To be educated, means that someone has expanded their own knowledge on one or more subjects to further understand everything; it also means that someone is living their life to the fullest by widening the potential for not only academic success, but also for personal acheivement and growth.
I think Mark Edmundson's "lite" college has something to do with my understanding of what "to be educated" is. I like how he believes college and learning in general, should not always be fun; it should be challenging so people get the most out of education and school. There's a time for fun and a time for work and being educated is almost a balance between the two, but work is up on the scale a little more than fun.
I believe that individuals decide what it means to be educated. Everyone learns at different rates and not everyone has the same interests. Most education boards do a great job on creating guidelines for all schools from public to private to trade schools. Every person has a right to further their education, for example, everyone doesn't go to college. Their are different types of education like physics-minded people and music-minded people. It doens't matter who decides what "to be educated" means as long as the individual enjoys what he/she is learning.
I agree with your definition of what it means to be educated and I like the way you said "it also means that someone is living their life to the fullest by widening the potential for not only academic success, but also for personal achievement and growth." I also agree that individuals are the ones who decide what that means because they decide their outcome; you get out how much you put in.
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