{"id":6950,"date":"2025-06-16T04:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T03:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2025-08-11T00:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T23:45:09","slug":"educacion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2025\/06\/16\/educacion\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

These days, a frequent conversation topic at home is universities and college courses, among other things, because Irene is currently doing her leaving cert<\/em>, the equivalent to PAU \/ EVAU \/ selectividad in Spain (hang in there Irene, you\u00b4re almost done!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Photo of the library at Harvard University, where I had the fortune to go for a walk when I visited Boston a few years ago.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coincidentally, our friends are in Dublin this week to visit universities, and we\u00b4ve been sort of comparing education systems across several countries: Spain, Ireland, the UK, the US and even France... Needless to say, they\u00b4re vastly different from each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in any case, the underpinning idea is the same, at least in theory: acquiring a good education<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few months ago, I wrote my reflections on the topic of choosing college courses in the post titled Career paths (III)<\/a><\/em>, and back in the day I also wrote about lifelong learning (Time to learn<\/em><\/a>) and how to make the most of what we learn (Learning, re-learning, unlearning<\/a>). Today, I\u00b4d like to simply take a step back and acknowledge the value of education, whether it\u00b4s through formal training or self-directed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.<\/strong><\/p>\nRobert M. Hutchins<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.<\/strong><\/p>\nWill Durant<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.<\/strong><\/p>\nSydney J. Harris<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.<\/strong>
<\/p>\nWilliam Butler Yeats<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.<\/strong><\/p>\nEdward Everett<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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En estos d\u00edas se est\u00e1 hablando mucho en nuestra casa de universidades y carreras, entre otras cosas porque Irene est\u00e1 ahora haciendo los ex\u00e1menes del leaving cert, el equivalente a la selectividad \/ PAU \/ EVAU espa\u00f1ola (\u00a1mucho \u00e1nimo Irene, que ya no te queda nada!) 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