Thinking of education may give one the idea of going to school, graduating or even obtaining papers. Being an educator, I look at education as a process inculcating manners, attitudes and knowledge. If these are not applied, the person should be considered uneducated, even unlettered.
An educated child knows the importance of washing hands after visiting the restroom and before taking a meal. From an early age, each person is taught the importance of aeration in rooms and vehicles. While the reasons are obvious, many people will close windows upon boarding a vehicle and close windows whenever they are in the house. Question is: can these be rightly called the educated?
Most people view education as the process of acquiring knowledge. Papers do not define how educated one is but shows how far one has ascended in the ladder of education. The education motto should be “educating the whole person”. You may at first laugh it off but thinking of the two examples at the outset, you can agree with that motto.
Education should mold a person to acquire new attitudes by applying what they learn. Think of an educator as a role model, one whose manners, dressing, courtesy and interactions should be imitated by the learners with whom he or she interacts. Each lesson has more than the subject matter to be taken in by a learner. Education should produce a dynamic person, one who can adapt to various situations, use their reasoning to solve problems and take care of their needs.
Being tidy, well organized and a good communicator are essential skills which should all define education.
If an educator walks in, makes the learners tidy up the classroom, open the windows for fresh air, they learn to do the same on their own if it is repeated often enough to make them see the sense of it. If they see the teacher looking smart and using good language when addressing them, they take it in too. Better yet, when they notice that their teacher is clean and organized and hates students who are disorderly or dirty, they will be molded to become better persons.
Education is not merely acquiring knowledge. One learns how to interact with others, make friends and express themselves.