Malcolm BradburyOh, it must be wonderful to be educated. What does it feel like?'' It's like having an operation, ' said Treece. 'You don't know you've had it until long after it's over.
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When we say it must be wonderful to be educated, we mean that the process of learning is an enjoyable journey. The experience is like having an operation; you don't realize you've had it until long after it's over. If you had an operation and woke up two months later feeling fine, would you celebrate? Or would you just assume that you just had a very minor procedure and that everything was fine? We often talk about being educated as though it were a burden that we have to endure in order to get a job or a degree. But when we think about being educated, we tend to focus on the fact that the process itself is enjoyable, not on what our education is supposed to achieve for us.
Source: Eating People Is Wrong
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