Thursday, December 19, 2013

If a Nation Would be Great, its People Must be Trained

   It might be said, if a nation would be great, it must be educated. Or, perhaps a little more precisely, if it would be great, it must be trained.
   Regardless the endeavor. If it would be great in war, that nation must train in war. If it would be great in science, it must train in the sciences. If it is to be great in basketball, or movie-making, or music, it must be trained in those things. If it would be a healthy nation, it must teach its people how to be healthy.
   If the nation wants to return to the day it was a great car maker, it should offer college classes in how engines work, how cars are designed, auto safety, and so forth. And, of course, it must also train worker in how to construct the car, which is a simpler education, but an education, the same.
   America being America, it seems it wants to be great in just about everything. Perhaps, then, we should look at how much we are educating in the individual principles. Do we offer deep enough classes on automotive technology? We do have college classes in computer technology, but could they teach more?

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