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The play is a satire on the present-day education system. Do you think that our education system does not prepare students for life? Discuss.

The play is a satire on the present-day education system. Do you think that our education system does not prepare students for life? Discuss.


'Refund' is a modern western one-act play by a Hungarian novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist and playwright, Fritz Karinthy. The author is well known for his satirical writing. The play 'Refund' written in 1938 is about a man about forty who goes back to the school in which he had studied and demands a refund of the fees he had paid eighteen years back claiming that he had learnt nothing useful at school and he is now good-for-nothing. Through the characterization of Wasserkopf, the author casts a satire on the present-day education system.


I think our education system has some flaws. Firstly, it is theory-heavy. The students are not imparted with skill-based practical knowledge. As a result, a great of Nepalese students remain unemployed or under-employed. They even can't deal with other practical matters that they come across during the course of their life. Hence, I feel our education system does not prepare students for life.

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