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WotD: Well-rounded
It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of a well-rounded education.
People need to attain a comprehensive academic education and be physically healthy.
These days in Canada, physical education has suffered due to a lack of funds.
The same is true in the United States.
It’s one of the reasons why so many of our youth are overweight or even obese.
To be well-rounded or have a well-rounded education means to have experience and knowledge of an extensive range of ideas and activities.
We should look at professional athletes as a perfect example.
Modern-day professionals realize that the average career is amazingly short even though their earning potential is extremely high.
Baseball, basketball, ice hockey, soccer and football players need something to fall back on after they retire from the game.
Of course, it’s never too late to go to university to improve yourself, but it is incredibly challenging.
All young people should be encouraged and afforded the opportunity to become well-rounded individuals with experience in various fields.
I may be biased on this next point, but I firmly believe travel experience is essential.
Book learning makes you smart.
Physical activity helps keep you healthy.
Travel enables you to understand yourself while revealing your strengths and weaknesses.
The Japanese education system does a much better job than Canada’s with all the club activities and sports offered to students.
However, the Japanese are generally not as well-rounded as they could be.
Just ask anyone about world history not directly related to Japan, and you’ll see what I mean.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 9th-grade education (age 15).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 51.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.