The well-rounded individual, the total individual, is one in whom the higher ideals of life (read virtue or arete) have been instilled. In this way, students enter the rest of their lives with the valuable lesson that they can make a difference. In the final analysis, the student infused with the higher ideals of life will take those ideas into the larger community whereby the improvement of self is translated into the improvement of all.
My philosophy of education also is based on my understanding of man, nature, and the relation between man and nature. .
There may be many characteristics that distinguish man from the other animals. One is that man has moral values shared in his community. Another is that he has the capability to understand nature. By nature I mean the world as a whole, including man himself. The process of man's constant interactions with nature (including interactions with himself since he is part of nature) is the process of his understanding of nature. This process will never come to an end, since nature is ever changing and unlimited. We may call the knowledge shared in his community the community truth. The level of community truth depends on the effort each community member makes to interact with nature. .
After a child is born, he has the potential to become a man from both moral and intellectual aspects. The principal aim of education is just to maximize this potential of each child, regardless of his colour, race, or economic and social status of his parents. .
Moral education should be concentrated on the moral values shared in the community. The child should know what a qualified community member should do and what he should not, what is valued in the community and what is not, and why. The child's ability to judge and criticize the evils in the community should also be fostered so that he can get immunized from these "diseases.