day 20 - how important you think education is.

Oh education... Such a difficult thing to talk about. Ever since I was little, it was 'get a good education so you can get a good job' and 'work hard and get good grades!' But since I've gone through high school and gotten into university, I realize that education extends beyond just schoolwork, but rather includes the social part of school as well. Education in what proper ethics and morals are come from the people around you, and during the first 13 years of school, basically these people are your peers at school. Being educated in which ones to believe and which ones not to believe fall into one's own hands. Schoolwork is important, but then you see the nerdy boys/girls that work so hard and cry so much when they only receive 95% on their assignment or exam, and you wonder, is that really necessary. I mean, the hard work is a good aspect, but being educated that 95% isn't good enough probably isn't very productive. Then you see the people who don't care whatsoever about school, but rather just on making as many friends as possible. Then graduation comes, they don't graduate, but everyone else does and moves away in the fall for school/to pursue their careers. Those people don't really get much out of their school life either. So education is important, because that is where people find the balance of social life and school life that they themselves can handle. It is about finding the motivation to work hard, but yet have breathers with close friends and to enjoy being young. College is a whole different story, but I don't think I've gone through enough of it to say anything about it yet! Haha.