No Red Pill No Blue Pill Response

Nowadays, the pace of development in our society is rapidly increasing. Therefore, education plays a significant role in our modern world. A person’s level of education signifies his or her success in the world that we, humans, are living in right now. However, not every student can understand the importance of studying. The majority of them would rather choose to suffer later in their lives instead of working hard in the beginning. As a result, the duty of a teacher or parents is not only to educate students, but more importantly, to motivate ones’ will to study.

In Ana Cristina Pratas’s digital narrative No Blue Pill, No Red Pill, she indicated that “Learning may be social, but in the end its individual.” I am a strong believer of this viewpoint. No matter how hard the parents or teachers are, they cannot force people to learn. Without the willpower that comes from the students themselves, their learning progress is little. If one has little to no learning progress, their future is full of worrisome thoughts. In addition, little education also represents a lack of confidence in students’ future careers. Hence passion becomes an essential part in one’s education process. Even though a pupil is not clever, their passion for new knowledge can bring them success. In contrast, a learner who is smart, but is without passion, can only face failure. Similarly to what Ana Cristina Pratas illustrated, “Only the self can walk through the door of learning.”

If a student wants to walk through the door of learning, being only passionate is not enough. Even more significantly is the learners’ persistence to gain new knowledge. Persistence is another major role that needs to be present during a pupil’s learning process. In my opinion, having passion is not enough to change one’s fate, but by being persistent one can seek new possibilities. For example, Albert Einstein, the famous mathematician, scientist, physicist of the 20th century, did not reach success because he was a genius, but rather as a result of persistence towards certain questions. Like education, if a pupil can persist on exploring a specific topic, then undeniably, he or she can be the triumph of their life. Elbert Hubbard said “A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.” Most of the time, students do not give up during education because of the difficulty; it is the fear of putting more effort into the study.

In the narrative No Blue Pill, No Red Pill Ana illustrated that “Resistance to change is easier than change itself.” From my perspective, I agree with this statement. However, despite the fact that change is effortful, I argue that if one has the passion to change, has the persistence to change, then he or she is the real champion of life, regardless of whether it is in the category of education or in social relationships.