In a world where social standards define our being, it is difficult to formulate and live with our own ideas. From an early age, one is placed in an institution which is designed to educate and mold the young mind. Within these institutions, “the pupil is schooled to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence and fluency with the ability to say something new” (lecture notes). The social world has distorted the meaning of education, and the means by which it is attained. Rather than teach us to live with ideas, the education system has a become a component of society designed to make us ‘alike’ and merely capable of living in the world as it is confined and restricted by social standards. University, in this society, is an educational institution for higher learning. It is regarded as crucial in determining the options one may pursue in the future. However, the university is oppressive. It is oppressive in the sense that it is a space......
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