I liked the philosophy this phrase presented, that reading could teach one new things that might change one's views on certain topics and thereby influence one's moral directions. I think reading is a form of concentrated listening where one must listen to another's thoughts to full conclusion without opportunity to interject although, how completely one chooses to listen and the interpretations one draws may be flawed from original intent as in any communication on the part of the recipient. However, the rockfish gap doesn't elaborate what varieties of readings the ideal primary education would cover, and I think the breadth of what one learns from deep listening can be just as influenced by the subject matter one is given as much as the receptive will of the reader. In other words, the ideal primary education readings described by the board would be written by white men reflecting the beliefs of white men to be passed onto another narrow body of white men to set down life for a generation knowing what only white men could know. Jin Yoon

The 'natural condition of a human' is viewed to be beastly and ignoble, and knowledge is the only factor that upgrades a human from an animal. However, there's a view that there's a right or wrong knowledge, and a better or worse knowledge, and the European form of thought and enlightenment era sciences are the correct beliefs. Thus, Indians are viewed as ignorant barbarians without European knowledge and beliefs showing through in their lifestyles and cultures, and this is interpreted as proof that they are uncultured rather than of a different culture. I think this view of a heightened state of mind has changed since the founding of the university, where wisdom is the acknowledgement that one doesn't necessarily know everything, and academia is a questioning and open minded collaboration rather than a learning of universal facts or truths. Jin Yoon

The 'natural condition of a human' is viewed to be beastly and ignoble, and knowledge is the only factor that upgrades a human from an animal. However, there's a view that there's a right or wrong knowledge, and a better or worse knowledge, and the European form of thought and enlightenment era sciences are the correct beliefs. Thus, Indians are viewed as ignorant barbarians without European knowledge and beliefs showing through in their lifestyles and cultures, and this is interpreted as proof that they are uncultured rather than of a different culture. I think this view of a heightened state of mind has changed since the founding of the university, where wisdom is the acknowledgement that one doesn't necessarily know everything, and academia is a questioning and open minded collaboration rather than a learning of universal facts or truths.