My Response to “The Purpose of Education”
I am responding to “The Purpose of Education” by Martin Luther King Jr. To tell you the truth, this whole essay really grabbed my attention, but I guess I will have to choose just one thing. A quote that stood out to me is “We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” I found this passage important because it brought my attention to a point that I have never considered before. I know I have learned of real, well educated people being very biased or prejudiced against a certain issue, but the thought that the combination of character and education earlier in their life could actually change the kind of person they grow up to be never entered my mind. I think it’s kind of sad that more people these days don’t make this realizaton.
While reading this essay, I got the idea that the thesis is about how a lot of young people who are in school just think they need an education to further themselves in the race for power and nobility. They forget that they need to learn how to think for themselves and that they need to have morals in their lives. I believe the writer supports his thesis by giving an example of a so-called “educated” person, Eugene Talmadge. King went on to explain how Mr Talmadge was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a prestigious academic honor society. Maybe Eugene Talmadge was an extremeley intelligent man, but he obviously wasn’t well-educated enough to realize that all ethnic races are equal.
From reading other people’s blog, it looks like this story received the most attention. I chose the same quote you selected. I find myself surrounded by brilliant people with no discernment every day. I agree, it is ashame that these well educated people forgot their manners when it came to life skills and common sense. I am all for education and am trying to rectify it but I don’t believe it completes our learning process.
As for Mr. Talmadge, he was a cruel and hard man with no respect for people or their rights as human beings. Perhaps Herman Talmadge best described how Georgians felt about his father when he said that a third of the people would follow his father to hell and a third of them wanted him in hell. Eugene Talmadge’s belief in negative government and his bitter opposition to the New Deal did little to improve the material well-being of Georgians during his governorship.
Comment by Robin Shirreffs — October 7, 2007 @ 9:25 pm
I too picked the same as you did. I like the way your response picks a few main points and brings them to light. I think you may know some people who are “book” smart, but lack common sense. Thanks for picking this and giving me a different idea on the subject.
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