I would like to say a few words in defense of knowledge and education, as well as diligence and optimism. If there is a mortal in the world who has been able to do this or that, then, theoretically, anyone can do it. At this point, I can hardly climb Everest, or play the violin like Sergey Khachatryan. But I realize that such things are not beyond human capabilities. And those who have achieved remarkable success, are not endowed with supernatural powers, their physical qualities, including the size and structure of the brain, are not essentially different from the qualities of the other several billion people. Henrikh Mkhitaryan tells about his game: “the ball appeared by my side, I lifted my foot and managed to kick and score a goal”.
There is no secret and no hint of divine “endowment”. When Bach was asked how he had achieved his mastery of a virtuoso, he answered very clearly: “you can achieve too if you honestly train every day, and in that case, you will hit the right keys at the right time like I do”.
Of course, there is a certain degree of natural endowment, but truly gifted people stress that the desire and aspiration to learn are in the first place. There are thousands of things I cannot learn at this age, but there are millions of abilities that I can learn, and I have a delusion about half of those abilities as if learning those is beyond my capabilities. But the most dangerous delusion is that you cannot achieve anything by learning, you need contacts and money. This prejudice also existed in the Soviet period: “see, you have studied hard, and have become a scholar. And look at this warden, he hardly knows the letters, but lives appropriately”.
Nowadays, oligarchs are the same “exemplary characters”. (By the way, I think they are better than the wardens, as the latter simply stole from the warehouse “trusted” to them, and oligarchs use their brains at least to some extent to gain money). But alongside with that Soviet and post-Soviet mythology, there is a real life, where you meet many educated people who have succeeded in today’s Armenia (for example, in IT sphere), and they live in quite a prosperous life. We know a lot of educational institutions in Europe where children from “ordinary” families have studied and study. So, dear young people and not so young ones too, do not believe in myths, study every day and at any opportunity. Knowledge is the most valuable merchandise in the 21st century.
Aram ABRAHAMYAN
