Being Literate Or Truly Enlightened?

Knowledgeable, educated, and wise have become descriptive characteristics that have become seemingly interchangeable in today’s society. However, what does it mean to be educated, wise or knowledgeable? In the article “The Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Consumer” by Benjamin Barber, he says “…young people were exposed more and more to tutors other than teachers in their classrooms or even those who were in their churches, their synagogues-and today their mosques as well.” (417). It is suggested that the places where these characteristics are obtained have changed with industrialization and capitalism. “The Student and the University (from the Closing of the American Mind)” by Allen Bloom directly postulates from the vantage

With proper education, it can help shape an individual's future; education is the foundation of the way of life today, it is needed and required everywhere in the world. Those who strive to be employed, make money, or do something great in the future has to rely on education to get them there. Education is mandatory to become an engineer, doctor, teacher, astronaut etc.; the skill required to be able to do any type of work is gained from learning the basics and having a clear understanding of it. An individual's success depends mainly on their talent and hardwork. Although we rely on education, we as well rely on that individual's strength, determination, and perseverance. Every individual are each a diamond in the rough and should be well taken care

Education, gives us the key to the future, it allows us to see the world, and comprehend it. Education isn't ordinary, it's an idiosyncratic weapon; even though it's a weapon, it wasn't design to kill. It was designed to allow any human being to change the world and shows them the truth. Put them on a path that gives the user unlimited knowledge but how they obtain it and use it, will all depend on the user. Education allows you to push others so they can see a new future or how to change it and turn it to the best instead of being the worst.

The better the education a person has, the more successful they will be. Even having a basic education can bring you far. If people didn?t take education seriously, the country would not be the country we would be today. We would have corruption throughout the nation and our technology would be outdated. We would have not had any advances in medicines or cures to many of the diseases that are curable today. The stability in the government would not be balanced, and the economy would sink into depression. Everything considered the country would be in turmoil and misery.

I also believe that an education is very good to have but not all that society makes it out to be. I feel that a person should have a good education so that can open up his mind and give him something to persuade in his future. If a person is educated that can really have an advantage in the “real world” today. Society looks very highly on a person with a good education, but this is where I disagree with society. Since society looks so highly on education, the people that may have a natural talent or trait may never get a chance to peruse a good career. The job market will always look at the person that has a schooling background and never at that other person that does not have a good education. Even if that person with the education may not be the best person to hire for the benefit of the company but the company will still hire him because of his education background.

Learning doctrines play a vital role in today’s competitive business industry especially in the rouse of new ways to form and conduct companies. Education is more than to learn or memorize files, even though commonly confused as such. Education you simply have it or not. I believe that be educated means that you have the skill to think analytically, and to accept and reconnoiter different standpoints.

What does it mean to be an educated person? An educated person is a well-rounded person that is knowledgeable in not just one area. It is a person that is open to new ideas and able to interact with various people. Someone that is educated is able to learned about our background and history and passes it down for future generations to learned and obtained that knowledge. Culture is the most important part of ones education. Many of the customs, attitudes, and beliefs of one group is what let one person be able to acquire the knowledge others countries, educators, and society is trying to teach them.

Having education doesn 't automatically make you intelligent, nor does it measure your competency. However, in today 's society, having a degree is very important for getting a good job and making money, but it does not mean that earning a degree makes you knowledgeable. In the article Importance of Education states, “Education plays a vital role in your success in the personal growth. The more you have knowledge the more you grow” (Importance of Education). If schools are supposed to help are personal growth through school. Then why do so many student lose interest in finding who they want to become or question why they are here in the first place. In the documentary movie War on Kids, Morgan Emrich a public school teacher states, “they’re taught to hate reading by being forced to read stuff that they don 't want to. It 's really rare for a kid in school to be able to choose a book that they want to read and read it” (War on Kids). As students we get force to learn what is require in order to go from one grade to another. We also get tested to see the school academic level or need to pass a standardized test in order to graduate.

Everyone has a different view of what education is and to get education. Education is key to being successful later in life. People who are educated get employment opportunities and get a high paying job. If, you are not educated than you are likely to get a job that neither pay you minimum wage or not. Before, we can get a job without having an education or any skills and education was expensive. Nowadays, everything is changing from getting a job to going to college to getting education. Now in order to get a job, we need to have a degree or skills and education is expensive that not everyone can afford. I here at CSU Stanislaus to have a great career and to make a future for better living for me and my family. My family and I come from low- income family. For me, it is important to get

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An educated person is supposed to face the challenges of life bravely and successfully. No person can be called properly educated if he or she fails in making a good contribution to the society and country. Education means that students are able to stand on there own feet with the hard work they have achieved

An educated person is open minded to expand their knowledge. Knowing a multiple of things, as well as being able to justify it, is a way to show that one is educated. Reading up on the different perspectives of Paulo Freire and Hsun Tzu gave me various understandings of what being an educated person means. Having a variety of degrees just shows the level of education not the amount of intelligence. A person that has true talent, has value to the things he knows, or can do things others are not able to, is a great example of someone that is educated.

Possibly a product of translational inaccuracy, the use of educated is problematic. While it was likely intended to mean "cultured," some may interpret it as indicating that education produces people with tolerant viewpoints. Such a claim is easily refutable, as most Americans are educated, while far less are tolerant. Additionally, it is possible that education carried a greater prestige in Ancient Greece than in contemporary America, justifying Aristotle's seemingly inappropriate word choice.

The term ‘education’ can mean many things. An education is the collective knowledge a person has, but what does an education mean? Although an education can be paid for, no one can physically give you an education, so it is not a gift. There are societal situations where an education is a necessity, but not many globally. Education is a tool to be utilized differently in every part of the world. Knowledge is power, but some knowledge is more powerful depending on your region. If you are part a primitive tribe in New Guinea, a person that is considered to be educated may be illiterate. Whereas in America, an illiterate person would have trouble functioning at all in society. Education is a tool that is to be

Education certainly has an effect on many aspects of life. It improves the living standard of the people. The progress of economy means the rise in per capita income. For example, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, those with only a high school education are twice as likely to be unemployed as those with at least a bachelor’s degree (Rothwell, 2013). Within the employed, the average college educated worker earns 84 percent more than the average worker with only a high school education. Even those with just some college and no degree or an associate’s degree earn 16 percent more. College educated workers are much more likely to be in the labor force (Rothwell, 2013). By increasing per capita income, education allows people to be more aware about their own and family health as