Communal Harmony

True Education is not only about learning subjects but helping the person to think and see for themselves and to not accept what is being given. True education tries to help or find what are the gifts of the individual and help that flourish within them. True education helps the individual to think of their impact on society as a whole and discover what is their relationship to the world itself. The current education system as some of the answerer's have pointed out is all about standardizing everyone. Its about getting us to work low paying jobs and I would go as far as to say its not education but job training. You go to remedial school to get good grades to possible, if you want to or afford to, you go to college or some trade school. Hardly that stuff you learned in school get a descent job so that is why advance school is necessary. If you make it into college or trade school, it is more of the same. You learn a skill or become career oriented so you can make more money which is modest at best if you decide to have a family. How does it play into communal harmony? It doesnt because you are not taught or think of your responsibilities as a citizen and your relationship to everyone impacts society itself. You cant have communual harmony if everyone is seeking their own gratification or needs in society. For a society to function, the relationship of the individual in relationship to society must be discuss in classrooms. Not taught to pass a test by someone giving us our role but getting people to talk about as individuals, are we an island onto ourselves? The effects of nationalism, religion, race, patriotism, sex, marriage, abortion, etc effects on the individual. If you are not talking about that, what kind of harmony can you possible create with that society but a devisive