The End of Education

Actually, I propose that the pursuit of one's education should never end. Does education end the moment we graduate from an institution with the degree of our heart's content?

So then, how should we engage the educational process?

Yes, we need to provide for ourselves and family. Education for career advancement is helpful to our welfare. However, even that is short lived, because what happens when we retire? Should we stop learning when winter arrives? Does the gray mean we have attained all their is to know?

Our modern concept of education has promulgated that people receive their education in grade school and university. Upon graduation, people typically begin their career, start their families and begin the cycle all over again.

However, I support the idea that education should not end upon graduation, but rather that education is a life-long voyage. This philosophy stems from the idea that we have been created for a purpose. Education, which should move towards self education with maturity, is the paddle through which we make our way through the river of life. Unfortunately, some people throw their paddles overboard, give up and just drift with the current. This attitude flies in the face of the created order and the purpose we have been created to accomplish.

What we need is a reason to pursue education and to do it with passion. There must be a reason. Passion without a reason is like exercising on a sugar high. The energy will be gone quickly, and the attitude towards life will be worse.

I leave with these questions, which I hope to address in forthcoming blog entries:

• Why is it not cool to pursue learning with passion?
  
  
• Why do many not realize the importance of education until later in life?
  
  
• Why do many struggle with finding purpose?