Post on 29-Dec-2015
MY EDUCATIONAL MANIFESTO
BY: PETER ROBERTS
PLATO’S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE
• PRISONERS ARE CHAINED TO A WALL IN A CAVE AND FORCED TO WATCH SHADOWS CREATED BY PUPPETEERS.
• ONE IS SET FREE AND ALLOWED TO LEAVE HIS PERCEPTION OF REALITY BEHIND
COMING INTO THE LIGHT
• THE MAN WAS BLINDED BY THE WORLD HE HAD NEVER KNOWN.
• THE PUPPET MASTERS NO LONGER HAD A GRIP ON HIS PERCEPTION OF REALITY AND HE COULD SEE WITH ONLY A CONCEPT OF TRUTH
• THIS IS PLATO'S IDEA OF ENLIGHTENMENT
ENLIGHTENMENT
• ENLIGHTENMENT IS THE ABILITY TO SEE TRUTH WITHOUT DILUTION
• SO MUCH OF EDUCATION IS TAUGHT TO US WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION OF CREDIBILITY.
• SOCIETY MANIPULATES OUR DECISIONS EVERY DAY
• VERY FEW OF ANYTHING THAT WE KNOW IS GENUINELY PURE
• WE ARE GENUINELY IGNORANT
LEARNING
• OUR GENERATION HAS ISSUES WITH THE ABILITY TO TAKE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND TERN IT INTO KNOWLEDGE.
• IT MEANS LITTLE MORE THAN RECITING IT FOR A TEST
• THIS IS TEMPORARY AND LIMITS OUR COGNITIVE ABILITY
EDUCATION
• EDUCATION ISN’T JUST WHAT OUR TEACHERS TAUGHT US, AND ITS MOST CERTAINLY NOT OVER WHEN WE FINISH SCHOOL.
• STUDENTS NEED THE ABILITY TO THINK MORE THAN HAVING THE ANSWER.
• IT’S THE JOURNEY MORE THAN THE RESULT, BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE WILL TAKE YOU FURTHER ON YOUR NEXT JOURNEY
WHAT’S THE HARDEST PART
• THE HARDEST PART OF EDUCATION IS THE ABILITY TO LEARN AND TO ENJOY IT AT THE SAME TIME
• EDUCATION IS A LIFE LONG ENDEAVOR THAT WE CAN NEVER TAKE A BREAK FROM
• OUR SCHOOLS DON’T HAVE CURRICULUMS DEVOTED TO INSPIRING YOU
• THE INSPIRATION COMES FROM INSIDE
THE JOURNEY IS DAUNTING BUT THE REWARD IS GREAT
• MY FATHER IS A BRITISH IMMIGRANT THAT WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN HIS FAMILY TO GET A COLLEGE DEGREE
• HE JUST HAPPENED TO GET TWO TERMINAL DEGREES AND BECOME A PROFESSOR AS WELL
• HE HAS ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT AN EDUCATION ISN’T AN OPTION BUT THE KEY TO A BETTER LIFE
• “IF YOU FIND A LOVE OF LEARNING, YOU WILL NEVER BE A POOR MAN, AND I’M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MONEY.” KEN ROBERTS
WHAT IS WEALTH
• WEALTH COMES FROM SATISFACTION
• IT COMES FROM HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT AND NOT JUST MONEY
• A RICH MAN ISN’T SOMEONE WHO NEVER HAS TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY
• A RICH MAN IS SOMEONE WHO HAS CULTURE AND LOVES LIFE
• A LOVE OF EDUCATION IS THE BINARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WASTED TIME AND MESSAGES THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH-OUT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, AND PERHAPS THE BINARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FULFILLMENT AND EMPTINESS
THIS VIDEO INSPIRED ME. I HOPE IT INSPIRES YOU AS WELL!
• THIS INDIVIDUAL UNDERSTANDS EDUCATION IN A MORE PURE CONTEXT
• HE SEES THROUGH SCHOOL AND LOOKS AT THE BIGGER PICTURE
• EDUCATION IS SELF FULFILLMENT AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS A REALITY
• YOUTUBE LINK: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=Y_ZMM7ZPLYI