The Purpose of Education

Nowadays, there are many ways of educating as society has evolved in many different branch​es. Each and every single person on the planet has different ways of both teaching and learning. Actually, according to the researcher Chomsky, education has two major styles, “the traditional” and the “indoctrination” styles and he even believes that the internet is not that useful in order to have a good education.

On the one hand, traditional education helps to achieve the highest goals in life, that of independence,​as it permits people to determine how they want to learn. It has a very constructive part, as people learn what they really like and what they are good at. However, on the other hand, the indoctrination philosophy, is a type of education which makes all students follow a strict framework. They only get trained for passing standard tests and therefore they get trapped into a pattern of conformity as they have no urge to find any challenge when it comes to their intellectual life. Actually it is believed that although passing exams can be of some use, as it helps compare​ the knowledge someone have acquired as standard testing ​does​ not let one’s​ mind be​ free​, and without mental challenges​, says Chomsky ​how would scientists find all those advances we desperately need?

Although there are many technological advances, nowadays they are not so dramatic when it comes to the reaction of society as we have become very used to them. Chomsky thinks that technology occupies a very neutral part in education as he believes that internet is only valuable when it comes to looking up something you already understand. As well, he is also aware that we should be very cautious when we have no idea about the issue.​We have to know what information to believe 

​in ​and  which pieces ​we should discard, as we should never forget that anyone can write on the internet and that there is no way of knowing if the person who has written that is more or less qualified.

Furthermore, when we are asked if education is an investment, often we do not know what to say as it is a very problematic issue. Here Chomsky believes that as long​ as we educate  people in the traditional method the whole country will have economic benefits. However, Chomsky adds that if we use​ this traditional​ method we must also promote team work​, and social needs ​not total ​independence or else, we will not have enough advances such as the cure of a disease. Therefore, if things such as curing​ some diseases are not found, they affect the population in two​ ways. The first one is that they will not have the very cure and secondly, they will not be able to sell it for profit in other countries which will make the country lose millions of​ euros.

Overall, although there are various ways of educating, the traditional way will helps ​ in the majority of cases ​, as it permits us to fully develop ourselves and it will also help the rest of the population in many ways in it will therefore be an investment for the country. Moreover, we should always be very careful with the internet when making any kind of project as after all anyone can write on it without any kind of control.