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Alot
of people can't wait to "finish" their education. Imagine it! No more
busy work. No more boring homework or seemingly meaningless assignments.
No more tests meant to trick the unwary.
School boards, curriculum committees and teachers don't have a monopoly on education. Some cynics might say they can even hinder your education! Some of the most important things in life just aren't taught in school.
To get the most out of the time you invest in learning, you need to
take charge of your own education and set your own priorities.
To really be happy and make something of your life, you can't let a bad teacher or bad school make you want to stop learning. As scientist Louis Pasteur noted, "Chance favors only the prepared mind." Give yourself the best chance for success.
With technology and society changing so rapidly, it's likely that you will need to gain additional skills throughout life just to keep up—and even more so to move ahead.
So how do you create your own educational plan? What are some of the factors to consider?
There's an entire universe of knowledge out there (and tons of misinformation as well!), so where do you start?
Spiritual dimension
How about starting with vital, foundational information seldom covered in school? The spiritual dimension is the true key to a happy life, and it provides the code to decipher what is truly meaningful in the flood of other information that bombards us every day.
"Happy is the person who finds wisdom and gains understanding . . . Wisdom is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. She offers you life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left. She will guide you down delightful paths; all her ways are satisfying" (Proverbs 3:13,15-17, New Living Translation).
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