More thoughts on Education

Here are some more thoughts on the education establishment as I work my way through school. I wonder how this will fly in a classroom full of evolutionists? (By the way, I use the term "cosmic designer" as, in the words of apologist Greg Koukl, a rock in their shoe. I am in no way trying to hide, diminish or misrepresent our Holy God and His son Jesus Christ as being our creator and Savior.)

"Epistemology is, of course, the theory of knowledge, primarily addressing the following questions: "What is knowledge?, How is knowledge acquired?, and What do people know?” (Courtesy of Wikipedia). It is very important as educators that we teach not only what and how, but why. Many people don’t even know why they exist, or what purpose they serve. This has manifested itself in the fact that suicide among teenagers has nearly tripled since the 1950’s. This is why I keep banging the drum of morality and its importance in the education system, and why as a basketball coach, I use every opportunity I can to teach values such as character, honor, integrity, perseverance, self discipline and so on.
Someone once wisely said, “Why should we be surprised when kids act like animals in 6th hour English when we just told them that’s where they came from in 5th hour science?” One of the primary aspects of learning should be an understanding of the why’s, beginning with “why am I here?” In our effort to reassign origins away from a cosmic designer and toward randomness, we have removed ultimate purpose from existence, other than pursuit of temporal pleasure or personal fulfillment. Some might go so far as to make “for the good of humankind” proclamations, but to remove purpose beyond the empirical and provable has caused serious harm to every aspect of society, especially academically.
Reverend S.M. Davis described knowledge as learning what to do, wisdom is learning how to do it, and understanding is learning why to do it. So, ultimately as educators, we should be teaching knowledge, wisdom, and most important, understanding. The “why’s” will usually provide the stimulation and motivation for learning the “what’s” and “how’s”.