What Does “Being Educated” Mean?

The best definition I found on “Being Educated” was from the “Living Issues In Philosophy” book by Harold H. Titus and Marilyn S. Smith. The below is a resume of what can be found on page 220-222.

“Mere possession of a diploma - or any other symbol for that matter - is no proof of education.

1. To be educated means to know at least one field with some thoroughness…
2. To be educated means to be able to communicate with others…
3. To be educated means to be able to live in a changing word and to entertain new ideas…
4. To be educated means to be able to get along with others…
5. To be well-educated means to be able to entertain oneself, to develop a rich inner life and a wide range of appreciations and inner controls…
6. To be educated is to be sensitive to the larger spiritual order of which man is part…”

Do you agree with the above description? For a more detailed description, be sure to be up the book.