Sheri at Wisdom Home Academy reports on The goal of education:
But if you ask what is the good of education in general, the answer is easy: that education makes good men, and that good men act nobly.
— Plato, Greek philosopher (c. 428-c. 348)
When making decisions about education, it helps to have an ultimate goal. Otherwise you risk floundering, going aimlessly from one idea to another.
I like Plato's point. For us education is not about getting rich, famous, smart, or powerful. We want our daughters to be educated so they can be better people.
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2 comments:
Do you have a source for that quotation (i.e. where is Plato meant to have written it)?
I'm sorry I don't have a source for the quotation. I tried to check back at Sheri's blog, but it is now gone.
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