For those of you that don’t know, there are three types of education, historically. Each type deals with thinking skills in a different way. Let’s look at what I mean.
1. Public Education
Public education is historically an education reserved for the poor so they can contribute to society by working a job. The goal of this education is to provide skills for a job, job training. I am amazed that most Americans today receive an education for the poor. Graduates of public education learn WHAT TO THINK. They merely learn what they are told to learn – skills for a future job. Education provided by the government is characterized as a conveyor belt education in a factory school.
2. Professional Education
A professional education goes one step further than the public education by training students WHEN TO THINK. The goal is to create specialists in a variety of fields that are excellent in their own field. Some types of this education include law school, med school, MBA programs, apprenticeships and so on. This is what I would call a competitive-conveyor belt education. Historically, the middle class received a professional education at private schools, trade schools, and law/med schools.
3. Leadership Education
Leaders are developed through a different type of education. Historically, leaders have been trained by mentors using classics. Aristotle, Socrates and Thomas Jefferson were all educated by mentors. This type of education trains students HOW TO THINK. Using classics properly develops those critical thinking skills in a way workbooks and public school cannot. Students who receive a leadership education are prepared to be leaders in their home/family/church, entrepreneurs in their community and statesmen in their country.
Kerry
Leadership Education
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