Robert M. Hutchins, an educational philosopher, states that, “The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” I agree that education is a tool that we use to prepare us for life. What is the purpose of Education? It is often said that education is just remembering facts long enough to take a test. In reality, it is learning skills to use in everyday life. Education is, in essence, learning how to learn. Personally, I didn’t learn how to learn from school.
While in school, I did well and got good grades. On the other hand, I viewed school as a place to see my friends and socialize. The school work felt useless and I was unlikely to remember the information in the days following the test. In college, I took classes and worked full-time. By this point in my life, I had no real passion about studying anything. All I was doing was working to pay for school. I was engaged and decided to take some time off, believing I would return at a later time. …show more content…
Plans of returning to college became a distant memory. In this next season, I discovered that I loved to learn about anything new. However, I was so used to being spoon-fed everything in school and had never learned how to learn. This began my journey of learning. When I was interested in learning something, I had to teach myself. I would research it, ask advice, and try doing it. Many endeavors failed, but I also had many successes. One example of learning even through failure is that, I wanted to learn to bake bread, and the process was more complicated than I thought and my beginning loaves were barely edible. Thankfully, my family was very gracious and encouraged me to keep trying. As I continued to practice, I improved. Dense masses of bread were replaced with light, fluffy loaves. Hundreds of loaves later, my bread would now challenge a
While in school, I did well and got good grades. On the other hand, I viewed school as a place to see my friends and socialize. The school work felt useless and I was unlikely to remember the information in the days following the test. In college, I took classes and worked full-time. By this point in my life, I had no real passion about studying anything. All I was doing was working to pay for school. I was engaged and decided to take some time off, believing I would return at a later time. …show more content…
Plans of returning to college became a distant memory. In this next season, I discovered that I loved to learn about anything new. However, I was so used to being spoon-fed everything in school and had never learned how to learn. This began my journey of learning. When I was interested in learning something, I had to teach myself. I would research it, ask advice, and try doing it. Many endeavors failed, but I also had many successes. One example of learning even through failure is that, I wanted to learn to bake bread, and the process was more complicated than I thought and my beginning loaves were barely edible. Thankfully, my family was very gracious and encouraged me to keep trying. As I continued to practice, I improved. Dense masses of bread were replaced with light, fluffy loaves. Hundreds of loaves later, my bread would now challenge a