Flipchart Number 1 Feb 2016 | Page 5

E TH E N I Z A 1 Etymologically, the word “Education” has been derived from different Latin words: a) “educare” which means “to bring out” or  “to nourish”; b) “educere” which means “to lead out” or “to draw out”; c) “educatum’” which means “act of teaching” or “training”; d) “educatus” which means “to bring”. We should get back to the roots of the origin of education, and understand that is meant to bring out the better of each one. It is not originally intend to make people memorize or have grades, but to make them think for themselves, to bring out the inner talents of each of them, individually, as a form of evolution and personal development. At a certain moment in our history, education was set in a system that provides tools and methods to develop the necessary set of skills needed in that particularly moment in history, to integrate better the labor market having people with the necessary professional competences. Courses were created to meet these needs and new ones continue to appear according to the new jobs that appeared (IT programmers, web-designers, etc.). Of course that this is important and we should continue to have this kind of education, but we cannot forget that education is much more than this. It is a bigger wider concept that should combine different areas to nourish people, to lead out or to draw out and to be a chance to improve oneself in the area he/she wishes to. We are forgetting all the things we should learn that are not primarily directed to the labor market, but to the development of society and humanity as an all. The world needs artists, philosophers, dreamers, leaders, all kind of people in all areas. People need to be passionate about their education, exactly like when they emerge in different worlds when they are reading a book. Education is an art and a teacher and trainer is an artist that sees not a blank canvas in each person but a master piece just wanting to show up. Like Michaelangelo said: “Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” We hope this magazine can inspire you to follow your own path of education. Written by: Sérgio Gonçalves, Editor 05