If anyone ever asks me which is my most impressive lesson, I will undoubtedly depict out my former headteacher with a simple caricature in my mind. It was not a formal lesson to be exact. The headteacher just happened to see the caricature in which a man was fast asleep on his piles of diplomas. She wanted us to share and it was her words that made this lesson so remarkable to me: "Once you turn your back towards knowledge, knowledge will also turn its back to you."
People used to view education as simply going to school or as a mere means of securing a decent job. However, with the much faster paces of modern society, an entirely new definition of education has arisen. As the lastest knowledge and the newest technology are always taking the place of their previous counterparts education is no longer regarded as a short- term experience which everybody should have in preparation for their future job. But a life-long process which merges with one's daily life and work.
It is said the definition of "the illiterate" has already changed from "people who don't know how to read and write" to "people who don't know computer operation and speaking English". Not only the schools are focusing more on the new knowledge but the various night-courses in the society are so popular among the working adults. Moreover, numerous old people can be seen at those universities for the aged. And as soon as the age limitation of the national entrance examination has been cancelled, even people over 70 took part in, to show that they are never too old to learn.
Education has been redefined more.
