Saturday, 6 October 2012

"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a candle" (William Butler Yeats).


Do you know any educated person?  You may wonder why I ask this question. Around you there are many people you consider educated and think the question is stupid.  Wait a minute. It may not be stupid.  The educated person is different from the learned person.  I wonder if you agree!  The truth is unless the learned person is at the same time an educated person he will only be a learned person and not an educated person. The purely educated person is someone who has a lot of knowledge because he/she has read and learned a great deal; but he may not be educated.  If someone is called a learned person, it means the person has great knowledge gained from reading and studying; but he/she will not necessary be an educated man.  There are many learned men and women amongst us; but educated men and women are rare to find. People who are smart and find an educated person, easily know. Next time we will tell how it is possible to know. In other words, we shall tell you some of the things that distinguish an educated man from a learned man.

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