Education - What is it really worth?Carl Jung believed that, we look back with appreciation on the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude on those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is as much the necessary raw material, but heat is a vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child (Fitzhenry 135). Education is important to succeed in life, but it must be accompanied by compassion and learning on a personal level rather than in an autocratic atmosphere. Everyone has different views on education, but what they all have in common is how necessary it is when you want to become a self-fulfilling individual. Education also plays an important role in finding a job in today's world and leading a fulfilled life. Authors like bell hooks, Mike Rose, Jon Spayde, and Adrienne Rich all see education through the eyes of the excluded and highlight the importance of education and its real value. I believe that education helps us achieve what we want, but in reality it is up to each of us to get it done. Each of us might be educated, but that doesn't necessarily mean we've learned anything that can help us in the real world. We also need to self-educate and not always rely on the classroom. We could do this by reading newspapers, magazines or even watching the news to expand our awareness of the world's problems. We need to be able to think for ourselves and make our own decisions instead of relying on what we were taught in school. I'm not saying we should ignore what we've been taught, we just need to be able to relate to what we've been taught and make our own decisions. Education is especially valued in North America, it is very difficult to be truly successful... middle of paper... homework and sitting in class, it also means learning to work with others and making choices for the future. Works CitedFitzhenry, Robert I., ed. Harper's Book of Quotations, Third Edition. NY: HarperPerennial, 1993, 135.Hooks, Bell. Staying close to home: Class and education. The presence of others. eds. Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz, NY: Bedford/ St.Martins, 2000, 93-103.Rich, Adrienne. What does a woman need to know? The presence of others. eds. Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz, NY: Bedford/ St.Martins, 2000, 65-71.Rose, Mike. Life on the border. The presence of others. eds. Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz, NY: Bedford/ St.Martins, 2000, 105-118.Spayde, Jon. Learning in the key of life. The presence of others. eds. Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz, New York: Bedford/ St. Martins, 2000, 58-63.