Retrospection: a person is not educated who has not learned....

[idic5]

<p>I came across this quote which relates to this topic and adds some insight…</p>

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Eleanor Roosevelt said in Good Citizenship: The Purpose of Education (1930) “What is the purpose of education? This question agitates scholars, statesmen, every group, in fact, of thoughtful men and women. The conventional answer is the acquisition of knowledge, the reading of books and the learning of facts. Perhaps, because there are so many books and the branches of knowledge in which we can learn facts are so multitudinous today, we begin to hear more frequently that the function of education is to give children a desire to learn and to teach how to use their minds and where to go to acquire facts when their curiosity is aroused.. Even more all-embracing than this, is the statement made not long ago, before a group of English headmasters, by the Archbishop of York, that the`true purpose of education is to produce citizens.'”</p>

<p>"Citizenship is not an activity that an educated person performs as a sideline, but an on-going daily activity that attempts to raise the quality and civility of society and that adds to the richness of a person’s life. Democratic society requires that students be prepared for…their roles and responsibilities in society as well "

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[MiamiDAP]

<p>The only goal we have in our family in regard to our D. undergard education is for her to continue in a way she started and do not get derailed by anything or anybody. It is impossible to learn everything, staying focused should help her to learn good what she needs to acheive her goal.</p>

[Lafalum84]

<p>Slightly off topic…</p>

<p>There’s a big difference between being educated and being intelligent! </p>

<p>I love this quote from the Marquis de Lafayette: “I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can.”</p>

[Cervantes]

<p>To march to the beat of his own drum. Don’t let others define success or what’s the “right” thing to do in your life for you.</p>

[idic5]

<p>I came across this bit on what a (Liberal) education means from the Kenyon 2005 commencement address by David Foster Wallace.</p>

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That is real freedom. That is being educated, and understanding how to think. The alternative is unconsciousness, the default setting, the rat race, the constant gnawing sense of having had, and lost, some infinite thing.

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<p>Be sure to read the rest. It is good.</p>

<p>another </p>

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It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time…

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<p>I never heard of him til his tragic passing. he wrote some great refreshing honest stuff. I look forward to reading more of him.</p>

[anon94785555]

<p>Definitely disagree with needing an indepth knowledge of WESTERN civilization (post #18)- there is a much bigger world out there and it is better to realize that than have all the times and places of Europeans known. </p>

<p>The well educated person will know of concepts foreign to his/her culture- such as history and religion and arts, music… along with many other things common to all cultures (eg math, science).</p>

[overseas]

<p>I agree: I think an educated person appreciates and seeks to understand the robes of the world as if they were their own.</p>