the mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. i want to know the meaning .of this line
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The mind is not a vessel to filled but a fire to be kindled
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I believe that I am not the only person who thinks that the state of the education all over the world can be easily described by the titular saying. Wherever we go, let it be India, UK, Japan, Russia or France, we can see clearly that the new, fresh approach to education is nowhere to be found. We study almost the very same way people studies a couple hundred years ago. Of course, education is more accessible than before and we use different media like internet and devices such as tablets, computers and smartphones. However, can we really say that the learning process has changed?
Schools - schools are something that never changes, big classroom with many children (unles their private), teachers that cannot spend enough time with each and every student to help them understand, parents who have to work double shifts to just get by. Nobody has time and the children are in most cases left alone with their every-day struggle at school. Having nobody to get help from, to explain, those children are forced no learn by heartwhen they should rather concentrate on understanding. Just as the saying goes - their minds are not merely empty vessels that need filling and you cannot compare memorizing andknowing in any way.
Let us take one step back and think, what does it mean to learn? When do I know that I actually know something and I am not simply repeating what I had memorized? It happens when you understand, when you translate the problem you are facing into your mind's language, using your own idiolect - words, phrases and concepts close to you. It is when you can take what you had been studying and put it into practice, build something with it. Finally, it is when you can use your knowledge to explain and teach somebody else. Now think, how many students know their material well enough to teach others on the same level? Do you still think that there's nothing wrong with the education?
Is there any solution? What can we do when there are not enough teachers employed in schools to help every child? What can we do when there is no money to hire more teachers and through that create smaller classes? I believe that every child needs a mentor, somebody whom they will trust and who will be able to steer that child towards the right topics in the right media. Somebody, who would not only be able to help them understand but would also be willing to look for additional information interesting to the pupil, try and broaden his/her horizons, find their talents and nourish them.
Even though I would love to see the educational systems all over the world to change and be better and more effective, I know that it is not going to happen too soon. In the meantime, remember - you can be your child's mentor, you can help them get the edge they will need in future.
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I believe that I am not the only person who thinks that the state of the education all over the world can be easily described by the titular saying. Wherever we go, let it be India, UK, Japan, Russia or France, we can see clearly that the new, fresh approach to education is nowhere to be found. We study almost the very same way people studies a couple hundred years ago. Of course, education is more accessible than before and we use different media like internet and devices such as tablets, computers and smartphones. However, can we really say that the learning process has changed?
Schools - schools are something that never changes, big classroom with many children (unles their private), teachers that cannot spend enough time with each and every student to help them understand, parents who have to work double shifts to just get by. Nobody has time and the children are in most cases left alone with their every-day struggle at school. Having nobody to get help from, to explain, those children are forced no learn by heartwhen they should rather concentrate on understanding. Just as the saying goes - their minds are not merely empty vessels that need filling and you cannot compare memorizing andknowing in any way.
Let us take one step back and think, what does it mean to learn? When do I know that I actually know something and I am not simply repeating what I had memorized? It happens when you understand, when you translate the problem you are facing into your mind's language, using your own idiolect - words, phrases and concepts close to you. It is when you can take what you had been studying and put it into practice, build something with it. Finally, it is when you can use your knowledge to explain and teach somebody else. Now think, how many students know their material well enough to teach others on the same level? Do you still think that there's nothing wrong with the education?
Is there any solution? What can we do when there are not enough teachers employed in schools to help every child? What can we do when there is no money to hire more teachers and through that create smaller classes? I believe that every child needs a mentor, somebody whom they will trust and who will be able to steer that child towards the right topics in the right media. Somebody, who would not only be able to help them understand but would also be willing to look for additional information interesting to the pupil, try and broaden his/her horizons, find their talents and nourish them.
Even though I would love to see the educational systems all over the world to change and be better and more effective, I know that it is not going to happen too soon. In the meantime, remember - you can be your child's mentor, you can help them get the edge they will need in future.
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" The mind is not a mere vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled"
Our mind isn't a mere receiver of the thoughts , which gathers them all without any practical usage or without any calculation of its own, but rather works on a complex process it works out each and every information or thought it gets, calculates and reaches a conclusion.
And when it comes to the fact of mind not being a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled, undoubtedly it's cent per cent true.
The statement itself has numerous meaning however all point to the fire, the ardent thirst , the quest for the ultimate goal of life - "Knowledge".
Our mind isn't to be filled with knowledge- with facts and other's idea but we have to find knowledge on our own.
In words of a philosopher - 'True knowledge isn't gained but made."
Our mind is not a vessel that we copy someone knowledgable to get some of their ideas, their thinking and views . We need to realize that we ought to ignite our own mentality, our own intellect.
The mind isn't a bottle to be filled with ideas gathered from the exterior world, but a piece of wood that has potentials of its own. It only needs a bit of kindling to set it in flames, to set it in a quest for truth and knowledge.
Many great thinkers of the bygone era have had similar quotes. Socrates , William Butler Yeats and Plutarch included among them.
When we give a little more thought to the saying, its amazing how very deep a meaning it offers.
Consider this single instance- suppose Galilio didn't kindle his curiosity, suppose he filled his head with the wrong ideas. I don't need to tell you any further.
So my friends as bearers of young blood, instead of cramming our heads with other's ideas , lets set our mind on fires, lets be original each one of us setting on quests of wisdom.
Our mind isn't a mere receiver of the thoughts , which gathers them all without any practical usage or without any calculation of its own, but rather works on a complex process it works out each and every information or thought it gets, calculates and reaches a conclusion.
And when it comes to the fact of mind not being a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled, undoubtedly it's cent per cent true.
The statement itself has numerous meaning however all point to the fire, the ardent thirst , the quest for the ultimate goal of life - "Knowledge".
Our mind isn't to be filled with knowledge- with facts and other's idea but we have to find knowledge on our own.
In words of a philosopher - 'True knowledge isn't gained but made."
Our mind is not a vessel that we copy someone knowledgable to get some of their ideas, their thinking and views . We need to realize that we ought to ignite our own mentality, our own intellect.
The mind isn't a bottle to be filled with ideas gathered from the exterior world, but a piece of wood that has potentials of its own. It only needs a bit of kindling to set it in flames, to set it in a quest for truth and knowledge.
Many great thinkers of the bygone era have had similar quotes. Socrates , William Butler Yeats and Plutarch included among them.
When we give a little more thought to the saying, its amazing how very deep a meaning it offers.
Consider this single instance- suppose Galilio didn't kindle his curiosity, suppose he filled his head with the wrong ideas. I don't need to tell you any further.
So my friends as bearers of young blood, instead of cramming our heads with other's ideas , lets set our mind on fires, lets be original each one of us setting on quests of wisdom.
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