is seen as unrealistic and useless. We fail to see, however, that through the arts and culture we learn to appreciate the beauty of life. Through the arts, we see the fragility of humanity and the importance of love in this world.
The importance of arts and culture has long been ignored and underestimated by us for too long. Our government constantly steals money from its people and secretly puts it into its own pocket. What about our children? What about education? We spend millions building skyscrapers, banks, restaurants, etc. but when was the last time you heard someone building a new school? Or what about the advancement of the arts and culture in programs and classes taught in our schools, colleges, and universities?
The mark of a great country and race is not how much wealth or power it has but how much love and tolerance its citizens have. I truly believe that this can only come through the education of our children in the arts and culture. A society with wealth but no love or knowledge is a violent society. Don't let out society and race fall to violence. It's already happening today. Do something about it.
