Newington High School - Sequin Yearbook (Newington, CT)

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WHAT IS EDUCATION? Education is a process that is never completed. A person is educated only to the extent that he is still continuing his education. The first attribute, therefore, of an educated person is an inquiring, analytical mind. To satisfy such a mind, he must continually increase his skills in the various methods of obtaining information, such as reading, listening, asking, experimenting, and observing. He must also keep improving his ability to test all the information he obtains for accuracy, completeness, and consistency. Education has two general aspects, the acquisitive and the productive. After he has acquired information and understanding, an educated person will put them to work for the benefit of the people among whom he lives. To do so he must continually perfect skills affecting others, such as speaking, writing, co-operating harmoniously with people toward the achievement of common objectives, and doing useful work. At the same time, an educated person must continually strive for balance and perspective. He must maintain his ability to laugh, especially at himself, and to adjust whatever comes his way either from within, as his understanding changes and grows, or from without. He must establish principles in line with which to make these adjustments, principles which will give his whole life inner stability and integrity, which are necessary for effective, happy living.