Education in America

"Education"

Despite the belief that most people in America have an education, few people in American gain a simple education. The definition giving by scholars relate to obtaining formal knowledge or education through a formal institution such as secondary school or university. Even though the term education normally relates to a formal education, it can also be seen in a way of receiving skills through ways of everyday life activities for those who can't afford or possess the ability to receive an education through formal school. Education should be defined as "school of hard knocks" which is received in the street life, family traditions, and the value of life itself as an education. Through these means education is received as a way of life and for the purpose of providing for one's family on a day to day basis.

Life itself offers and education. Depending on someone's background or up bringing it can be more important than any formal education. As said by some people, "it's not who you know but what you know" or vice versa "it's not what you know but who you know". In other words, these statements are true to education in many ways and reference your own knowledge or the knowledge you received from a friend or family member for everyday life. To educate one's self has its own consequences but when it's the only way to live then there's no choice in how you learn. When someone is put in a situation of life and death they find a way to educate themselves and their family. This is a trait that is inherent to humans.

If our ancestors weren't educated through a formal institution but was able to survive then what really is an education. Looking back into time, education was the process of passing on hunting techniques, cooking techniques, building techniques, and family responsibility. Education is an act or process of educating or being educated, a knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process from someone or something. All these things even today are passed on from family member to family member. In today's society, not all young people have the opportunity to attend school and receive a formal education and because of this don't possess the skills of reading or writing. According to Live Science, 14 percent of U.S. Adults today can't read or write but have the ability to provide a living for their families. Simply put, education can be received in many ways such as "the school of hard knocks".

Utilizing the terminology, "the school of hard knocks", a society of people feels they learn from the street which is believed to be a hard life. They attempt to shine a light on being deprived of an education because someone prevented them for obtaining a formal education in a formal institution. In this instance they learn from their