Critical Thinking + Character = Goal of True Education

DrMartinLutherKingJr.com – The Purpose Of Education: “If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, ‘brethren!’ Be careful, teachers!”

(Via Reddit.)

For sure, that “character” quotient is slippery in 2010 (well, almost 2011 now). Yet, it is an intrinsic part of being educated.

In my mind, this is another reason that non-locally derived standards and mandates can only take us so far in the ongoing struggle to have an educated populace.