Function of education

The passage "The Function of Education," asks if we (the readers) know what the function of education is. There can be numerous answers but it asks if education just for a good job? To learn to be obedient and conform? The passage also speaks of what consists of life and that the pain, suffering, and day-to-day experiences are beautiful and that that's part of what educates us. The author has a negative tone towards the education system today, but negative towards the practical side of education, by learning obedience, and conforming to the way your parents, teachers, and the system almost wants you to. In which I could agree with Jiddu that education is the tool to help one understand the process of life, but can mean nothing if one is not doing what they love. Not only a person can learn and be educated in a class room but also out in the world, seeing and discovering, finding out what's "real" by yourself not by a teacher, guide, or philosopher. I can see where the author is coming from, people that stay in confounds of their comfort zones, traditions, and routines are the ones victims of fear and cannot be intelligent due to a person not seeing something new and learning. Intelligence needs to be in an atmosphere of freedom says Jiddu, with freedom one can do and think anything and see the world they want to understand it, not through a one dimension text book. If one can interpret something the way they wanted to that is true freedom, which then leads to intelligence. With freedom and intelligence in a world of conformity one is in constant revolt says Jiddu, and that if everyone were victims of freedom and intelligence everyone would be in revolt but in the best way possible, simply by creating a new and improved society. I believe that the true function of education is to weed out the weak from the strong, or to weed out the the ones in fear and to keep them in order and for the intelligent break away and make their society prosper.

Goals and I

My name is Jacob Alcazar, I'm a mass communication major trying to get into the fields of radio and television. But at this point I'm just trying to pass my classes as best as I can, finish Chabot, and transfer out of here. I like to learn, I hate to read, but I like to challenge myself... Lets have fun. :)