Rupees & Coins: Education or Knowledge, which is required ?

Any man is Educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action

Let us try to understand this with a short story of Henry Ford. Henry Ford had little schooling and people mistaken that he is not a man of Education or those people did not understand the actual meaning of education

An educated man is not necessarily, one who has abundance of General or Specialized knowledge. During the world war, Chicago newspaper published certain editorials. That includes a statement, which called Henry Ford as "an ignorant pacifist"

Ford strongly objected the statement and filed a case against the newspaper company. For the purpose of proving himself ignorant, Ford stood infront of the jury to answer any questions. The attorney asked him great variety of questions

Henry Ford was asked questions like: "Who was Benedict Arnold ?" and "How many soldiers did British send over to America to put down the rebellion of 1776 ?". Ford replied, "I do not know the exact number of soldiers the British sent over, but i have heard that it was a considerably large number than ever went back"

So, the questions went on like this and Henry Ford got annoyed and he leaned over, pointed his fingers at the lawyer who asked the questions and said, "If i should really want to answer the foolish question you have just asked, let me remind you that I have a row of electric push-buttons on my desk, and by pushing them right, I can summon to my aid men who can answer any question I desire to ask concerning the business to which I am devoting most of my efforts. Now, can you kindly tell me, why should i clutter up my mind with General Knowledge ?"

Every person in the court room realized that it was not an answer of an ignorant man, but of a man of Education. Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action.