If we look back, we will see how the people from the past started this pretty smart tradition of intellectual effort, called school. It is very interesting how everything started, who invented the idea that people need to go to school to actually do some brain work. Many many years ago, the human beings obviously realized they had some brain potential and this potential could be developed. So, what kind of school did they have back then? The school of that time was not exactly like the schools we know it today.

The ancient Egyptians, for example, had their own schools which were only for the kids of the rich Egyptians. The rest, or those who were born in poor families, had to stay at home. The boys would learn the profession of their fathers and the girls would learn to be good housewives from their mothers.

The rich kids could have 2 options – either to have a private teacher or to go to school. The writing and the reading skills they would learn by using a special paper called papyrus. Their alphabet looked more like drawing than writing, but that was their own way of writing. They actually used symbols, that today we call hieroglyphs. They were quite complex – sometimes few hieroglyphs would make a single word; sometimes one of them would mean an object. So somehow the kids at their early age were forced to draw good pictures… or nobody would be able to read their sentences.

The ancient Romans also had their interesting system of education. Like the Egyptians, the Romans would also put to school only the kids who came from rich families. Too sad they tended to do so – this sounds like discrimination to me. So again, the kids of the rich people would either go to school, or be taught at home. They would go through the whole studies and classes with their tutors or educated slaves. The writing skills they used to learn using a slate made of wax. To do the math they used ball-frames.

So this is how the education of the ancients looked like.

I wonder if they had higher education, (like we have the university today) how they would call it, what they would make them study… wow. But they did not have. We do. I am so glad I can use my pencil and paper instead of papyrus, and I am so glad I don’t need to use a ball-frame to calculate anything. This is amazing. How the education system could so different. But this is normal because the human brain works like that – improvement, development, elaboration etc. So if you are not thankful for the variety, the options, the possibilities of the education we have today – Let me tell you just one word – BALL-FRAME!

School graduation is a very important moment for the young person. And what comes afterwards is even bigger. It might turn to be a very difficult decision, because there are so many places for higher education: there are universities, colleges, institutes; so many different forms of attendance: full-time student, extramural studies, correspondence courses, and not to mention, so many different choices of specialties…

There is so much to think about, when it comes to choose out of a whole “bunch” of options. The process of choosing could become really tough. How to avoid that? This is probably the best question for the situation. This could be done with the “magic power” of planning. This could make the process as easy as ABC. Planning could start a whole year, or two, (or even earlier) before graduation. The earlier, the better. In this case there would be time for everything to bring out for a discussion. Most of the students wouldn’t be able to take the decision by themselves, so parents go through the whole process with all of its hardships, ups and downs and headaches along with their children – they will need your support for sure. This is a really intense moment for them.

Future students, let your parents help you! They have probably already been through this. And probably, they have already experienced what you are feeling now, so trust them and trust their advice and help – they will be more than happy to do that. You could make a list with the possible places and specialties. Next step could be to set the priority – what university/college and why? About the university/college, have in mind the distance. If is it too far away – is it worth it; consider how often you would travel back home, how long it would take, how much it would cost.
About the specialty, consider your abilities, desires, skills and even your dreams. After all you have to take and important decision. The future might depend on taking the best decision, and this could be the result of planning all the potential details.

What makes a huge importance is when reasons and motives are clear. Going to university/college is a new life stage for the student. If carefully chosen, eventually it will be a decision of high quality.

Once everything starts, the student may enjoy the lectures, the new things he/she is learning, the new interesting people around and the student’s lifestyle as much as possible. The successful choice is the key for a stable process of education. It is so different than high school. Being in a college/university may not only give the young person just something to work, it may give him/her a profession, a direction, a purpose, and meaning in the life to come. That is why planning should take such an important place in the whole process. It is the right choice that depends and counts for the future…

From the very first moment start going to school, they enter a whole new world. There is so much that the children learn at school. They build new kinds of relationships, develop learning habits, discover the world of knowledge, and face friendship issues. Shortly said, they start facing all kinds of facts of life, facts they have not faced before. The school happens to be their own way to learn about life.

Basically there are two main periods at school – primary and secondary school. There are many options for schools and that’s why the choice should be taken as serious as it could be. The school education overall is a preparation for going to college or university. The better and the smoother everything goes during high school time, the easier it will be for the time he or she is going to spend during the higher education. That’s why the choice of school is an important decision.

So the choice must be taken carefully because the high school will give the young person basic knowledge and skills. And this is important even in the daily life after graduating school – this is something many people realize. The better basic knowledge, the more different roads are wide open for a future career plans.

Basic knowledge is also important for the choice of the future profession. And this is almost a fundamental question for the youth of the nation. What is the job going to be, what is the work going to be, what is “the thing” that l am going to get involved with – these are questions the young people ask themselves and these are good questions. Anyone who wants more than just a job, something more than earning money, should ask him/herself these questions.

Someone somewhere said that “If you love your job, you’ll never have to work.” – there is wisdom in these words and I don’t think the hunt for the favourite job is a mission impossible. Yes, there has to be a hunt for the favourite job, and this hunt starts from high school where the different subjects are more deeply learnt. The secret about the education at school, which usually stays unseen, is that later any school subject might become useful for ‘the Job’, the one that matches the person’s way of thinking and the person’s character.

Of course there has to be some luck to find the ‘best job’. We already defined that “the best job” means the one that goes naturally with the person’s mind, skills and desires. Well, sometimes the skills need to be worked on, but this should not be something to stop someone from finding his way to the best job. It’s not impossible, but most of the cases the best job does not come by chance. It happens to those who know themselves. From that knowledge comes the understanding of one’s own ability and skills, one’s self-confidence and dreams. It’s even about making your dream come true. So this is what we talk about here, even if it sounds trivial. And all those things start from the education at school. They really and truly do. I believe there are many people who would stand behind the last sentence and I hope you are one of them. I would also love to wish luck to anyone who dares to hunt the Best job!