Technology, medicine, and science are constantly changing and improving; and that is because more individuals around the world are becoming serious when it comes to education. These individuals are not only studying the Basic English, mathematics, and science. They are studying the history and culture of countries all around the world as well as complex mathematics, science, medicine which in turn makes the world a more comfortable place. In this quote, I believe Edith Hamilton is stressing the importance of education because it is the only way is "caught up" with what’s happening in world; and the only way to contribute to the global enhancement. Everything is not just black and white anymore; there are now various shades of grey. There are so many thoughts and so many ideas from millions of people from all over the world. In order to properly interpret, debate, and act on those thoughts a person must be educated. Education can not only modernize the world but it can also being people of different ethnicities, religion, nationalities together because they can have a heated intellectual argument rather than turning to physical force.
Indeed. And when we are caught up in the world of thought, we are engaged in the act of learning; we open our minds to a myriad possibilities.
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