J.T. Adams There Are Two

J.T. Adams

There are two educations. One should teach you how to make a living and the other how to live."

J.T. Adams

To me, the above statement means that the purpose of education is not only to build our talents and abilities, or to prepare us in the career we are aiming in the future so that we can sustain a living and create a financially stabled life. Rather, education should also serve us the purpose of teaching us with values on how to live a righteous life. We obtain education not only to help us gain knowledge and skills that will be useful to our future career, but also to establish our own selves as mature individuals who live a righteous and meaningful life; a life that is lived to the fullest. Most of the time, many people tend to see education only as a means to achieve their dream careers in the future. Although it is true that education is an important element to having a better job, it must also be remembered that instilling good values into one's being and life is similarly an important factor to become successful in his future professional endeavors.

In view of J.T. Adams' quote, I am hoping to learn and obtain from the College the two types of education that Adams mentioned. I am hoping to gain and build the necessary knowledge and skills for the career I would like to pursue in the future, and similarly to learn different values in life from the experiences that I will encounter in the College. Moreover, I am hoping to learn values in life not just from my own experiences but from what the College intend to prepare and bestow to its students.

In terms of education for my future profession, I believe that this College institution is the appropriate institution for me to build my knowledge, skills, and abilities. This is because I learned that the course program I desire to take is among the specialization of the College. I am expecting that the education I will acquire from this institution will not just mainly focus on the concepts or theories of my course study but will also include other learning that will benefit my life and my whole self. For instance, the methods of learning that the institution may apply can be a mixture of learning the course study, theories, or concepts, while similarly teaching and imparting values within the learning experience. One instance of such is a group activity where students will have the opportunity to learn from their colleagues. In this way, while the activity is meant for learning a particular course study, the students can similarly gain values of cooperation, leadership, and practice of good social relationship.

I am looking forward to a College learning experience that will technically, emotionally, and psychologically prepare me in facing the challenges I may have in the future. These challenges do not only include those that I may encounter in my future career, but also the different challenges that a life in that career may present.

A understand that college life requires an amount of discipline to achieve the success of finishing the course study. In my objective of not just finishing my course but to graduate with honours as well, I believe that my experience in the College will teach me a lot of virtues that can be useful to living my life today and in the future. Even before, already anticipated that college living is simply nothing as easy or similar with how I lived my life during my high school days. I understand that independence is a key to battling the challenges in a college life. and, to become successful on becoming independent, being able to stand on my own feet, I think the first and foremost virtue in my list that I will learn from the College is discipline.

I believe that discipline is important in a college life because of the hard work necessary when studying lectures, or preparing and completing paper works and projects. In the course that I am planning to take, I know that a great deal of taking my study seriously is necessary. I am just glad that I am entering this College institution because I believe that it is outstanding in training discipline to students.