Acharya Prashant addresses the dilemma of choosing between a native-language school with poor facilities and an English-medium school with better ones. He begins by stating that while language is a wonderful thing and he has a special feeling for native languages, being spiritual does not mean one must rebel against everything. He points out two kinds of biases: one that favors everything non-Indian, ready to consume even poor-quality imported things, and another that is so nationalistic it accepts anything Indian, even if it is worthless. The first and foremost thing, he emphasizes, is the quality of the content and ensuring the child is built up. The primary goal of education is to raise consciousness. He introduces the Latin phrase "ceteris paribus," which means "all other things being equal." A Marathi-medium school is better than an English or French-medium school only if all other things are equal. If there are two schools, one Marathi-medium and one English-medium, and they are equal in all other respects, then the Marathi school is preferable. However, one must not focus on just one thing, like the medium of instruction, while ignoring seventy other operational factors like the playground size or the cultural biases of the teachers. This lack of a holistic view is a lack of perspective, which means keeping a thing in its proper place and knowing its size in the macro context. Being spiritual does not mean being a professional rebel or compulsively going against the crowd. One must use discretion (Vivek) to logically see what is best, navigate through contemporary life to minimize harm and maximize benefit, and not summarily reject everything modern. Modern civilization has its own merits. He cites examples like Agyeya, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Rabindranath Tagore, who had English educations but became stalwarts in their fields, often contributing immensely to Indian languages and culture. Their English education enabled them to achieve greatness. If it comes to a choice between greatness and fluency in a native language, one must pick greatness. The first thing is consciousness, and the second is language.