There is no school equal to a decent home, and no teachers equal to honest, virtuous parents. This is how we live - by experience, intuition and advice; all of which we subconsciously merge together to form an intricate and complicated mindset, that which is our own. For many a century, it was all man had to live by, to face his decisions in a world of unexplored possibilities. They are my models for the practical man. But one has to argue: experience is an expensive tutor.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Knowledgeable men are among the most revered today, both for their intellect and their uncanny ability to parade as walking encyclopaedias. These men, who have known little else but the realms of books, who are tutors in life lessons, are my models for the theoretical man, and have only these to allude to his eminence. But one might argue: education is merely a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.
Surely time is a test of trouble - for man has revolutionised himself from one extreme to another. But the observing eye would look for the point at which education and experience unite to form a culmination of sorts, which leads to successful decision-making.
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. And in saying so, education is not water to experience's oil, but rather like a sharpener to a pencil. For in decision-making, the human mind would first explore the hard drives, or memories, and then apply knowledge to reason and rationalise to make a logical choice. Thus in the same way, education, when co-joined with experience, literally makes for sharper choices. Like white wine is to chicken, they are meant to complement each other, for life itself is educational.
It is for this reason, none can be the better teacher, for true wisdom is obtained in the coming together of both these forces: practical education and formal education.
This is, after all, the well-balanced recipe for calculated consequences.
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