Day 52 The Importance of an Education
Education is important. No doubt. Yet there are doubters. But what is education? For me I have only recently come to appreciate and, see from an new perspective, Education and what it is. There are a number of topics that I can cover, I will try to cover them all.
Education is a word. I can reflect that it is a word. I can recall and remember all the ways this one word can be used. It is connected in my brain to these word possibilities: School, College, University, classes, subjects, math, history, science, literature, teachers, nature vs. nurture, experience, skill, self-taught, questioning, curiosity, truth, honesty, objective, unbiased, arguments, thesis, question, hypothesis, nature, the earth, reality, morality, ethics, best for all, understanding, learning, open.
The fact that I connect all these words to the word education is proof that I have a deep, rich, complex education, that is aligned not with fantasy, manipulation, or lies. For some people, education is about such things, it is about power, control, dominance, destruction, self-serving. Yet not me.
Education, as who I am, as what I have lived, requires taking all sides and all perspectives, and being see through those lenses. Because the truth should be able to be questioned, and proven with a sound method or test. Otherwise its not truth, its opinion.
What is interesting is that if the method is sound and reliable, then when you test something you should get information that reflects what you are testing. To understand this and the importance of this requires learning and exposing yourself to Science, to Math, to history, philosophy, literature, in order to have an array of tools and experiences that allow you to see and work with what is here and create better things.
Something that is equally important is spending time connecting with that part of you that is connected to everything and everyone. That requires meditation, reflection, and looking.
Education is about truth, its about reality, its about all of us. Its not opinion, or belief. Yet it involves listening to the opinions and beliefs, hearing them out, and finding a way to navigate to the truth. Because before something is seen as true it is regarded as unknown. You don't know something until you know it.
An education can never harm you. The deeper you go, the better off you will be, and the more you can do for others and yourself.
Education is a word. I can reflect that it is a word. I can recall and remember all the ways this one word can be used. It is connected in my brain to these word possibilities: School, College, University, classes, subjects, math, history, science, literature, teachers, nature vs. nurture, experience, skill, self-taught, questioning, curiosity, truth, honesty, objective, unbiased, arguments, thesis, question, hypothesis, nature, the earth, reality, morality, ethics, best for all, understanding, learning, open.
The fact that I connect all these words to the word education is proof that I have a deep, rich, complex education, that is aligned not with fantasy, manipulation, or lies. For some people, education is about such things, it is about power, control, dominance, destruction, self-serving. Yet not me.
Education, as who I am, as what I have lived, requires taking all sides and all perspectives, and being see through those lenses. Because the truth should be able to be questioned, and proven with a sound method or test. Otherwise its not truth, its opinion.
What is interesting is that if the method is sound and reliable, then when you test something you should get information that reflects what you are testing. To understand this and the importance of this requires learning and exposing yourself to Science, to Math, to history, philosophy, literature, in order to have an array of tools and experiences that allow you to see and work with what is here and create better things.
Something that is equally important is spending time connecting with that part of you that is connected to everything and everyone. That requires meditation, reflection, and looking.
Education is about truth, its about reality, its about all of us. Its not opinion, or belief. Yet it involves listening to the opinions and beliefs, hearing them out, and finding a way to navigate to the truth. Because before something is seen as true it is regarded as unknown. You don't know something until you know it.
An education can never harm you. The deeper you go, the better off you will be, and the more you can do for others and yourself.
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