“To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education.”
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The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.
Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
