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Values of good education

Apr 19, 2010, 10:54 AM

In today's world, a good education is essential. Armed with that, not only will one be able to make better decisions in life, but obtain higher pay and respected careers.

Indeed, a good solid education not only teaches one the essential skills of the working world, it also prepares the mind to make sane, healthy, and intelligent decisions about any situation that one may encounter in life's journey.

A good education should help one to determine between what is right and what is wrong. The ability to read, write and perform basic mathematical operations is valuable in any job or career. Professionals who make fat salaries are those who have excelled in their area of specialisation.

However, although there are several benefits to a good education, the main benefit is that it makes one a better person in all aspects of life.

The more people with a good education, the more productive society will be, and the better off the next generation are. The person, who received good education, simply makes more money and lives a better life.

The goal of education is to provide a person with the clear understanding and perception of which stream of life he/she exists in, and within which laws.

He comes to the world, inborn, and in 18 years he will be an adult, but at this stage he still has his whole life before him, and needs to be shown how life is built like a pipe with an ending.

Education should be an ongoing preparation for life, and for living it to the fullest with a goal for the greater good.

It is a life-long process beginning at birth. Humans have a creative drive, which should be nurtured and allowed to grow in a fertile environment, whether that environment is at home or at school.

Herein lies the need to have college education. The benefits of having a college education are manifold and range from financial to cultural; from common benefits to some unexpected surprises. These could be among the reasons, which will help to serve as justification for a higher education.

In any event, justification for higher education could be that it is the best way to delay having to get a job! After prolonging your career search, while obtaining a valuable college education, you will find that your career choices will likely be much more substantial with your degree.

And, while a larger salary is not a guaranteed, unless you already have a promising career at 18, you drastically increase your earning potential if you attend college.

"Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten."
BF Skinner