Society shapes us from the moment we are born — through school, culture, family, traditions, expectations, and the rules we’re taught to follow without ever questioning them. Many of these teachings help us, but some of them hold us back, limit our potential, or create illusions that people accept as “truth” simply because everyone else believes them.
We all grow up hearing things that are supposed to guide us, but later in life we discover that they were incomplete, misleading, or completely false. What feels “normal” is not always right. What everyone repeats is not always true. And what society expects from us is not always what leads to happiness or success.
That’s why I want to open this discussion.
In your experience, what do you think is the biggest lie society teaches us — and how did you discover it wasn’t true?
Your answer can be about:
- Life
- Happiness
- Success
- Relationships
- Education
- Work
- Human nature
- Anything you’ve learned through experience
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There is no right or wrong answer.
Just share the truth you have discovered in your own life.
Being literate is something good and can help you overcome many situations and even make you start a business after graduation, but what the society forgets is that people can do other things in life apart from education,things like self employment where you start your own business and be your own boss and even employ other people who don’t have jobs thus empowering employment since many people are jobless and don’t have things to do out there.
The society encourages us to do good to others whereby the same people who you’ve helped won’t help back and start disrespecting you,so we must treat people equally, the energy that is given is the same energy that should be given out.