The Literate, The Educated and The Wise....(& otherWise)

There are three kinds of people in this world - the Literate, the Educated and the Wise. The otherWise category needs special attention, so will blog about them later ... or never!!
The Literate do things that are either compulsory or because their "parents told them so". They complete schooling (made compulsory by Govt), study further ("parents told them so") and get a job (again compulsory but optional in some cases).
The Educated do everything the Literate do in addition to doing something for themselves and their families. These somethings may not always be 'good', but nonetheless...
There are a few striking similarities between the Literates and the Educated - a) they hardly ever think on their own b) because of not thinking, they do things the way they have been done for centuries and never think about being practical and doing the right thing and c) as a professor once commented "I cannot believe that this class of 150+ students is sitting here just to while away the time between their HSC and marriage!!" because we (me and a few others sitting together) honestly could not understand what he was talking about.
Now, the Wise. They are probably the most experienced (read: snow white hair). But can other people not be wise inspite of their hair colour? That is what I (think) I am or at least wish to be in the long run. But I definitely believe I am between Educated and Wise, more towards the latter side.