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Education Helps Us Develop Character
As a young student, I was poorly behaved and often undervalued the importance of education. You do not have to look far to see that many people are beginning to see school as pointless.
As we all seek to fill our pockets, school seems like a drag. However, what if I told you that school serves a different purpose in all of our lives.
School Builds Character
When I was 16, one teacher changed my outlook on school. She told me that:
“Education is more concerned with the development of your character. Not the growth of your pockets.”
After hearing this, I realised that school was less concerned with what I wanted to be. We often change what we want to be in life, and most people have more than one career in their lifetime.
School is concerned with who we can become. As a result, it is focused on building the correct character needed to operate well in society and add value to it.
Why Character Is Important
Character determines our potential. Unlike what we want to be, the character gives us the possibility to apply our traits to different areas. And it is our…
