I was asked the following in an interview recently: “What does it mean to be educated?” After clarifying that the interviewer actually meant “well educated” I directed him to Psalm 119:97-100 and Proverbs 1:7:
“O how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine. I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, because I have observed Your precepts.”
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
His summary question caused me to think of all that might be needed to be “well educated”: “Is it possible to have a large amount of schooling but not be well educated?” I have made some small additions to what I responded to him but essentially here is the graph I came up with then to answer his question and explain what I considered “well educated” to mean:
x-axis: study includes both depth (specialization) and breadth (number and variety of subjects); study may be acquired through schooling, tutoring, or self-study
y-axis: experience involves interaction with the surroundings and skills training and practice
z-axis: moral training begins with God’s Word and proceeds to thought application to all of life events
x and y axes begin a zero and may be positive however z-axis factors may either be positive or negative; factors are multiplied together.
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Meaning of Well Educated
Posted in Cultural commentary, General, tagged Cultural commentary on November 27, 2010| 6 Comments »
I was asked the following in an interview recently: “What does it mean to be educated?” After clarifying that the interviewer actually meant “well educated” I directed him to Psalm 119:97-100 and Proverbs 1:7:
“O how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine. I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, because I have observed Your precepts.”
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
His summary question caused me to think of all that might be needed to be “well educated”: “Is it possible to have a large amount of schooling but not be well educated?” I have made some small additions to what I responded to him but essentially here is the graph I came up with then to answer his question and explain what I considered “well educated” to mean:
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