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   %LINK INTELLECT PERSONAL BEHAVIOR BELIEF EDUCATE 881214

Education  at  its best is the  process  of  linking
intellectual  behavior and personal behavior together   in
the  context of learning the facts about the world and its
multitude of life forms.

Learning  facts  which  are NOT linked  to  personal
behavior    profits  little  to those who learn,   and  to
those  who   teach.      The  apparent  profits  of   such
education    are superficial,   mean little,  and  do  not
last long.

Learning to intellectualize,  generalize and publish
words  and  symbols profits little if all the  words   and
symbols   are not linked to personal day to day  behavior.
The linkage between intellect and personal behavior is  an
essential aspect of meaningful education.

The  linkage  is not a purely intellectual  process.
It's  essence is not rational.    The linkage involves the
whole    of   student   and  educer  in   their   dialogue
relationship.     For  the linkage to occur there must  be
integrity   in  the  relationship,  for linkage  does  not
occur  effectively in disintegrative relationships.    The
linkage  is   essentially  an  integrative  process;     a
process  of integrating  intellectual  affirmations   into
attitudes and   behavioral   affirmations.      Behavioral
affirmations  are  statements  of faith in  action,   they
pertain to  beliefs which  the   intellectual affirmations
also represent in words and other symbols.

The  well  educated person affirms through faith  in
action the same beliefs which are affirmed  intellectually
through  the  use of words and other symbols.    The  well
educated   person  demonstrates  integrity  of   behavior,
intellect,   belief and faith because they are well linked
through    an   integrative   process   which   transcends
intellect, rationality and science.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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