What is Educated

What does it mean to be educated? Does being educated confide solely to the development of knowledge or skill by formal schooling? I don’t believe school is the sole basis of an education. I believe a person is educated throughout their life. A person is educated by their parents or guardians throughout life on what is ”right “ or “proper” according to their culture, peers, media, and surroundings. A person can be educated through life experiences, formal schooling, or by trade. A person does not become and educated person simply by attending formal schooling. A person becomes and educated person by learning to think. One who has the ability to say “yes” or “no” on the basis of logical thought is an educated person.
An education is learned throughout life. Many disciplines bestow an education on a person. Life experiences is one such discipline that can bestow and education on a person. Through these life experiences a person can learn many important lessons abo...