UNEDUCATED Vs EDUCATED (WHO TEACHES WHO?)

QUESTION; There is nothing that an uneducated person can teach educated person

I do not agree with the idea that there is nothing that uneducated people can teach educated people. I certainly agree that education is very complementary for one's knowledge and wisdom. However, it is not the only way that a person gains knowledge or wisdom. People gain knowledge from experience as well. Therefore uneducated people too possess valuable knowledge which they have acquired through experience.

First, it is not fair to undermine the level of intelligence or wisdom of an uneducated person. Due to various socio economic reasons such as poverty, political instability, cast constraints, etc., some smart people are deprived of receiving a good education. However, they can be intellectuals with very high wisdom and may be in a position to guide many educated people in the right path. For example, Mao Tsetung, the first chairman of the Chinese Republic, did not receive any formal education and therefore he can hardly be called an educated person. However he vividly exhibited his outstanding intellectuality and visionary thinking to the world. Many educated people can still learn important lessons from Mao's character.

Secondly, some uneducated people who are not very intelligent may still be smarter than many educated people in their respective fields. For example, our car mechanic has never stepped into a school. He is illegible and quite low in his intellectual capacity. However he has mastered the job of a motor mechanic. Therefore my father, a doctor with a sound educational background, relies on the advice of this mechanic when ever his car gives engine problems. I have seen in many instances that this mechanic teaching my father how to fix minor engine issues.

Finally, there is no difference between educated or uneducated when it comes to humanity. There are instances that educated people get inspired by the uneducated people who influence them with great sense of humanity. Today, I am an educated person having a master's degree. However it was my grandmother, who has never attended school, who influenced all my academic accomplishments. She taught me very important lessons by setting examples herself. I observed her working very hard to achieve her simple goals and followed her steps until I reached my grand goals.

Therefore, I believe it is unfair to judge people on their educational backgrounds. After all everybody has something special about themselves. Therefore, in my conclusion, I stress that educated people have lot to learn from the uneducated people.

Hi Perera,

Boy, do I commend you for your essay! This is outstanding! And, it happens to be true, as well. You know as well as I do that book knowledge is not worth much without some common sense, and we all know that we don't teach common sense. Moreover, we also know that anyone can read a book and grasp the information -- as long as that person is equipped to learn -- that is in the book; but that does not make him or her better than the person who has not read that book. Formal education is what it is -- a means to employment (at least it is now, in the Western world). But, it has nothing to do with the IQ. It has nothing to do with the ability to learn! The uneducated person is just as valuable as the educated person in all respects. The sad part is that the uneducated person is not treated with the same respect, and that should change.

Your essay was great! I enjoyed reading it. I didn't see any grammatical or spelling errors in the text. Good job -- and thanks for taking on such a topic. It needed to be said.

Mark :)

Thanks Mark....That's very encouraging
However, I did it to practise toefl writing. It was not the actual final version when I finished within 30 minutes. I polished it a bit more before posting to the forum.(all in all it took about 40 mins). I keep on practising with various topics because I have this time management issue. I hope you would give me good feedbacks for my future essays as well. I hope others too would post their views.

Thanks again Mark.

In that case, I would recommend to you what Kevin recommends to some of the students on this site, which is -- copy some of the sentences that gave or give you the most trouble, and write them at least ten (10) times. In that amount of time, you will remember the rules of grammar and you will also remember the spelling.

Try it.

Mark

Thanks

Hi, upul! I read it and I think you are good at writing, especially grammar!
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I agree...people learn from experience as well as education, so obviously uneducated people CAN teach educated people.

Google this: Sojourner Truth

Use commas in this kind of situation:
Therefore uneducated people, too, possess valuable knowledge which they have acquired through experience.
Whenever there is "too" in the middle of a sentence, and it is used to mean "also" you should use commas.


Wow, very impresive! You write strong sentences.

In the Tao Te Ching is says "much knowledge means little wisdom."
Chapter 48 says, in pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired. In pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.
Look at Richard Rodriguez's "The Achievement of Desire" if you want to see a great essay about this.

You did very well.