Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Education reveals gaps in knowledge you were unaware of.
- In plain terms
- You learn what you did not know you did not know.
- What can you take from it?
- True learning expands awareness of one's ignorance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you not know you do not know?
- How do you find learning gaps?
Another view
Education does not always reveal unknown unknowns explicitly.
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