Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Education teaches growth, values, and decision-making skills.
- In plain terms
- Education is learning how to choose and grow.
- What can you take from it?
- Education teaches values and choices.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What are you learning?
- What are you growing toward?
Another view
Education does not always guarantee good choices.
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