It feels as if one is an inmate in a prison. No one is given a choice of what to do, instead the officers and officials tell what is going to happen. Everyone is in the same boat, no one more special than one another, so everyone is treated the same. In Isaac Asimov’s story “Profession,” George experiences this as he enters and learns about how the education system works in his society. This makes him feel unwanted and unsure of who he is, just because of the city and the school system that he was raised in.
First off, the society where George and others are gives no one any choice whatsoever in what they want to be educated in and learn about. In Asimov’s society, the citizens are already “programmed” for their education (Asimov 36). …show more content…
When George and other citizens are matched up with their education area on “Education Day,” they aren’t given a survey, a questionnaire, or anything of that nature. George and the other citizens are required to have a brain scan to detect patterns in their brain waves. This is then compared to the brain waves of learning about different things and decides what a person will learn about and what that person will do for the rest of their life. This may seem like the society leaders are doing a huge favor for the citizens by having them learn what will be the easiest for them to learn, but that is not the sole purpose of this method of education. This system is in place so that the society and its economy benefits so they can keep flourishing and eventually be the strongest society in the world. How do they do this? When the society scans a brain and assigns the person to the certain area of education, it is basically guaranteeing that the person will excel at their job and will be able to provide for the society and keep it going. This rarely benefits any of the citizens because most all the time the citizens are assigned to something other than what they want. This is why George cannot find who he is, because he is not assigned any job, and therefore cannot find anything he enjoys. George is simply out of options and he cannot do anything to change
First off, the society where George and others are gives no one any choice whatsoever in what they want to be educated in and learn about. In Asimov’s society, the citizens are already “programmed” for their education (Asimov 36). …show more content…
When George and other citizens are matched up with their education area on “Education Day,” they aren’t given a survey, a questionnaire, or anything of that nature. George and the other citizens are required to have a brain scan to detect patterns in their brain waves. This is then compared to the brain waves of learning about different things and decides what a person will learn about and what that person will do for the rest of their life. This may seem like the society leaders are doing a huge favor for the citizens by having them learn what will be the easiest for them to learn, but that is not the sole purpose of this method of education. This system is in place so that the society and its economy benefits so they can keep flourishing and eventually be the strongest society in the world. How do they do this? When the society scans a brain and assigns the person to the certain area of education, it is basically guaranteeing that the person will excel at their job and will be able to provide for the society and keep it going. This rarely benefits any of the citizens because most all the time the citizens are assigned to something other than what they want. This is why George cannot find who he is, because he is not assigned any job, and therefore cannot find anything he enjoys. George is simply out of options and he cannot do anything to change