Value outlasts success: Einstein’s message for students in an exam-obsessed world
Exam culture rewards performance, but life tests readiness. Using Albert Einstein’s warning as a lens, this piece argues that success, when treated as identity, is fragile—especially in meritocratic systems. Value, by contrast, lies in judgement, responsibility and contribution without supervision. It travels unevenly, but it lasts. In unstable times, durability matters more than distinction.
Exam culture rewards performance, but life tests readiness. Using Albert Einstein’s warning as a lens, this piece argues that success, when treated as identity, is fragile—especially in meritocratic systems. Value, by contrast, lies in judgement, responsibility and contribution without supervision. It travels unevenly, but it lasts. In unstable times, durability matters more than distinction.
