Jiàoyù

Now, I ask you: What can you say about the educational system here in the Philippines? Or maybe, in your city? Or perhaps your very school?

As what John Dewey said: "Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself". By focusing to his definition of education as "life" itself, we can presuppose that all of us, living, are subjects for education. As long as we are able to breath, our hearts still beat and pump blood, as long as our very organs are not hindering our existence, we are indeed given the right for education; rich or poor, able or not, young or old, etc. This is because, by means of education, one can prove that he/she is living; living the very life of life, for that is education.

Yes, no matter who the person is, where that person lives, the person's history, status, category, or any other social matters of a person, as long as that person is living, he/she is privileged to be educated. 

As what the Master said: "From the very poorest upwards -beginning even with the man who could bring no better present than a bundle of dried flesh -none has ever come to me without receiving instruction".

What the Master was telling us is that, everyone of us is merited with the right of education (receiving instruction). All the people ranging from the poorest among all to anyone that situates above, deserves to be taught. What the Master pertained as the man who could bring no better present than a bundle of dried flesh, is not literally of such of a man. What he was trying to serve as an example is the person who clearly have nothing that even such of a shoddy matter (dried flesh), which they consider as something that can be acquired by any person in the society, seems to be so hard for him/her to give.

Indubitably, education is the real torrential flood; the deluge that no one of us can escape from. Again, no matter what constitutes you, as long as you belong to the term called "everybody", you are to receive instruction, or simply education.