Education is one of the misguided concepts especially on the African continent. Going through junior school, high school, getting good grades and finally making it into college then graduating with a degree has been the definition of education in Africa for the past centuries yet that's only a means to education not education. Africa's education system at its best has produced administrators yet true education ends in the deployment of oneself. Education result in depolying oneself as a result of well developed gifts, talents and abilities.
What it is not: It's not going to junior school, high school and getting good grades. It is not going college to get a qualification and ultimately get a job. Education is not a bait that one uses to get a pay check at the end of the month. Education is bigger than that.
What it is: Education in its truest sense is broadening ones mind to see beyond the horizon. It is to draw out the potentialities within an individual and further develop the potential till the potentials are serving humanity. It is not a certificate, though it can be symbolized by a certificate. Education equips one with skills to solve problems, to analyze information and come up with strategies. It is measurable and quantifiable: education is value that someone is willing to pay for.
Education is the ability to deploy oneself based on ones gifting, talent, skills and abilities so as to provide service to humanity and it earns you commercial value.
Many mistake literacy for education. Education: results in a mind that has been transformed by the information it has received resulting in a changing attitude and ultimately a better character.
Literacy is the ability to receive, store and reproduce information without the information effecting changes to the receiver. Which makes the statement "knowledge is power" to be partially true but I will say "knowledge acted upon is power"
Give your mind to a tutor: develop your mind, gifts, talents and abilities. Education is a personal responsibility, the best an educator can do is to guide you as you educate (teacher) yourself. Also know that the school is not there to educate you but to create and maintain an environment for you to educate yourself.
In summary education is:
1. The development of your reasoning faculties, to stretch and to train your mind to think.
2. To teach you about problem solving.
3. To familiarize yourself with the world and the industries thereof.
4. The development of your gifts and abilities.
5. It is for molding your character.
To be continued..
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