BRAIN DRAIN OF ASIA

BRAIN DRAIN OF ASIA


By what reason can we criticize ones ambitions? In Global Studies we were told that the developing countries, such as India and China, should cease the “exports of great minds and invest them in their own country”. I can understand the point that is being made. Developing and Low-Income nations need all of the help that they can get.
However, the critics of the “Brain Drain” feel that brilliant minds should be left where they are... yet I find it hard to believe that the peanut gallery can speak on behalf of these select scholars. In the United States our education systems are superb. Most every student has ambitions and future visions of their lives- and find that the key to such successes are through learning. We are encouraged by our parents, teachers and peers to venture out and reach our goals... and we find that no matter where we go education seems to be a key element along the way. If one wanted to pursue astronomy... they’d be sent to the moon. If one wanted to pursue ice fishing... they’d most likely find happiness in the Arctic. If one wanted to pursue fashion... they’d be aboard the next flight to Paris. No
country offers every amenity in life. One may find what they truly want in life beyond the fifty-nifty states.
I’d like to think that all countries encourage their people to get educated and experience what world offers. Those intellects who have things to share should not be closed away by domestic greed. It is no surprise that countries with poor education systems, and governments that condemn free thought, should have few, but bright, stars under their roof. Those individuals who have dreams of success are determined to fight ignorance, and find it in themselves to get educated. In a nation of poverty and chaos it is hard for these people to win. I have spoken to such people and they have told me that they have experienced a lot of competition and discouragement along their way. These people
now live in the United States... and their names can be found in medical journals throughout the world. They told me that they were one out of their entire graduating class to be able to go to college. The wonderful minds that derive from such perseverance find that developed nations hold the technology and the support for their studies. Undeveloped countries don’t have as great a number of colleges, medical schools, hospitals and technical
investments, that developed countries have. They pursue our systems... and we welcome their ideas.
The “Brain Drain” is the only way out for those people who want more in life than farming and weaving baskets, as the majority of the people in developing countries try to follow their forefathers trades in a modern world. When given the opportunity through education they are able to contribute so much more back into society. The intellects of
these nations cannot be wasted. If one’s country cannot provide what they need, then they are best off leaving. No one has ever found new horizons without first losing sight of the shore.