value of a college education
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"Knowledge is power", "knowledge is virtue" and education is the light. We need power to maintain our sovereignty, we need virtue to build our national character and we need light to lead us to the good for our country. It is obvious that we cannot achieve our goals without education. The most important task is to preserve what is left of civilization and out of this, to build something "nearer to the heart's desire". Education is of small value if it cannot help us in the most important task. It is to educate the individual for the society in which must live and to give the power to change that society. And we need college education to learn more about the society.
College life is a free life. It is free from control and guardianship. In this life a person is personally accountable to his or her teachers and guardians for his or her daily work...