I bemoan that lack of a civics education for so many of our young. I believe strongly in the importance of taking personal responsibility for one’s own education and no longer relying solely on either a public or private education system to deliver that education essential to understanding the world and the breadth of its horizons. I d…
I bemoan that lack of a civics education for so many of our young. I believe strongly in the importance of taking personal responsibility for one’s own education and no longer relying solely on either a public or private education system to deliver that education essential to understanding the world and the breadth of its horizons. I do believe strongly in the benefits of and support a strong and healthy public education system but see it as the cornerstone of a sound education not the completed structure. The task of building upon that
cornerstone is a lifelong task always available to be augmented and strengthened.
While our initial minds are not quite William James' "blank slate", our kit is pretty much all learned. Education provide the tools we need for a successful and responsible life, of which a profession is a key but far from the sole component. we cannot change the nature of reality, but by knowing how it works, we can ride it, too degrees, we can even influence what happens next, in pleasing ways, provided we know the rules.
As parents, my wife and I tried to educate our daughter to hit the ground running, equipped to go where she would like on her own two feet. I imagine formal education doing much the same, imparting information, but above all jump-starting or refining self-sustaining and self-revising skills that improve our life and "liberty and justice for all". Fortune favors the prepared mind.
I bemoan that lack of a civics education for so many of our young. I believe strongly in the importance of taking personal responsibility for one’s own education and no longer relying solely on either a public or private education system to deliver that education essential to understanding the world and the breadth of its horizons. I do believe strongly in the benefits of and support a strong and healthy public education system but see it as the cornerstone of a sound education not the completed structure. The task of building upon that
cornerstone is a lifelong task always available to be augmented and strengthened.
While our initial minds are not quite William James' "blank slate", our kit is pretty much all learned. Education provide the tools we need for a successful and responsible life, of which a profession is a key but far from the sole component. we cannot change the nature of reality, but by knowing how it works, we can ride it, too degrees, we can even influence what happens next, in pleasing ways, provided we know the rules.
As parents, my wife and I tried to educate our daughter to hit the ground running, equipped to go where she would like on her own two feet. I imagine formal education doing much the same, imparting information, but above all jump-starting or refining self-sustaining and self-revising skills that improve our life and "liberty and justice for all". Fortune favors the prepared mind.