Attention.

The Reverend Dr. Cornel West on education and the cultivation of self ...

Education is about the formation of attention so you attend to the things that matter.  It's about about the cultivation of a self that you're able to have a sense of who you are, based on integrity, honesty, and decency.  It's about the maturation of a soul that you learn how the muster the courage to think critically, the courage to love, to stay in contact with the humanity of others.