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	Collective Worship - YOUR EDUCATION
	Four students move forward to begin... SPEAKER 1: This morning we are going to see a short video. SPEAKER 2: Then we'll ask some questions about it afterwards to find out if you agree with everything said in the video. Show the video, which lasts about 4 minutes, then play the music as the four students begin addressing the students. Speaker 3 holds up a bible. SPEAKER 3: In the video, Vicki Hackett said "The desire to make the Bible's message accessible drove Tyndale to publish this book in English." SPEAKER 4: As we've seen in the video: five hundred years ago William Tyndale was having a few hassles with the authorities who didn't want to give people the chance to educate themselves by reading the bible in English. SPEAKER 1: Imagine what it was like having priests or monks tell you what everything in the bible meant - what was right and what was wrong - but not being able to check it out for yourself because you had never learned Latin like they had. SPEAKER 2: I wouldn't have liked that all and I'll tell you why. SPEAKER 3: Why? SPEAKER 2: Because "information is power". And power is good. Useful. Makes you rich. I read in some magazine… we're living in the information age now and without information you're nothing. SPEAKER 4: Information is good but knowledge is better. SPEAKER 2: What's the difference? Speaker 4 has their trusty dictionary with them. SPEAKER 4: Information: "A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn" - if you've got the knowledge to do so. And knowledge is (consulting the dictionary again) "The result of perception and learning from information". So, knowledge is more important than information. Knowledge is power. Get it? SPEAKER 2: Sort of. SPEAKER 4: To give you a really simple example: You could get the information that 200 plus 200 equals 400. But that's not real mathematical knowledge until you know why that is the right answer. You have to understand the principles of maths. Speaker 3 turns to the gathered students and addresses them directly… SPEAKER 3: You might want to think about that. Or another example: If you're typing something on a computer - it doesn't mean you know how the computer works, does it? SPEAKER 2: No. SPEAKER 3: But the real power lies in knowing how the computer works. SPEAKER 1: I get it. You could train a chimpanzee to add 2 and 2 together and come up with 4 but the chimp can't explain why that is the right answer. SPEAKER 4: Exactly. And even better than knowledge is wisdom. Wisdom is better than knowledge and information. Wisdom is the real power. SPEAKER 2: And do I hear a dictionary definition coming up? SPEAKER 4: (reading from dictionary) Wisdom is "The ability to apply knowledge" - with a bit of common sense and insight chucked in to make it even better. Wisdom is the real power. SPEAKER 3: That magazine you were reading is well out of date. We were living in the information age last century but now we're living in the knowledge age. And tomorrow we'll be living in the age of wisdom - so it's going to be important to learn how to manipulate information. Speaker 3 turns to the gathered students and addresses them directly… SPEAKER 3: You might want to think about that too. Schools and colleges are not here to stuff you full of information - but to teach you how to handle that information. To give you knowledge and - if you're especially tuned in - wisdom too. But just being good at school doesn't make you wise. Some very wise people aren't even good at exams. SPEAKER 4: Let's take a couple of minutes to think about what we've been talking about. How are you going to get from having information to having knowledge? Think about it. The speakers wait 10-15 seconds before proceeding. SPEAKER 1: How are you going to get from having knowledge to having wisdom? Think about it. The speakers wait 10-15 seconds before proceeding. SPEAKER 2: Maybe the trick is this… to gain power from knowledge you've got to take the information you get from the world and from teachers here and start using it - for yourself - in your own way. Think about it. The speakers wait 10-15 seconds before proceeding. SPEAKER 4: Five days a week you come into this building called a school and you go to classes and get information from the teachers. But there's only one person who can turn that information into wisdom. That's you. Think about it.