Today as I was seated I was inspired by a young writer who was writing an article for a competition. What has stricken me about him was he was 16 years of age and he was writing about the importance of education and one of the people that he looked up to was The Saint Augustine of Hippo.
His name is George, A form two student in Lenana High School who has been the source of my inspiration today.
The Saint Augustine of Hippo was a pagan who was well learned about different doctrines and later decided to convert to Christianity.
He was a great advocate of critical thinking skills. He was a great teacher of reason and he greatly admired Cicero and he reffed to him as the great master of Roman eloquence, he enjoyed playful debates with his students and companions.
He had a unique passion for education and he equated education to happiness.
He reffed to learning as a process that results to either knowledge or ignorance and said a wise man would appreciate the knowledge of an educated mind.
He believed that all people needed to be educated irrespective of their class, age , race, sex and he certainly believed that there were no elitists and that all people were to be given equal opportunities to pursue education.
His letters to the Nuns of Hippo determines his equal status for women with respect to education, therefore everyone should respect and hence everyone should be entitled to education irrespective of their age, sex or gender. Education should be for all
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