The Literate, The Educated and The Wise....(& otherWise)

There are three kinds of people in this world - the Literate, the Educated and the Wise. The otherWise category needs special attention, so will blog about them later ... or never!!
The Literate do things that are either compulsory or because their "parents told them so". They complete schooling (made compulsory by Govt), study further ("parents told them so") and get a job (again compulsory but optional in some cases).
The Educated do everything the Literate do in addition to doing something for themselves and their families. These somethings may not always be 'good', but nonetheless...
There are a few striking similarities between the Literates and the Educated - a) they hardly ever think on their own b) because of not thinking, they do things the way they have been done for centuries and never think about being practical and doing the right thing and c) as a professor once commented "I cannot believe that this class of 150+ students is sitting here just to while away the time between their HSC and marriage!!" because we (me and a few others sitting together) honestly could not understand what he was talking about.
Now, the Wise. They are probably the most experienced (read: snow white hair). But can other people not be wise inspite of their hair colour? That is what I (think) I am or at least wish to be in the long run. But I definitely believe I am between Educated and Wise, more towards the latter side.

... !!! :)

Thought I would be EXTREMELY happy and pleased and feel smug on such a day as today.
But when I logged on and had a look at my orkut home page, I did not feel anything ... honestly !!! :)
Agatha Christie is correct ... Human Nature is indeed mind boggling and the way we react is never the same ... even if identical situations in a single person's life are to be compared !!! :)

P.S. Apologies to one and all who read this post and can't figure it out ! On second thoughts ... its better to have a few secrets !!! :)

The 'e' - age

E-mails, e-friends, e-news, e-television, e-updates, e-banking, e-commerce, e-reservations, e-courses, e-job-applications (which NEVER work!!) ... a salute to everything that is e-something these days. Also a salute to all the people who have invented these soft-wares and made life easier for the layman with firewalls and security settings so that people know that their chats, blogs and money is safe and secure. But e-shaadi and e-spouse????
There are people in this world who take one of their most important, crucial and (literally) life-changing decisions merely after chatting with someone??? The firewalls and security settings surely do not extend protection for "actual lives"?? And what do two "adults" who have NEVER met each other in person chat about? Somethings are completely beyond my comprehension. Is e-knowing a person really knowing him/her??
Could not believe when my friend sent a text (e-texting!!!) saying that she is getting married to an e-someone (though he is an actual someone in flesh and blood...thank god for that) from the US she met on a matrimonial web-site. Wonder if they will have an e-honeymoon?