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English 72

July 7.2020

What True Education Should Do

Sydney Harris’ book on What True Education Should Do illustrates the value of education and why people should change their perception towards true learning. Based on the text, a student is not some kind of sausage casing, but an oyster that should be nurtured by allowing them to be critical thinkers so that information can be elicited from them (Harris). According to the author, most of the education systems currently are geared towards what a student needs to learn rather than considering what needs to be taken out of the learner.

Most of the students take part in studying rather than learning. Learners are stuffed with assorted information that is not easily comprehensible, which makes it difficult to extract resources from his faculty “to analyze, synthesize and evaluate the information” (Harris). In regards to the aspect of sausage casing and oyster learning, students are like oysters than sausages. Perceiving learners as sausage-casing limits learners’ ability to think and identify their actual potential. Therefore, teachers should not “stuff and seal up knowledge within students.” As oysters, students are naturally endowed with vast knowledge that teachers and instructors should help them reveal.

It is imperative for students to cultivate their special talents and abilities with a lot of persistence. As a student, the kind of education I received has made me feel that I have been treated as a pearl. Our instructors have tried to emphasize to us that “there are pearls in every learner.” As a pearl, one is considered important in the learning process, with ability to use knowledge to their advantage.

Based on my educational experiences with respect to sausage-casing and oyster learning, true education gives the learners the ability to think critically, and become active participant in the learning process. As such, true education allows learners “to draw out all that is in the mind.” Drawing out what is in the mind makes it possible to determine whether or not a student has acquired new knowledge.

In conclusion, teachers should consider their students as oysters. Besides, teachers should not consider themselves as custodians of knowledge, but elicitors of it. Learners should examine themselves to identify their God-given potential.