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34 Discipleship Permeates the Entire Curriculum As we have seen, the word disciple means student. Becoming a disciple means learning the art of living, which includes learning about God, oneself, the world, and one's vocation within it. The disciple learns truth, understood as a right recognition of reality—perceiving truly the way things are. When the student understands anything, it is a glimpse of the truth. Jesus contains the fullness of truth within himself, "I am the way, the truth and the life" (Jn 14: 6), being the Word through which all things were created. Only God can see the full truth of all things at once, including himself. Therefore, God is the Truth himself and learning any partial truth points us to him. A disciple learns how to think like a Catholic whose worldview begins and ends with God as revealed in Jesus Christ. This means not simply learning theology, but encountering Jesus, thinking rightly about all things, learning the inherent truths of the world, coming to understanding things rightly, thinking logically, making the right connections, and applying what is learned to life. Catholic edu - cation teaches the student how to view the world and one's place within it through the lens of the Gospel. The Catholic school can teach the fullness of reality by uniting faith and reason and integrat- ing all subjects within a comprehensive view of life. Catholic schools can give students the best perspective on why they learn and the relevance of their studies, as everything taught comes f rom God—through creation or revelation—and points back to him as the goal of life.