The Educated Man by Jovito R.

Salonga
What, then, is educated man? Is he the man who has read lot? Probably
yes, because his reading is serious and discriminate and uplifting. Is he
the man who remembers many facts and events? Partly yes, because
the training of memory is a wholesome discipline that requires effort
and application, and because one cannot make a sound judgement
without respect for remembered facts. Is the educated man, then, one
who because of his skill is able to provide for himself and for his family?
Partly yes, since education should teach us how to make a living. But
there is one thing we should always remember and it is this that far
more important than the making of a living is the living of a life a good
life, a meaningful life, an abundant life.

The educated man lives this kind of life because he has opened the
windows of his mind to great thoughts and ennobling ideas; because he
is not imprisoned by the printed page, but chooses to make a relentless,
rigorous analysis, and evaluation of everything he reads; because he is
less interested in the accumulation of degrees than in the stimulation of
his mind and the cultivation of a generous spirit; because his interest is
less in knowing who is right but more importantly in discerning what is
right and defending it with all the resources at his command; because
he can express clearly and logically, with precision and grace; because
he is not awed by authority, but is humble enough to recognize that his
best error or pride; because he has a deep reverence for the inherent
worth and dignity of every human being as a creature of god; because
he has heal thy sense of values, a breadth of outlook, and the depth of
compassion which purposeful education generates; because whenever

he talks about good government he is prepared and willing to sacrifice

himself for it; and because he lives a life of relevance to the world in
which he lives, sharing in the problems of his time and doing whatever
he can with intelligence and fairness and understanding..