Ignorance must be bliss

This phrase was once used on me, because i wasn't keeping abreast of the current news in town. A simple question was thrown at me but i had no answers to give. Then i didn't realize the height of an insult it was, till i googled it. Though i felt insulted at first but it challenged me to learn more about things around me.

Ignorance is a state of being uninformed or uneducated in several areas of life. Ignorance is not viewed as a good thing especially when the individual is staying happier with the ignorance.

Ignorance must be bliss is used to say that a person who does not know about a problem does not worry about it. He never keeps up with the news or cares about the troubles in the world because he believes that ignorance is bliss.

We live in a world that's evolving every second. Information flies and moves like ocean waves. Its left for you to catch it and stay abreast with what goes on in your environment.

Being educated means to be knowledgeable, yet the same educated person can be ignorant. An uninformed person is seen to be as a deformed person. Knowledge is power and without knowledge we have lost our sword for the battle(speech, arguments, debate ).

In this pandemic period there are so many persons who doesn't know the etiology of covid-19. They just know that the government and WHO said that there is a new disease called corona virus disease that kills people like there's no tomorrow, hence the lockdown.

Aside that, in other spheres of life, some peoples are always ignorant of their culture, religion, political activities and current events that play out around them. They have little or nothing to say, when various topics are raised.

This phrase (ignorance must be bliss) was once used on me, which i perceived as an insult and i wouldn't want it to be used on you too.

Therefore I urge you, to keep abreast of the current events and happenings in your area, country, discipline, religion. Get enough and reasonable information about topics of which when challenged or when questions are put across to you. You can fully stand your ground and make reasonable comments. Lets stay well informed.

Because:

• knowledge is the passport to the future.

• An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him.

• Education cost money, but then so does ignorance.

• People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong.

• A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

• The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.

If you think education is expensive try ignorance.