Acharya Prashant addresses a teacher who feels his work is meaningless and that the education system only prepares students for employment. The speaker, acknowledging the questioner teaches mathematics, explains that teaching this subject provides students with a certain kind of knowledge and skill. For instance, after a math class, a student can calculate profit and loss on bananas. This is the extent of the responsibility assigned to the teacher by the system. The system's purpose is to impart information and skills, essentially creating 'products' to meet societal needs. The speaker points out that while education systems may claim to build character, their curricula are not designed for it. The entire education system is a slave to society's demands and produces what society needs. The speaker differentiates between a 'teacher' and a 'knowledge provider,' stating that most educators are merely the latter. True teaching, he explains, is related to the core of a person's being, not just the information in their mind. He asserts that if one wants to impart life education, it cannot be done within the confines of the current classroom and system, as it is not designed for such a purpose. This higher work must be done outside the formal structure. He uses the analogy of a shoe factory: if society needs shoes, colleges will teach shoe technology, but this doesn't elevate the work to a higher purpose. Similarly, the education system is a slave to society, producing what it demands. Regarding the questioner's concern for his own children, Acharya Prashant advises that as a father, the perspective changes. A child needs both types of education: the formal one for skills and the real one for life. He emphasizes that the education that teaches one how to truly speak and listen is more important than the one that teaches about external things. This real education, he concludes, is not provided by the system and must be sought elsewhere. He clarifies that the two types of education are not alternatives; both are necessary, but the education of life is more central and important.