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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 37431" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I've always thought of it to mean someone well read, knowledgeable on many things, well rounded, well informed, someone who has a continuing interest and curiosity about many things and a thirst for knowledge. It doesn't necessarily mean lots of framed diplomas on the wall. </p><p></p><p>We've all known people with advanced degrees in their own narrow little field of expertise who don't have enough <em>common</em> sense to work a pencil sharpener! And we've all known people whose formal education is much more modest but who seem to have this inate gift of <em>wisdom</em> about the world around them and the people in it! "Wise" doesn't pay as much as "educated", but I think I would prefer it.</p><p></p><p>"Education" should open the world up to you, and it shouldn't stop when you get the diploma! Education should teach you <em>how</em> to think, not <em>what</em> to think. It starts with exposing your children to all different things outside of their own little world to awaken their curiosity. How do they <em>know</em> they wouldn't like Classical music if they've never heard it! How could they develop an appreciation for great works of art, or even know such things exist, if they've never been to a museum! How can they learn the joy of reading if they've never been set free to roam a library!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 37431, member: 1883"] I've always thought of it to mean someone well read, knowledgeable on many things, well rounded, well informed, someone who has a continuing interest and curiosity about many things and a thirst for knowledge. It doesn't necessarily mean lots of framed diplomas on the wall. We've all known people with advanced degrees in their own narrow little field of expertise who don't have enough [i]common[/i] sense to work a pencil sharpener! And we've all known people whose formal education is much more modest but who seem to have this inate gift of [i]wisdom[/i] about the world around them and the people in it! "Wise" doesn't pay as much as "educated", but I think I would prefer it. "Education" should open the world up to you, and it shouldn't stop when you get the diploma! Education should teach you [i]how[/i] to think, not [i]what[/i] to think. It starts with exposing your children to all different things outside of their own little world to awaken their curiosity. How do they [i]know[/i] they wouldn't like Classical music if they've never heard it! How could they develop an appreciation for great works of art, or even know such things exist, if they've never been to a museum! How can they learn the joy of reading if they've never been set free to roam a library! [/QUOTE]
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