The role of education
Daniel Lusianu
Education is a tree that produces knowledge. The mind is the field unto which the tree grows. Depending on the education that one gets, the mind which is the field has the ability to produce a tree which is of good knowledge or bad knowledge. The field in which the tree of good knowledge is planted produces good fruits. Its fruits are truth, love, kindness, uprightness, sound morals, service and integrity, all these fruits yields to health and life. Good trees are in their very nature able to give life by the very fruits they produce. The more you eat of their fruits the more you become healthy. The knowledge that one gets from education should be liberating and life giving. It should set one free and give you a sense of inner freedom. In essence the education one gets should be able to cultivate the very best behaviours in you such that it can help you as the receiver of it and fellow men.
If the education you are pursuing does not help you to become a better person in the society, then you need to question the source of it. I challenge you to question your education. Has the education that you received helped you to become better person or has it only helped you to become an educated fool; without integrity, love, honesty and moral uprightness. I should be quick to point out that the society is feasting upon the fruits of the tree of bad knowledge;--when there are so many doctors in the society yet so many are dying. When there are lot of teachers yet only few school learners in the society progress in their learning. When there are so many police officers yet pedestrians don’t feel safe in their own homes or streets. When there are so many professed man of God, yet so much moral decadence in the society. When there are many homes yet so many street kids.
When there is much agricultural produces yet many are hungry. It is undoubtedly that if these uncertainties are eminent in the society then one should question- Is the education that you are receiving producing the tree of good knowledge or the tree of evil knowledge? For a better society- Namibian education system should strive to have fields (minds) which can be cultivated to produce good trees of knowledge! The tree of good or evil knowledge is also found in the Garden of Eden and the historian of the law and creation story Moses, wrote that Eve ate of the fruit of the tree, and the result was the confusion we see today in the world. There are so many trees of knowledge, yet you have to choose one--I choose the tree of good knowledge that leads to eternal life.
*Daniel Lusianu is currently serving as a the faculty representative of Education at the University of Namibia. He believes in sensitizing the youth to make well-thought out decisions.
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Education is a tree that produces knowledge. The mind is the field unto which the tree grows. Depending on the education that one gets, the mind which is the field has the ability to produce a tree which is of good knowledge or bad knowledge. The field in which the tree of good knowledge is planted produces good fruits. Its fruits are truth, love, kindness, uprightness, sound morals, service and integrity, all these fruits yields to health and life. Good trees are in their very nature able to give life by the very fruits they produce. The more you eat of their fruits the more you become healthy. The knowledge that one gets from education should be liberating and life giving. It should set one free and give you a sense of inner freedom. In essence the education one gets should be able to cultivate the very best behaviours in you such that it can help you as the receiver of it and fellow men.
If the education you are pursuing does not help you to become a better person in the society, then you need to question the source of it. I challenge you to question your education. Has the education that you received helped you to become better person or has it only helped you to become an educated fool; without integrity, love, honesty and moral uprightness. I should be quick to point out that the society is feasting upon the fruits of the tree of bad knowledge;--when there are so many doctors in the society yet so many are dying. When there are lot of teachers yet only few school learners in the society progress in their learning. When there are so many police officers yet pedestrians don’t feel safe in their own homes or streets. When there are so many professed man of God, yet so much moral decadence in the society. When there are many homes yet so many street kids.
When there is much agricultural produces yet many are hungry. It is undoubtedly that if these uncertainties are eminent in the society then one should question- Is the education that you are receiving producing the tree of good knowledge or the tree of evil knowledge? For a better society- Namibian education system should strive to have fields (minds) which can be cultivated to produce good trees of knowledge! The tree of good or evil knowledge is also found in the Garden of Eden and the historian of the law and creation story Moses, wrote that Eve ate of the fruit of the tree, and the result was the confusion we see today in the world. There are so many trees of knowledge, yet you have to choose one--I choose the tree of good knowledge that leads to eternal life.
*Daniel Lusianu is currently serving as a the faculty representative of Education at the University of Namibia. He believes in sensitizing the youth to make well-thought out decisions.
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