With the development of the modern society, education has been given more and more attention to and educational reforms have been carried out in many countries. It is regarded as a key for progress. Why? Is it simply because only with education can those technical experts be brough up? I believe it's more than that. Education is a lifelong process to everyone, not only because of some practical concerns but also the improvement and realization of oneself.
Education can help people in good job performance. There are some people in the society who regard education as a practical tool in finding a good job and earning food money. Indeed, education does help people in learning some useful skills for work. However, this does not mean that education can be done at one time. This fast-developing society is producing new things everyday. What we learned yesterday may be sufficient or may be completely out of date for work. So we now see in many companies employees of different departments are eager to absorb new ideas and new techniques after work. Therefore, in this sense, to be qualified with the demand of the work drives adults to learn whenever and whereever possible.
Yet, education as simply a means for obtaining skills is not enough. The drive behind the advancement of our society is that everyday people are creating mew ideas and things. So education is not simply a process of receiving passively what others have discovered, but more importantly to produce creative ideas of our own. Whenever at work or in everyday life, we may encounter things that are never expected. Education can teach us and train us how to use our mind and thinking to look at different things, form our own opinions and tackle things successfully. This is not an easy job, for the world is changing and our mind needs to be kept up with the new ideas in order to maintain creativity. In this sense, education is also a lifelong process.
Besides, as a mature adult, we also need education to reach a state of self-realization. With the recognition on the work coming from the continuing of education and enrichment of our mind resulting from our creative learning, self-realization can be achieved. Therefore, education is essential to the maturity and realization of ourselves. It is a process that need our lifelong devotion.
