"Wisdom begins in wonder"- Socrates
Although there is no exact definition of what it means to "be wise", I believe that gaining wisdom requires a sense of basic knowledge, or rather understanding, of ones self and the world that surrounds them. Being wise does not entail the ability to list thirty digits of pi; I would even say that being at the top of your class is not intrinsic to approaching a true sense of wisdom. You can't have a TRUE understanding of the world unless you begin to genuinely think for yourself. Until you begin to wonder. Being wise isn't about knowing all the answers, it is about having the courage to embrace the questions.
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire"- Yeats
The filling of a pail is monotonous and uninvolving. The lighting of a fire is spontaneous and extraordinary. No two fires are exactly the same; each is unique- from the way it catches, to how it burns, all the way until it burns out. We should strive to make the education system the same way- young adults being treated as individuals- each spontaneous in when, and how, they blossom intellectually.
-Laura Kesnig
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