Conclusion

As a professional student, learning is literally part of my job description. This gives me an incredible opportunity to focus almost entirely on the process of learning. Through the dissection of philosophies to their basic concepts and the synthesis of these components into personal understanding, I am able to not only gain knowledge, but progress individually towards my own intellectual identity. More importantly, this process allows me to relate every learning experience to a single growing perspective on life. Unfortunately, with the overwhelming information available to us at all times, the skills of analysis and in-depth exploration of this information are dwindling in favor of instant gratification and acceptance. Knowledge is being reduced to facts and comprehension to mere memorization. If more people would return to the true process of learning, less polarity and conflict would result. Facts and opinions would again be seen as beneficial and creative rather than threatening and destructive. Learning would be the goal, not merely a means to an end.

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