Education should not be just about learning stuff. We have an obligation to future generations to be intelligent and informed people. We should learn to improve our own selves. But how?
When you read something, you must ask yourself, "How can this benefit me or others?" Even in the most seemingly boring task or article or story or assignment, there is a lesson. It may be we learn responsibility; it may be that sometimes we just have to do things that aren't fun; it may be that we need to understand another's perspective; it may be important to your survival; sometimes it's just about not sounding like a fool.
Have you ever watched Jay Leno's City Walk? He asks random people questions (that any halfway educated person should know the answer to) like "Who is the Vice President of the United States?" or "What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?". As silly as it might seem to NOT know the answers to these questions, it is amazing that so many people truly do not know. Education can help you not sound like an idiot.
Use the education that is available to you. It is your right as an American. It is not a privledge or a gift--it is a guaranteed right. Do not take it for granted. You would not take freedom of speech or religion for granted.
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