Education

June 14, 2022

Education. Education… Why do we need to be educated, and what does being educated mean? I was a teacher in my younger life. Why do we need to be educated at all? I guess the main reason is survival. In order to survive you must know something. Before people had alphabets, they drew pictures on the walls of caves to warn others of danger. There are different ways to communicate. Drawing being one way, and then there are smoke signals, and sign language. There are many ways of getting the message out there. In the beginning of life, children learned how to survive from their parents and relatives. Education was on a need-to-know basis and was handed down generation to generation. As time passed, education became more formal and more extensive. Children had to go to school where they learned to read and write and to do the numbers. Mostly teachers spoke and children listened. Schools have changed now, and children are learning things way beyond the classroom. It begs to differ, are teachers going the way of the dinosaurs? Will everything in the world be mail order or virtual in the future for our heirs? I can’t imagine what it will be like, for the people I will never know. Survival is different from generation to generation. So, what is learned is different too. Children for the most part do not know how to write cursive any more and don’t know how to read it. Also with computers, today’s children do not know how to spell very well. if they are on the computer all well and good but give them a piece of paper and a pencil and their spelling is a bit suspect. I know they still have the National Spelling Bee every year, but do they teach spelling in schools? Are there spelling tests every week? I don’t know. Things have changed in the classrooms since I was teaching kids. Very young children know more about sex than I even knew when I was newly married, Today’s kids think recipes are the choices in the drive up at McDonalds. Families don’t usually sit down for dinner together. Children do not have any idea what it means to have a balanced diet or what the five major food groups are. Nutrition is bacon, and pizza. I wonder if life expectancy will go down as this generation ages…if you happen to believe in life expectancy. It is all about survival. Survival can only be judged by those who come after. I mean did the dinosaurs think they would be extinct. Now, about what it means to be educated. Does being educated mean to be rich and be able to have anything and everything you ever wanted. Does it mean to have a good job in order to have those things? Does being educated mean you are better able to survive and will live forever? What does being educated mean? I believe we are all put on this magical journey of our lives to complete God’s vision. We are God’s legs and hands. I believe we all have God given talents at birth, but we need to learn how to utilize our gifts from God. Education is the road to knowledge, and Knowledge will make you able to fulfill God’s plan for you. In this world there is a need for each one of us to exist. I believe with education you can make all your dreams come true, because you will know how to do it. If you are doing life as you should be, you will be happy and fulfilled. Look deep inside and you will find the road you should be on. The right road for you is the road that utilizes your God given talents. The magic is, that when you are on the right road what you do is something you love to do because you have the talent to do it. It is a gift. It is all a gift. Happiness is having a job that you love so much, you would do it even if you were not getting paid. However, since you have the gift to be extremely good at what you do you will be paid the big bucks. Do what you love and you will be happy.

Granny-o