To be educated is to be exposed to a plethora of
perspectives, or lenses, for seeing and thinking about the world and life
experiences. It is often focused, but it
always involves a problem-solving and thoughtful, reflective process. Being educated implies recognition of complexity
and a willingness to consider all sources of information and typically a broad
based superficial understanding of varied topics. Being educated means you have identified
yourself at some point as a learner.
Is it enough to simply be exposed? I'm not so sure that exposure alone makes a person educated. (But it helps, for sure.) Is a person who recognizes and willingly accepts complexity necessarily "educated"? I wonder if there might be more here. What about practical application of what one knows?
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