As I wrote my bio for use in an overview for a conference presentation , I looked at my 22 years of experience and thought to myself, what a wonderful mix of experience in the areas of education and training. However, some tend to think that both are the same. Here is an excerpt from from a letter to the editor of National Forum: The Phi Kappa Phi Journal, Spring 2000, p. 46, written by Robert H. Essenhigh,
Ohio State University. It sums it up so nicely that I think I need to make a t-shirt that states, " It's the difference between know how and know why."
"The difference? It's the difference between know how and know why. It's the difference between, say, being trained as a pilot to fly a plane and being educated as an aeronautical engineer and knowing why the plane flies, and then being able to improve its design so that it will fly better. Clearly both are necessary, so this is not putting down the Know-How person; if I am flying from here to there I want to be in the plane with a trained pilot (though if the pilot knows the Why as well, then all the better, particularly in an emergency)."
