MY EDUCATIONAL MANIFESTO

BY: PETER ROBERTS

PLATO’S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE

• PRISONERS ARE CHAINED TO A WALL IN A CAVE AND FORCED TO WATCH SHADOWS CREATED BY PUPPETEERS.

• ONE IS SET FREE AND ALLOWED TO LEAVE HIS PERCEPTION OF REALITY BEHIND

COMING INTO THE LIGHT

• THE MAN WAS BLINDED BY THE WORLD HE HAD NEVER KNOWN.

• THE PUPPET MASTERS NO LONGER HAD A GRIP ON HIS PERCEPTION OF REALITY AND HE COULD SEE WITH ONLY A CONCEPT OF TRUTH

• THIS IS PLATO'S IDEA OF ENLIGHTENMENT

ENLIGHTENMENT

• ENLIGHTENMENT IS THE ABILITY TO SEE TRUTH WITHOUT DILUTION

• SO MUCH OF EDUCATION IS TAUGHT TO US WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION OF CREDIBILITY.

• SOCIETY MANIPULATES OUR DECISIONS EVERY DAY

• VERY FEW OF ANYTHING THAT WE KNOW IS GENUINELY PURE

• WE ARE GENUINELY IGNORANT

LEARNING

• OUR GENERATION HAS ISSUES WITH THE ABILITY TO TAKE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND TERN IT INTO KNOWLEDGE.

• IT MEANS LITTLE MORE THAN RECITING IT FOR A TEST

• THIS IS TEMPORARY AND LIMITS OUR COGNITIVE ABILITY

EDUCATION

• EDUCATION ISN’T JUST WHAT OUR TEACHERS TAUGHT US, AND ITS MOST CERTAINLY NOT OVER WHEN WE FINISH SCHOOL.

• STUDENTS NEED THE ABILITY TO THINK MORE THAN HAVING THE ANSWER.

• IT’S THE JOURNEY MORE THAN THE RESULT, BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE WILL TAKE YOU FURTHER ON YOUR NEXT JOURNEY

WHAT’S THE HARDEST PART

• THE HARDEST PART OF EDUCATION IS THE ABILITY TO LEARN AND TO ENJOY IT AT THE SAME TIME

• EDUCATION IS A LIFE LONG ENDEAVOR THAT WE CAN NEVER TAKE A BREAK FROM

• OUR SCHOOLS DON’T HAVE CURRICULUMS DEVOTED TO INSPIRING YOU

• THE INSPIRATION COMES FROM INSIDE

THE JOURNEY IS DAUNTING BUT THE REWARD IS GREAT

• MY FATHER IS A BRITISH IMMIGRANT THAT WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN HIS FAMILY TO GET A COLLEGE DEGREE

• HE JUST HAPPENED TO GET TWO TERMINAL DEGREES AND BECOME A PROFESSOR AS WELL

• HE HAS ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT AN EDUCATION ISN’T AN OPTION BUT THE KEY TO A BETTER LIFE

• “IF YOU FIND A LOVE OF LEARNING, YOU WILL NEVER BE A POOR MAN, AND I’M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MONEY.” KEN ROBERTS

WHAT IS WEALTH

• WEALTH COMES FROM SATISFACTION

• IT COMES FROM HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT AND NOT JUST MONEY

• A RICH MAN ISN’T SOMEONE WHO NEVER HAS TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY

• A RICH MAN IS SOMEONE WHO HAS CULTURE AND LOVES LIFE

• A LOVE OF EDUCATION IS THE BINARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WASTED TIME AND MESSAGES THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH-OUT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, AND PERHAPS THE BINARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FULFILLMENT AND EMPTINESS

THIS VIDEO INSPIRED ME. I HOPE IT INSPIRES YOU AS WELL!

• THIS INDIVIDUAL UNDERSTANDS EDUCATION IN A MORE PURE CONTEXT

• HE SEES THROUGH SCHOOL AND LOOKS AT THE BIGGER PICTURE

• EDUCATION IS SELF FULFILLMENT AND THE ABILITY TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS A REALITY

• YOUTUBE LINK: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=Y_ZMM7ZPLYI