Conversely, vocation must be considered only as a means of freeing us to pursue a life of reflection which allows us to arrive at the knowledge of truth. For education to be successful, educators must understand what constitutes truth. CS Lewis wrote: “The truth is always about something, but reality is what the truth is about. The fact that truth is important may seem obvious, but in today's society, truth is considered malleable. and relative. To navigate the quagmire of standards and assessment, we need to have a clear understanding of what it means to say something is true and how it allows us to adjudicate between a student's correct and incorrect beliefs. Truth is the engine that powers research. of truth involves a desire to understand what is real and avoid what is false (Pettifor, Audrey E., et al.). Education allows students to come into contact with what is.