MyUnderstandingoftheTrueMeaningofEducation
Withtherapiddevelopmentofsociety,almosteveryonewantstobeeducated.However,manypeopleholdanerroneousviewtowardseducation.Theythink,probablymostparentsdo,thatthrougheducation,theywill,ortheirchildrenwill,turnouttobeeitherprominentscholarsorrichmerchants.Tothem,educationsuggestsmerelyfameorriches.
Theaimofeducation,inmyunderstanding,issetupondeeperandmoreimportantmentalaccomplishmentsandmoralculture.Whenwestudyatschoolorattheuniversity,wearecertainlyaimingataprofoundlearningofvarioussubjects,forthatisoneoftheessentialthingsandafundamentalindispensableforbuildingupourfuturecareer.Equallyimportantisthemoraleducationwhichwemustreceiveeitheratschoolorattheuniversity,forbuildingourcharacter.
Ontheotherhand,educationdoesnotsimplymean"goingtoschool."Wecannotconsiderourselveswell-educatedandsuperiorjustbecausewearethefortunateoneswhocangosomewheretostudy,thuslookingdownuponthosewhocannotgetsuchgoldenchancesasours.Itisatruthuniversallyknownthatthatadoctorisdifferentfromablacksmithisnotbecausetheformerhasreceivedhighereducationandthelatterhasnot.
Toconcludemyessay,Iwouldliketoquoteanoldsaying"Learnwhateveritmaybe,wheneveryoucan,andwheneveryouwill,"andthis,Ithink,isthetruemeaningofeducation.