Read the following text and make a flow-chart showing the purposes of education. (One has been done for you.)
Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of a self confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and mange our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows. The first thing education does, is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.
1. enriching knowledge | → | 2 | → | 3 | → | 4 | → | 5 | → | 6 |
1. enriching knowledge
2. having the ability to think rationally
3. gaining self confidence
4. articulating our thoughts
5. expanding the sense of belonging to school and community
6. working for the welfare of the community