The Purpose of Education

The Purpose of Education

In attempting to define the true purpose for education, people tend to focus on goals, which differ from one person to another. Most Americans approach education as a means to end. Many focus on the possible social, economic, and political benefits that can come from furthering education. While education certainly is capable of producing amazing results in these specific physical realms, perhaps we shouldn’t focus on its material goals, but rather on its mental impact, which is where reason is derived from. Through the use of reason in the form of education, we will be better able to come to terms with ourselves and our environment, which will bring us closer to reaching our full potentials as human beings. It is our advanced intelligence which makes us unique in this world, and perhaps it is the use of reason which will eventually reveal our true purpose of being.

The first step toward reaching our full potential deals with gaining a better understanding of ourselves. Simply by being honest with ourselves and using our given ability to reason, we will be better able to come to terms with what is truly our purpose of living. By concerning ourselves with the absolutes of human nature we will be much closer to reality, opposed to an approach that is simply based on already established ideals. Armed with reason and a good understanding of our own human nature we will be more prepared to understand and react to our ...