Words of Wisdom-80:

Learning without thought is useless.

Thought without learning is dangerous - Confucius

Words of Wisdom-79:

Teach yourselves, teach everyone, his/her real nature, call upon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes.  Power will come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come, and everything that is excellent will come, when this sleeping soul is roused to self-conscious activity - Swami Vivekananda

Words of Wisdom-78:

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master - Leonardo da Vinci

Words of Wisdom-77:

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world - Maria Montessori

Words of Wisdom-76:

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death - Einstein

Words of Wisdom-75:

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it - Edith Wharton

Words of Wisdom-74:

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it - Marian Wright Edelman

Words of Wisdom-73:

Only the educated are free - Epictetus

Letters-3: Study of Humanities

Apropos the article, "Higher Education Needs Overhaul" (The Hindu, Education Plus, April 26, 2010), it is pertinent to note that the technical courses insist on the manpower skill and intellectual power only. But if Humanities are included in the higher education syllabus, the learner's mind will be humanised. So the study of English Literature - say novels, short stories, biographies, lyrics, autobiographies etc. will broaden the mind and outlook of the learners. If we neglect the study of humanities, a total degradation of ethical and moral values will spread - M.S.Sankaran, Palani.

Courtesy: Reader's Mail, Education Plus, The Hindu.

Grateful thanks to Mr.M.S.Sankaran and The Hindu, India's National Newspaper.

Words of Wisdom-72:

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn - and change - Carl Rogers