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Introduction: T.S. Eliot on the Aims of Education |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / T.S. ELIOT ON THE AIMS OF EDUCATION |
| Author: Editor |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1993 |
| Size: 1,206 Words, 7,408 Characters |
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No justification is needed for a presentation of T.S. Eliot's views on education.
Our own predicament should prompt us to seek all possible help, but the profundity of Eliot's views his searching criticism of past and current slogans and dogmas, and his insistence on the complexity of society and its educational enterprise are all salutary reminders as we witness the continuing decline of education in this country and, indeed, around the world.
Although the notion of "one best educational system" has been largely discredited, the nation that there is "one best remedy" for our educational ills has not. We still look for and frequently are offered simples to cure these ills, one-ingredient prescriptions that claim to be panaceas. But there is no cure-all, no educational antibiotic ...
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...though there are some pleasant, If lengthy, digressions, the force of what Eliot is saying is sometimes obscured by prolixity. Abridgement may do something to mitigate this negative aspect of his style, but at the same time it may dull the edge of his wit, his humor, his irony, and his skepticism. And it can do nothing to enhance the complexity of Eliot's thought and of his chosen subject.
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