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Education doesn't only happen within the confines of an institution, so I can't say that an educated person is necessarily one who has X degree.
A well-educated person has done some traveling or has otherwise exposed himself to cultures other than his own, considers all possibilities (including the possibility that he doesn't know what he's talking about!), pays attention to current events, has lots of questions and actively seeks out answers, and can use his knowledge in real-life applications.
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Originally Posted by CowanStern
" Education is not the mastery of one idea, but familiarity with all ideas."
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An educated person has a broad range of knowledge and understanding. Education isn't only about schooling, but about an interest in ideas.
Last edited by Pivot Point; 06-20-2012 at 08:37 PM..
An educated person has a broad range of knowledge and understanding. Education isn't only about schooling, but about an interest in ideas.
I actually teach my students the difference between education and schooling. It is important that they are able to assess the quality of the instruction that they receive, which is very heavy on worksheets and programmed instruction to raise test scores. I try to get them to look beyond their test scores to what they will need to be successful in college while the message that they receive from the school is that the state tests are all-important. If they buy into that message they end up under-educated.
I actually teach my students the difference between education and schooling. It is important that they are able to assess the quality of the instruction that they receive, which is very heavy on worksheets and programmed instruction to raise test scores. I try to get them to look beyond their test scores to what they will need to be successful in college while the message that they receive from the school is that the state tests are all-important. If they buy into that message they end up under-educated.
Good for you. I wish more teachers were so invested in cultivating their students' minds.
In my opinion, teaching to the test produces memorizing automatons who know how to give the right answers to test questions. It's not designed to promote the love of learning and the magic of intellectual curiosity and development. Sad.
To put it simply, someone that is educated is an individual who has exposed them-self to a large range of information that encompasses various fields. Therefore, an educated person will be knowledgeable in multiple areas and most likely be specialized in some particular field.
Most of you guys are confusing being educated with intelligence. Applying the information you obtain through education demonstrates one's level of intelligence, while simply obtaining the information categorizes one as educated.
Living a life thinking balls count more than education tends to get a person into certain situations. Education is very often what keeps such necessary parts connected to your body.
Feel free to ponder that for a moment.
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There are other names for that too, such as, immaturity, imprudence, foolishness, folly, recklessness, shortsightedness, etc.
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Originally Posted by DewDropInn
Living a life thinking balls count more than education tends to get a person into certain situations. Education is very often what keeps such necessary parts connected to your body.
It's a broad term, in my opinion. The most traditional meaning is being formally or officially educated as in having a diploma or degree of some sort. The other less conventional use of the word is for someone who has a breadth of knowledge about things in general and is able to convey that knowledge intelligently....but don't go by me.
I interpret it to mean that you went to institution of higher education, and completed your education there. You don't have to be educated to be smart, but it does teach you a very of knowledge that you may not be exposed to if you had not gone to a college. Knowledgeable on the other hand is a bit different. You can be knowledgeable without a college degree (self taught, reads lots of books, attend workshops, learn a trade or get a certificate, travel). They are two different things but simular. I guess being smart is subjective.
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