Impact Of Education; How Has Your Education Shaped Your Thinking? -By Akinkunmi Mistura Titilayo

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” Education improves one knowledge, skills and develops the personality and attitude. Education certainly determines the quality of an individual’s life. Education has a very important role to help students identify and develop their talents through learning opportunities and specialized programs. Every individual has unique skills, and whether they will succeed in developing them or not, depends on their ambition, but also on the school curriculum. There are many reasons education impact the lives of citizens which has made them understand the perspective of life in a better way and lead a successful life as a responsible citizen. Education develops critical thinking, better communication, and greater sense of discipline.

To start with, Education has made it easier for people to communicate effectively. Communication is when information is passed from a sender to a receiver using a medium. Effective communication helps to share important and relevant revelation. Communication skills involve listening and speaking as well as reading and writing. These skills make information easier and understandable. Education helps a person sharpen their communication skills by learning how to read and write. Good communication increase your vocabulary, develop your analytical skills. When people communicate effectively, they are able to talk openly about what is on their mind and develop a shared understanding.

Moving on, Education develops critical thinking. Critical thinking is at the forefront of learning, as it aids a student reflect and understand their point of views. This skill helps a student figure out how to make sense of the world, based on personal observation and understanding. It also helps you improve decision making; you will be able to make decisions by yourself. For students, while making career decisions, it is crucial to make quick decisions, hence, critical thinking plays a vital role here. Also, it enhances problem-solving ability; problem solving is the key skill required for adapting to changes and facing challenges. Critical thinking will refine your researching skills, moreover will help you research accurately by observing, analyzing, synthesizing, experimenting with every aspect in detail for a better result and also helps to polish one’s creativity.

In addition, discipline plays an important role in building a nation and has a good impact on children’s mind too. It is rightly said that “Life without discipline is just like a ship without radar”. Discipline is the word that implies a great meaning in everyone’s life. It is a set of standard rules that is set by scholarly individuals. It is way of being honest, hard-working, motivated and encouraged throughout the life. Discipline helps us train our minds and body and also enables us to focus on our goals and to regulate our emotions. Discipline creates habits, habits make routines, and routines become who you are daily. The value of discipline is the way to do what needs to be done. Discipline is an important behavior in life. It is a character trait which is crucial for expressing many other attributes in life. Education teaches discipline which enables one to be more focused and always keep one’s work up on time in everyday life, helps to live a stress-free life as it becomes easy to stay in control of studies and personal lives as well, excellent in their academic performance, it encourages students to remain healthy, active, and dynamic. It is useful for the development of the body as well as mind.

In conclusion, education broadens one’s perspective and enhance critical thinking so it is possible to bring clarity and a new perspective to a given problem. Education teaches discipline and lastly, it is no doubt that communication plays a vital role in human life. It not only helps to facilitate information, it also help people to develop relationships with others. Therefore, the importance of education cannot be underestimated. We should learn how to communicate effectively to make our lives better.