How important you think education is...
My family jokingly calls me the perpetual student. It's not really a joke though- I love learning. I love to read, and learn about as many different things as I can (insert sarcastic quip about learning Greek in my spare time for no apparent reason). I am the happiest with a big book in my lap. The way I see it, there is so much in the world to learn, I'd feel as though I was wasting my life if I ignored it all! I want to learn as much about as many things as I can. Not just in school either- "I love learning" does not translate to "I love tests and papers and stress." I do my best learning outside of the classroom, in the books I read and with the people I meet.
Formal education is not everything. There are many people who tout their degrees and titles and act like that is license to say anything they want; like somehow a PhD means that you know everything. In truth, some of the smartest, wisest people I know hold no degrees, and no titles of honor. I think I actually have more respect for those people. The most important learning anyone can do is outside of school; that is a notion I feel like we, as a society, are losing. It's school, and then work. No learning in between. When in reality, the most important learning we can do does not involve a professor, or a textbook, or even a high-paying job. It's about all of the little moments in between, and how we choose to spend them. For me, learning = living. So are you doing something you love and living, or just existing? There's a big difference.
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