Oscar Wilde claimed that “education is an
admirable thing but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that
is worth knowing can be taught.” It seems that words uttered a century ago are
even more accurate in relation to the contemporary state of education. After
answering three simple questions you will have no doubt about the brilliance of
that statement.
Does
education provide knowledge essential to one's survival? Cluttering young minds
with dates, definitions and formulae – is what schools do best. What they tend
to completely disregard is practical knowledge. What use do we have of knowing
the names and specifications of all the crops planted in Europe when we are
unable to plant and grow (not to mention make use of) a single one of them with
our own hands? No matter how educated we are, when cut off from the goods of
civilisation we are not likely to survive even a week on our own.
Can education teach you
how to live your life? The answer is simple – no it can not.
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