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How much the prosperity of both individuals and nations would
burgeon if only more funding could be provided for education is a
popular contemporary view. Class sizes made smaller, curricula more
expertly designed, teachers more wide-ranging in their interests
and competence. This mechanistic outlook is challenged. Education,
like pure art, seeks to fathom the world's depths without ever
totally reaching its bedrock. Participants need to be ready for
surprise. To be left feeling mystified, wondering, overwhelmed. In
a Nature never still, each generation has to face environments in
novel ways. Education's incomparable brief, then, is to deal with
the real demands made on humanity. Definite answers are
unavailable. Invitations are to share interminable journeying. To
find delight in evanescent experiences. Not to seek arrival at
supposedly perfect destinations.
How much the prosperity of both individuals and nations would
burgeon if only more funding could be provided for education is a
popular contemporary view. Class sizes made smaller, curricula more
expertly designed, teachers more wide-ranging in their interests
and competence. This mechanistic outlook is challenged. Education,
like pure art, seeks to fathom the world's depths without ever
totally reaching its bedrock. Participants need to be ready for
surprise. To be left feeling mystified, wondering, overwhelmed. In
a Nature never still, each generation has to face environments in
novel ways. Education's incomparable brief, then, is to deal with
the real demands made on humanity. Definite answers are
unavailable. Invitations are to share interminable journeying. To
find delight in evanescent experiences. Not to seek arrival at
supposedly perfect destinations.
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