| Education is one of the key building bricks of | | | | emotions have nothing to do with how well a |
| society as we know it. What else could ensure | | | | student learns a subject. It is today widely |
| the passing on of knowledge from one generation | | | | accepted that a healthy emotional state does help |
| to the other? Education ensures this. No one | | | | with healthy and successful learning. Before this |
| individual is capable of passing on what he has | | | | publication, it was widely accepted that a person's |
| learnt to generations to come, since our time is | | | | level of IQ determined his level of success in |
| limited. It is thanks to education that our civilization | | | | education and work. However, post this publication |
| has grown to what it is today. As with everything | | | | we see that even people with high IQ levels could |
| else, different people have different views on the | | | | not see high levels of success, if they did not |
| education system in place today. | | | | have a healthy emotional state of mind. |
| Some feel that the system has too many | | | | When a person is not happy and connected to |
| loopholes, and that instructors are not as | | | | himself, this is an unhealthy state of mind. How |
| effective as they could be since they do not | | | | can you get yourself to give your best when you |
| always pass on first hand information. Others feel | | | | are not content with who you are? An unhealthy |
| that the carefree atmosphere of today's | | | | emotional state limits what you can learn, and at |
| classrooms allow for a great learning atmosphere | | | | work place it limits people to work for money and |
| to the students. | | | | not for satisfaction. This is how emotional |
| One of the key factors that help people with this | | | | intelligence comes into play at school and at work. |
| debate today is that of emotional intelligence. It | | | | Earlier systems of educations disregarded a |
| has always been speculated that the emotional | | | | student's emotional intelligence completely. |
| state of mind could well play a large role on the | | | | Students were encouraged to leave emotions out |
| learning process, but this wasn't really researches. | | | | of their learning processes. However, thanks to |
| All that changed when Daniel Goleman published | | | | Daniel Goleman's book, students are today |
| his book on the topic. Thanks to this piece of | | | | encouraged to get in tune with their emotions. |
| work, society has today accepted the effect of | | | | Emotions are now looked on as wild horses which |
| emotions on learning. | | | | you can tame and ride to victory, rather than |
| This eye opening book called Emotional Intelligence | | | | stay away from and walk to the finish line. |
| therefore showed us that it is not true that | | | | |