" Education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't."
Education is the main medium on which depends the progress of intellect of an individual as well as a nation. This is the education which gets an individual out of ignorant…(ignorance is “what you don’t know”) and guides him to the right path…………the path of wisdom (wisdom is what “you do know”).
Education is the only source of the progress of constructive attitude in the human being. Education gives us knowledge of ‘rules and regulations’ of political, social, cultural without which a nation is nothing but a soulless body. The absence of education, or at least the status quo of further progress of education in a nation, takes it to nothingness and this nothingness is again the inability to differentiate between what you know and what you don't."
The aim of education isn’t how much we have committed to our memory for the sake of passing certain exams nor it is just for earning money for living, but its purpose is to train intelligence, attitude, and morale of an individual. Intelligence, attitude or behavior and moral are so linked with each other like body and soul. Its purpose is not just gaining of information, but its purpose is to polish a person’s intellect, and abilities. In brief, it can be said that EDUCATION IS FOR BUILDING CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY OF A PERSON.
How could all these qualities be developed? Of course by Education, but according to the above quote ……………….. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't."
The portion of the quote “what you don’t” means the dark side of our behavioral intelligence which does not allow us to see the bad deeds or the sins we commit. Ignorance is a sin, it is tyranny (zulm )(and we are Zaalim)(Tyrant) because sometimes ignorance takes us to behave like a tyrant. So knowing (education) is the ability to differentiate between knowing and not knowing, when an individual gets to the realization of his status, and mends him/herself, there comes a healthy educated society, in resultant, there comes peace, love, and harmony.
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Dear Mishaikh,
I really agree with your point of view. However, many educated people do not have such intelligence, attitude, and morale. Many educated people suppress weak people. Many educated people abuse their intelligence. Many educated people behave like a non-educated person. It is more pathetic to see.
Thank you for reminding us about the purpose of being educated. Great thought by you. :)
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Hamari paas ake baat hai, (taaleem ake ghar banata hain, buniad ki begair. Jahalat ake aala ghar nasht karna) Excuse my poor Urdu. I wanted to say, we have a saying, (education builds a house without any foundation, ignorance destroys a house of honor and glory). Ignorance is a big enemy. A ِ nice comparative study between two contradictories. It's educational too. Thanks, Mr. Mishaikh for the study!