Highly Educated and Watching the Slaughter

The world could be a far better place if people saw their education as something more than just a salary generating slot machine. Too many Caribbean people simply do not understand the purpose of having educated themselves to the highest degree. Too many Caribbean people think that once they have attained their degrees, their duty is to do as little as they can while drawing as large a salary as they can. The more money channelled to their bank accounts each month, the better. But it is  a sad thing to see people having acquired more skill, knowledge and information than the average citizen doing nothing with it beyond that which their official position in a company or firm requires, when entire communities and societies are imploding as educated people stand aside and watch themselves crumble beneath it or shrink back in fear. Too many educated Caribbean citizens consider their duty done when they leave their cubicle and lock the doors to their office.
 Every bit of training is meant to be an asset to the society in which one lives. This is why I am stunned when I see the police, for example, frisking young men on the street and shuffling young boys from police vehicles to prison cells, and then I remember the days when the police force had a police band which played music in the square every Christmas, creating a soul touching, emotional experience for the entire community. I don't hear much, if anything, any longer, of the police playing cricket matches in Warner Park, or any park anywhere, for that matter. I cannot read a regular article in the news paper or on line from any of our highly trained psychiatrists, lawyers, or guidance counsellors. Where are their websites and web pages feeding knowledge and useful information to the minds of our people? I see much writings of politicians and political aspirants, but nothing from school principals and social workers. I suppose it is because there is no salary going to their bank accounts for this type of extra curricular activity.
This is an age of blogs and tweets, it is an age in which information is more accessible in some places than water; what are our most educated people doing with the wealth of experience, information and knowledge inside their heads? What are the people with so many degrees doing with their research skills acquired at university over their three to four years for their Bachelors, and extra two years for their Masters? Why aren't there more pod casts, booklets, books, theatre presentations, dance  and debate clubs? Why don't we have orchestras and ensembles? Where are our jazz bands and our open-to-the-public-discussions about issues (other than monotonous political bantering) and matters that affect us?
 I have no doubt that the large question in the minds of many of our educated people in possession of  such skill and talent is "Are we going to be paid?" to which my response will be, "Yes, you will be paid, just not in cash, but with a life among people of more enlightened thinking and a safer society."