That's right, I haven't been raving like a lunatic

So, this blog is supposed to be about education, but I haven't exactly been uploading any course syllabi or what not like a good little boy, so maybe anyone who reads this (I wonder who does actually) might think that I'm in the habit of digressing from the focus of a particular subject (not necessarily untrue most of the time, but in this case, very much so).

So, the blog is about education? What is education? Maybe the answer is simple. Science is science, geography is about maps, math is about numbers, and English (TESL anyone?) is about language. It's so simply clear cut isn't it? Not really...

Let's say for example, I decide to state that I owe my friend a favour, since he (she?) helped me out a few weeks back, so once I repay the favour we'll be even. My dear reader(s?), using the wonders of language, I just taught you math, specifically 1-1=0, in way more words than necessary, but the point to be proven here is the fact that you can't just take everything at face value.

The blog is about education, yes, granted. Have you ever thought about what education is? To me it's so much more than syllabi and course descriptions and schemes of work and anything else they've thrown at us in the Faculty (of Education for any non-TESLite readers out there who for some reason may be reading this). Some dude, I think an ex-premier of Africa (Prime minister if I'm not mistaken, I don't think it's president...) once said that education is "the act of liberating the mind from ignorance". Sums it up quite wonderfully actually.

So, in short, if I'm not whinin', but I'm statin', then I must be educatin'.