The Three Sources of Education

There are three ways we can learn for our education: the home, the school and the community. Education in the home begins when we are still small children. We learn things from our parents and grandparents. When we are five or six years old, we have the school education. Then, when we are adults, we learn things from our neighbors and other members of our community.

            Home education is important because it place the basic for our development. A good family usually teaches their children to behave well in the neighborhood. They show us the differences between good things and bad things. A student who comes from a good family is usually a good student at school. Sometimes, invite private teachers to teach their children. Of course, home education is not limited by time and place. You can have lesson anytime you want.

            School education is given by a formal institution and is of course, limited by time and space. Furthermore, school education is usually highly professional and structured. The school gives you a set of aims to achieve. They give you certain subjects to learn. They also have a lot of regulations for you to follow. For example, we must come to school on time. We must not keep classes without the permission of the teacher on picket. We must not smoke the cigarettes at school. We must not fight. We must wear a uniform to go to school. if we follow these regulations, it means that we have become good members of the school.  A successful student is one who achieves the aims, pass the subjects and follow the school regulations.

            Community education gives us important things that we may not learn at home or at school. For example, we learn to manage an organization in the community. In the place where you live, you can join the youth body of your village. There are certain values that we must have to become a good person. A value is good thing to follow. For example, ‘young people must respect older people’ is a value. If we observe this value, we will get reward. If we respect other people, then other people will respect us. This is the reward. In the same way, if we are polite towards other people, then other people will be polite toward us. If everybody observes our good values, we will have a good society. Just like home education, community education is very important. Successful people are usually those who are active in community organization.