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Education Is Important – but all education is self education



Most people’s education stops when they leave the formal system but that when the successful person’s education begins. People who are ambitious and have plans for their future know that the most important and valuable work they will ever do is the work they do on themselves.

Officially self educationor self-directed learning is called autodidactism. It is the art of how to learn not how to be taught. Self education doesn't only mean that you teach yourself everything that you need to know. It also means that you are the director of your education and you acquire the knowledge and experience that will help you make the most of yourself and your opportunities in life.

A self-taught person, who having learned a skill or a subject by reading about it, practicing it yourself, rather than in school, is called an autodidact. Self-educated people are not dependent on others for knowledge. If they need a specialized skill, they know how to acquire it. Basically, every person is able to learn and educate themselves in ways that work for their individual interests, goals and learning styles.

Self education is not a new concept. Many of the greatest thinkers and innovators were autodidacts. Among them are:

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) - Thought by some of his teachers to be too stupid for school, Thomas Edison was taught at home by his mother in his early years. Eventually this self-taught scientist himself became the big bang (вибух) of technology, holding 1023 patents (патенти) and pioneering such technology as the electric light and the phonograph.

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) - He was an extraordinary inventor in both electrical and radio technology. He attended college but left to pursue (займатись) his own studies.

Henry Ford (1863-1947) - Henry Ford attended school until the age of 15. He satisfied his curiosity about mechanics by repairing watches. A self-taught engineer he founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) - Author of For Whom the Bells Toll, Old Man and the Sea among others he decided to skip (втекти) college in order to learn from the experience of living. In 1954, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature

Walt Disney (1901-1966) - Co-founder of the Walt Disney Media Empire, Walt Disney taught himself the art of cartooning with the help of correspondence schools.

All people have ability to learn new skills fast. But, to be successful in studies one must have the number of positive qualities of character. To make progress in any subject one should be hard-working and persistent person. Only strong-willed and industrious people can stand up all difficulties and hardships and have a purpose in life. Thomas Edison believed in hard work, sometimes working twenty hours a day. He was quoted as saying, "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration."

If you are a self-taught person you would always gain some of the benefits from continuing your education. For example:

1. You'll get your brain in better shape. It may sound strange to say it that way, but your brain works like a muscle. You've got to "use it or lose it."

2. You'll discover the true nature of learning. Actually, life is learning. You learn by trial and error. You learn all the time by doing. There is no other way.

3. If you keep at it, you'll begin to see that you are not as limited as you think. Age doesn’t matter. Gender doesn't matter. As a human being, you are unique. You have the capacity to learn anything. Einstein once stated that anyone could master any subject if they studied it for 15 minutes a day.

4. You will learn to banish the phrases "I can't" from your mind and life. "I can't learn this, I'm too old." "I can't find the time." "I can't do it." If you keep expanding your mind with constant learning and doing, you'll eventually stop saying "I can't."

5. You'll find joy in the process of learning. Anyone who finds joy in the learning process can master their subject well enough for their own enjoyment and a career.

No matter what you want to achieve from your life, there is no doubt that the more books you read, the more seminars or courses you attend, the more you will know about your specialist field or area of interest. You will become highly employable and earn more within your chosen field, or will be well placed to move into new areas, or to set up and successfully run your own business.

There were people before you and there will be people coming after you but the only thing that matters right now is the choice you make about your life.

 

Ex.3 Answer the following questions:

1. What is the formal education?

2. How is self education called officially?

3. What is autodidactism?

4. What is the meaning of self education?

5. What is the deferens between the formal and self education?

6. Is self education a new concept? Name autodidacts you know.

7. What qualities of character must one have to be successful in studies and business?

8. What benefits would a self-taught person gain from self education?

9. Can everyone be an autodidact? Are you an autodidact?

Ex.4 Scratch out a needless ward :

6) goal direction purpose aim
7) teach master learn  
8) capacity ability cleverness curiosity
9) opportunity choice chance possibility
10) acquire learn loose gain
11) hard-working industrious energetic lazy

Ex.5 Complete the following sentences and translate them into Ukrainian:

1) Officially self educationor self-directed learning … 2) You are the director of your education and you … 3) Self educationwill help you make the most … 4) A self-taught person, who having learned a skill by … 5) Many of the greatest thinkers and … 6) To be successful in studies one must … 7) To make progress in any subject one should … 8) Genius is one percent inspiration …   a) be hard-working and persistent person. b) have the number of positive qualities of character. c) and 99 percent perspiration. d) innovators were autodidacts. e) is called autodidactism. f) of yourself and your opportunities in life. g) reading about it, practicing it yourself, rather than in school, is called an autodidact. h) acquire the knowledge and experience.  

Ex.6 Match the word with the corresponding definition:

  1) a student 2) a self-taught person 3) formal education 4) self education 5) opportunity 6) capacity 7) curiosity   a) a chance to get a job or education; b) the process of teaching and learning at school, college, etc.; c) someone’s ability to do something; d) the desire to know about something; e) someone who having learned a skill or a subject by reading about it, practicing it yourself, rather than in school; f) the process of learning by yourself rather than at school; g) someone who is studying at a university or college;

Ex.7 Put each of the following words in its place in the sentences and translate them:

  opportunity capacity acquire satisfy curiosity purpose master  

1) You have the __________ to learn foreign languages.

2) Children have natural __________ about the world around them.

3) He spent years to __________ his skill as a top manager.

4) She had to __________ English to get better job.

5) The __________ of this voting is to elect a new president.

6) The program is designed to __________ the needs of students.

7) I will never __________ the art of conversation.

8) I opened the pocket just __________ my __________ .

9) What is the __________ of your visit?

10) Songs provide the perfect __________ for language development.

11) She __________ good knowledge of Chinese.

12) There fewer ____________ for new graduates this year.

Ex. 8 Translate the following quotations and explain their meanings:

1. "Formal education will make you a living but self education will make you a fortune."

2. "To Have More Than You've Got, Become More Than You Are."

3. "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration."

 

 




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