Abstract
As the son of a grade school principal, I learned at an early age the importance of the 3 Rs: reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic. I soon became aware, however, that mastery of these subjects was not an end in itself. As soon as I was able to pronounce and understand monosyllabic words, distinguish a subject from a predicate, and memorize the tables of addition, I had to begin again, albeit at a higher level. I was challenged by polysyllabic words, the rules of punctuation, and multiplication tables. And so it continued.…The life of a student is an ongoing cycle of gathering information and developing concepts, and undertaking that is never finished. The fields of study change and become more complex. The 3 Rs are eventually replaced by more erudite subjects, such as anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology. Success at each level, however, never brings the comfortable sense of completion, but rather serves as the impetus to seek a higher plateau. This upward educational spiral continues until the individual loses his initiative and quest for knowledge. He then ceases to be a student.
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