Educationisnotanend,butameanstoanend.Inotherwords,wedonoteducatechildrenonlyforeducatingthem.Ourpurposeistofitthemforlife.①
Insomemoderncountriesithasbeenfashionabletothinkthatfreeeducationforallcansolvealltheproblemsofsocietyandbuildaperfectnation.Butwecanalreadyseethatfreeeducationforallisnotenough.Wefindinsuchcountriesafarlargernumberofpeoplewithuniversitydegreesrefusingtodowhattheythinkis“low”work,and,infact,workingwithone’shandsisthoughttobedirtyandshamefulinsuchcountries.Butwehaveonlytothinkamomenttounderstandthattheworkofacompletelyuneducatedfarmerisfarmoreimportantthanthatofaprofessor;wecanlivewithouteducation,butwedieifwehavenofood.Ifnoonecleanedourstreetsandtooktherubbishawayfromourhouses,weshouldgetterriblediseasesinourtowns.
Infact,whenwesaythatallofusmustbeeducatedtofitusforlife,②itmeansthatwemustbeeducatedinsuchawaythat,firstly,eachofuscandowhateverworkissuitedtohisbrainsandabilityand,secondly,thatwecanrealizethatalljobsarenecessarytosociety,andthatitisverybadtobeashamedofone’swork.③Onlysuchatypeofeducationcanbeconsideredvaluabletosociety.
