Pontotoc is a city in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States. Pontotoc is west of the much larger city of Tupelo. The population was 5,253 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pontotoc County. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word meaning Land of Hanging Grapes.
the purpose of education. Education Purpose. Education, in general terms, may be explained as the process of acquiring data and knowledge, along with learning various forms of behavior and competency in a specific field. The purpose of education is to cultivate human minds with values and principles that help to distinguish between wrong and right.
Education was also seen as the tool that would both establish and promote the growth of concepts such as freedom, liberty, and democracy to insure that citizens would learn how to be responsible citizens and secure the United States as a nation for generations to come.