Never walk a road

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It was one fine morning when little James continued to be in deep slumber. When his mom noticed this, she went to his room and shouted, “James, wake up! You are gonna be late for school” The little boy was forced to comply with the parental command. While he was proceeding to his school he pondered on this question that has engulfed the minds of great thinkers, what is education for? His mind was restless. He continued to seek for answers as he would seek for the Kingdom of God.

I myself also wonder why I attend school everyday. Is it for me to attain employment in the future? That is quite superficial. It is important that there is something deeper than having a stable job in the future. Once I have read a book by Jack Canfield entitled, “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith.” That book was a treasury of stories of Catholics who have experienced something that would change their outlook on their faith for the rest of their pilgrimage in this world. One tale that I have encountered is about a parcel of a novelist’s childhood. John R. Powers recounted his experience with his teacher in third grade, Sister Lee. She was known to be very strict. It was then common for Catholic Schools in the 1950s that teachers that included priests and nuns had stern demeanours. There was a time that one of his classmates asked a question to Sister Lee. It was “Sister, why do we have to go to school?” The students expected a final explosion but the opposite happened. The nun answered calmly, “I do not know the purpose of school but I know the purpose of education, so that you can wa...

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...at children like James should grow up to become responsible individuals in society. They should be skilled professionals and businessmen ready to serve their own fellowmen as God would have them to. It is written …those who serve must serve with the strength that God gives them, so that in all things praise may be given to God through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and power forever and ever.(1 Peter 4:11). We should serve with our God-given strength and values for the benefit of humankind. In order for us to fulfil this task, we should have an education that is based by moral values so that we can walk the road that leads to our heart. Without education, we would be victims of the abomination which I call as ignorance. I would like to borrow the words of Victor Hugo as I conclude this humble work. He uttered, “He who opens a school door closes a prison door.”

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