Francis Bacon … divided books into three kinds: those to be simply tasted, those to be chewed, and those to be swallowed and digested. This description applies as aptly to life in college as to books. Some activities are meant to be savoured and passed over, others to be dissected and analyzed while there are those that are meant to be assimilated and internalized so that they remain with us to be mulled over for years to come. Thus there are aspects of academic life that are of immediate consequence while there are others that may not germinate for years after one graduates. Yet these are the experiences that feed the soul and promote critical thinking, interculture sensitivity and civic responsibility. These in turn promote that degree of perception, discernment and intuition that are the hallmark of a truly ‘educated’ person.
That’s from a post titled “Education and the Fear of Freedom” by Anil Wilson, Principal of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, who introduces himself as “One who has dabbled in education and believes that teaching is the best vocation there is, provided one has the good sense not to beome a principal”.
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