Broome Community College - Citadel Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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The Question: What Is the Purpose of Education? Education is continually concerned with questions. Its ultimate goal is to foster a critical attitude, to attack compla- cency and destroy self-satisfaction. It is only in this way, by learning to discern the real from the sham, by making us re- examine old precepts, that we may hope to eventually estab- lish a solid basis in life. Self-confidence arises from the knowl- edge that what we believe, be what it may, has a solid basis in our Own experience . Tolerance and moderation arise from the recognition of our own humanity and consequent fallibility. Questioning is not a process of destruction but of consolidation. It is the method by which we come to distinguish the gold from the dross.

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By opening new areas of consideration, by presenting conflicting points of view, by challenging the things we may accept, the teacher helps in the process of questioning. A teacher may be many things —a professional educator, a poli- tician, a newspaperman, a scientist, an entertainer. Many “teachers” visited Broome Tech during 1966-67: Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Norman Thomas, Dr. Marvin Opler, Earl Ubell, Blair Ewing, Paul Adams, Craig Spence, Olatunji and James Meredith. In some cases, teachers may reinforce our own convic- tions; in others they may challenge our beliefs. Some of them served to broaden our experience in a completely new direc- tion. In any case their contributions are important to anyone who seeks to widen his scope.