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[quote=MISHEN,224678]Maria Ejilda Castellano is the rector of the Bolivarian University of Venezuela. Her vision of education inspired me: this kind of thinking could transform China...She says:"Is the point of a university education to prepare a youth for a job? No. It is to teach a student to think. It is, moreover, to teach a student to learn and to use that learning in the world.We have always said that education is not just to create professionals. Education is much more than that. Knowledge is power, and more people with knowledge empowers the whole population. Educating women empowers not only the women educated, but the whole population. Creating critical thinkers, a population of intellectuals, is a much more profound project than just preparing people for jobs. This country, this world, is changing and will continue to change... We have a model of development in this country that demands a new kind of professional. If the government is trying to diversify the economy, these new professionals will have a place in the development of the country. And I am willing to bet that there will be plenty of work for the professionals we create. I am not talking about jobs. I am talking about work. Those are two different things.She has much more to say at http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1282[/quote]
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