Monday, September 7, 2009

On Education

"The whole purpose of education is to light a candle in you."
- our Materials and Technology lecturer

Hm... the moment I heard her say that, I thought that it's a really good way to describe what the purpose of education is.. Simply put, if education helps you discover what you really want to do in life, it succeeds. If not, it fails.

Imagine students going around your school.. day in and day out, using up practically their youth to do assignments, learn facts, develop formulaes, make models... Amongst this mass of moving bodies, how many would have a lighted candle in them? And if the answer is, not many, then why bother with education? To occupy one's time?

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