I had never bothered to learn to read. I didn’t need to. The pigs knew how to read, they told us what the wall on the barn said. They told us what it meant too, so I didn’t need to figure it out for myself, the pigs knew what they were talking about. All that I had to do was repeat what they told me, but that was just what sheep did. Things are great! That’s what the pigs tell us, so things must be great. (Orwell 1945) George Orwell’s Animal Farm is about a farm run by pigs. The book begins with the animals rebelling and overthrowing the humans, so they can be governed by animals, independent of those tyrannical humans. There are many messages in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, one such message can be found in the sheep. These sheep constantly
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Education is vital to the development of one’s mind. Someone simply cannot think critically without some form of previous education because without one there is no background knowledge upon which to base a critical inquiry. Critical inquiry, as will be discussed, is exceedingly vital to the development of critical thinking skills. Butler, a former Chemistry department chair and college dean at Brigham Young University, wrote a forum entitled “Everybody is Ignorant, Only on Different Subjects,” which discussed education and continual learning. In this essay he explained what it takes to become educated. (Everybody is Ignorant, Only on Different Subjects, Butler 2012 /1976) “An educated person is one who, by his or her own initiative and discipline, is consciously, vigorously, and continually learning” (p. 363). You have to possess a desire to better your mind in order to become educated. Education is a continual process that takes vigorous work, it is by no means easy. Butler argues here that education takes self-motivation and discipline. Because education is a step in the critical thinking process, it is important to discuss. Becoming educated helps a person to understand how to properly formulate a legitimate critical inquiry, it helps to be able to form good, solid
Education is vital to the development of one’s mind. Someone simply cannot think critically without some form of previous education because without one there is no background knowledge upon which to base a critical inquiry. Critical inquiry, as will be discussed, is exceedingly vital to the development of critical thinking skills. Butler, a former Chemistry department chair and college dean at Brigham Young University, wrote a forum entitled “Everybody is Ignorant, Only on Different Subjects,” which discussed education and continual learning. In this essay he explained what it takes to become educated. (Everybody is Ignorant, Only on Different Subjects, Butler 2012 /1976) “An educated person is one who, by his or her own initiative and discipline, is consciously, vigorously, and continually learning” (p. 363). You have to possess a desire to better your mind in order to become educated. Education is a continual process that takes vigorous work, it is by no means easy. Butler argues here that education takes self-motivation and discipline. Because education is a step in the critical thinking process, it is important to discuss. Becoming educated helps a person to understand how to properly formulate a legitimate critical inquiry, it helps to be able to form good, solid