Traveling as a part of education
The instinct of roaming about, is rooted inman’s nature.
Traveling has, therefore, been popular withhin time immemorial. It is the
romance of seeing the unseen. Knowing the unknown and unveiling the shrouds of
mystery.
But it is no entirely driven by a blind urge that man has
been traveling year after year. He has also found it useful-immensely
beneficial. One of its leading benefits is that it serves as a great teacher.
It educates all-time ignorant & the erudite alike, even those who many have
the pride to think that they have nothing more to learn.
The knowledge we acquire in the colleges & universities
is mainly booklist in nature. It may add to our learning without enhancing our
real sagacity. The bulk of theoretical as a sterile price of Earth, unproductive
& unless. The essential link between scholastic knowledge & the actual
affairs of life can be provided by the realistic understanding of the world
derived through traveling.
Traveling across distant countries expands the mental
horizon of man. Fanaticism, prejudices, intolerance &such other vices are
cured & complexes removed when a man comes into contact with people from
different places. Books only conveys theoretical information on these things.
It is traveling that effects real exchange between nation & nation, to the
benefit of the whole world.
In these days of international tension, traveling can help
to bring about cordinality &harmony between hostile nations. When we travel
through countries, we come to know that people I general all over the world want peace &amity.
That strengthens our own hope of peace & removes the fear of a third. World
War. Likewise, traveling can bring different countries closer & closer
& establish better economic co-operation among them for their mutual
benefit.
A long stay at one place brings monotony & stagnation to
our life. Change & variety is the spice of life. This is no mere platitude but
most palpable true. A change of atmosphere from the plains to the hills, from
moist to dry climate, brings about such a perceptible improvement in the state
of our mental & physical health that doctors prescribe change of place when
other remedies fail to restore health & spirits to ailing person. When our eyes
feast on the gorgeous beauties of nature, the rolling waves of the blue oceans,
the proud pinnacles of mountains, the mysterious wilderness of the flamboyant flower-decked
valueys, our hearts swell with ecstasy. Our soul breaks its bond age &
soars high in quest of the real values of life.
A man never
knows his own native land completely till he has gone out of it to some
other country. Only a rational comparison
with other countries can specify vividly the true character, the merits &drawbacks
of our own motherland. An awareness of our defects inspires us to work hard
& improve the U happy condition of our country. We, the people of the East,
have learnt from traveling in the western countries how they enjoy their
liberties &discharge their responsibilities. This has been a greater
teacher than hundreds of sermons on civic rights & duties.
