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WhatiseducationforEducationisthefoundationofanational!Takingapanoramicviewallovertheworld,developedcountrieshavemoreimprovededucationsystemsthanthedevelopingcountries.Moreandmoreothereducationinstitutionsarelookingfortheirnewmarket.Meanwhile,Chineseeducationinstitutionsimprovedrapidly.However,whatiseducationfor?Lookingbackuponallthegreatthinkers,Ifindouttherearevariousanswersforthisquestion.Forthem,theaimsofeducationrangefromservingthestatetoindividualdevelopment.Forexample,ConfuciusholdsthateducationisorganizedtoservethecountryandkeepthecountryingoodorderandinharmonybutWhiteheadthinksthateducationistonurtureintelligentpeople.Tomyunderstanding,educationshouldservethegrowthofindividual.Therefore,theaimofeducationistofosterapersonratherthanahero.Inmymind’seye,wecandevelopagoodhabitanddevelopawayofthinkingbyacceptingeducation.Firstofall,thepurposeofeducationistoproduceavirtuousorgoodman.Manisnotgoodbynature,sohemustbeeducatedtocontrolhisanimalactivitiesortobevirtuous.ThoughIdonotagreewiththepointthatmanisnotgoodbynature,Idoagreethat“mancanonlybemanbyeducation”.Thedifferencebetweenmanandanimalisthatmancancontroltheirnaturalneeds.Therefore,withoutvirtue,therewouldbenodifferencebetweenmanandanimals.Asoneofthemostimportantperspectivesofasociety,educationshouldfirsttransformpeopleintoethicalbeings.Inaddition,educationshouldadvancepeople’sknowledge.Educationcanmakepeopledistinguishrightfromwrong.Withthehelpofeducation,allpeoplecouldformtheirownsystemsofjudgmentandjustificationincludingtheprincipleoffairness.Thoughknowledgecannotguaranteepeopleadecentlife,itgivesthemtheopportunitiestopursuetheirdreams.Inthismodernsociety,knowledgeisdominatingeveryaspectofourlifeandwork.Theamountofknowledgethatoneownsdetermineshisabilitiestosurvive.Themoreknowledgeonehas,themoreopportunitieshehastosucceed.Thus,moreandmorepeoplepursuefurthereducationtocatchupwiththeirpeersortobemorecompetitive.Asthemainchannelofattainingknowledge,theeducationsystemshouldtrytomeetpeople’sdesirefortheknowledge.Finally,educationisresponsibleforpersonalall-rounddevelopment.AccordingtoTagore,theaimofthenationalsystemeducationisall-rounddevelopmentoftheindividualpersonality,includingintellectualdevelopment,aestheticeducationandcreativity.Thatmeansthefirsttwopurposesabovearetoservethisaim.Educationisnotallaboutvirtueandknowledge.Theyarejustthepreparationforindividualall-rounddevelopment,whichisthemostimportantaimofeducation.It’sthepersonalall-rounddevelopmentthatmakeseducationmoremeaningful.Atthesametime,individualall-rounddevelopmentcouldpromotethedevelopmentofeducation.Nowadays,all-rounddevelopmentmeansthateducationalsystemshouldprovidenotonlyliberaleducationbutalsoscienceandeconomy.Thesearethebasicsubjectsofthismodernsociety.Acivilizedcountryisbuiltnotonlyuponthebasisofscienceandeconomy,butalsocultureofitspeople.Livinginacivilizedcountry,oneshouldgetaccesstoeducationofalltheseperspectives.Insum,Ithinkthateducationshouldservetheindividualdevelopment.Thedevelopmentofasocietyoracountrydependsuponitsvirtuousandknowledgeablecitizen’scontribution.Andindividualeducationlevelisthesymbolofasociety’scivilization.Withoutpersonaldevelopment,thesystemofasocietywouldfail.