The Purpose of Education

The Foundation of all civilized life is education. In modern society, we have made it a right rather than a privilege, and this must be seen as one of the greatest achievements of the past century.
This does not however mean that every recipient of compulsory education is grateful. Gone are the days of angelic, smiling faces in unblemished uniform and "talk-and-incur-the-wrath-of-the-most-supreme" attitude. All this has been replaced by aggressive dressing and the mafia-style "you mess with us we mess with you" teacher-pupil relationship. Education is influenced by the outside world.…