Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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WVIWII I.MIMHW Academic Achievement 6

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the purpose an education

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But the academic side of life is more than memorization of concepts and rules. The basic challenge is to understand these concepts and why they arc true. This then is the idea behind instruction — to challenge the individual to seek additional information to find all the propositions which led to the conclusion. Man versus ideas — his own and those of others — highly abstract but vitally necessary. Without ideas, progress would halt; without progress man no longer controls his destiny, but becomes a slave to custom and tradition. The ability to reason is the characteristic which distinguishes man from lower animals. One of the purposes of education is to develop this characteristic to its ultimate. The success of the individual in pursuing an education is dependent upon his endeavors in the academic field of study which he has chosen. This is his reason for seeking an education — to prepare himself for the future. 7