Corrado Augias through a recollection of him thus describing his first day of high school when the professor asked the students : who can say what is the purpose of studying? Some answered : to become adults, to grow up well and become good people..
The professor was not convinced of the answers until he said “to escape from prison.”
We were amazed.
The professor said : ignorance is a prison, because in there you don’t understand and you don’t know what to do!
Studying is to break out of prison from those who want you stupid and gullible and to climb over the wall of ignorance so that you can understand without asking for help. And it will be hard to fool you!
Nelson Mandela said: “Education is the gateway to freedom, democracy and development.”
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