21/04/2025
Why 99.7% of you will never be RICH | The Education Trap
Bill Gates — co-founder of Microsoft.
Mark Zuckerberg — founder of Facebook.
Gautam Adani — founder of the Adani Group.
Richard Branson — founder of the Virgin Group.
What do all these people have in common?
Yes, they’re some of the richest people in the world. But there’s something else too.
They all avoided a trap that most of us proudly walk into — a trap that shapes how we live, think, and dream.
A Trap Most People Don’t Even See
Even with all the knowledge in the world at our fingertips, most people are still stuck.
They follow a system without asking questions.
They chase success in the way they’ve been told to — without thinking if it actually works.
Some parents in the U.S. saw the truth and pulled their kids out of school completely.
Over 500,000 families — many of them teachers — chose not to send their children to traditional schools.
Why? Because they saw how broken the system really is.
But many of us are still caught inside it.
You might be in college right now — writing assignments, memorizing books, sitting through boring lectures — all for one dream:
A job. A house. A car. A happy life.
The Harsh Reality After Graduation
You start this journey at 18.
You study hard. You get your degree.
You even qualify for teaching exams.
Years pass. Now you’re 30.
You’ve spent over a decade studying. And yet, you don’t have a stable job.
You go to interviews. You keep getting rejected.
Relatives stop talking to you. Your confidence fades.
Finally, you get a job. But the pay is low. You can’t save.
So you take a loan — for a house, for a car.
Now you’re stuck.
You keep working because you’re afraid of losing that job.
Your dreams fade into the background.
And you tell yourself: “This is just how life is.”
But it’s not.
The truth is — the system was never built to help you succeed.
The Education System Was Built to Control
Let’s rewind time.
In 1806, the kingdom of Prussia lost a war against Napoleon.
Even though they had a stronger army, they were defeated.
Why?
Because Prussian soldiers used their own judgment. Napoleon’s army just followed his commands.
So the Prussian leaders decided:
“We don’t need smart soldiers. We need obedient ones.”
They built a school system that trained kids to follow orders — not to think independently.
This was the birth of the Prussian education model.
And it worked so well, countries around the world copied it — not to build leaders, but to build followers.
The Industrial Revolution Needed Workers
In the 1800s, machines were taking over.
Factories needed workers — people who would do the same task every day without complaining.
But who would leave their farms or small businesses to do that?
No one — unless they were trained to believe it was the only way.
So the education system stepped in.
Kids were taught:
“Study hard. Get a job. Work for someone else. That’s the only path to success.”
And most of us still believe it.
How the British Used This in India
In 1835, Lord Macaulay introduced English education in India.
People thought it was a gift.
But this is what Macaulay actually said:
“We must create a class of people who are Indian in blood, but English in taste, morals, and intellect.”
In simple words — they didn’t want to uplift Indians.
They wanted clerks and soldiers who would blindly follow British orders.
And sadly, they succeeded.
Even after independence, we kept using the same system — built by our colonizers.
The System We Still Follow
Even today, nothing has changed.
As soon as a child is born, parents dream of putting them in a “big school.”
Not to learn, but to show off.
Not to explore, but to compete.
Children are curious by nature.
But once they enter school, their creativity is crushed.
They’re forced to memorize. To follow instructions.
If they think differently, they’re punished.
Nobody stops to ask:
“What are we actually teaching our children?”
The Real Purpose Was Never Freedom
The system was never built to make you independent.
It was designed to make you a worker.
Someone who listens.
Someone who follows.
Someone who doesn’t question.
And that’s how most of us end up living our lives —
Working for a system that was never meant for our growth.
Ready to break free from the trap?
The first step is to see it for what it really is.
