Education is one of the most important human values in reality. All over the world, people try to be educated no matter how old they are because of their desires to earn better paychecks. As it is, people do not know what the actual meaning of education which is very familiar to them in daily basic. The purpose of education is very straightforward. Education is not knowledge which people have. It is actually an awareness. Therefore, an individual person 's education is the actual human value of learning how to think, not just a material payoff. During "Kenyon Commencement Speech" by David Foster Wallace, he explains mainly about the actual purpose of education. According to Wallace, people do not know what the absolute goal of education is.
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First of all, he talks about a older and two younger fishes. The older fish asked "how is the water?", and later those young fishes looked an answer for "what the hell is water?" This example shows that people sometimes do not really take notice of what exists around them, like those two young fishes which do not know what is the actual meaning of water. According to Wallace 's logic, education is not only completed with knowledge; however, it is fulfilled with learning how to think. Another stereotype he mentions during "Kenyon Commencement Speech" is about two men who have the different point of view on religion. In this story, two men have different opinions on what they view about god. Wallace analyzed that the exact same experience can mean two completely different things to different people. Therefore, the individual choice makes that person 's belief. According to his examples, the way a person view on his work after he received his degree is just his choice. After working the full time jobs with recycle daily schedule, a person will nauseate of his unchanged routine. Additionally, David Foster Wallace illustrates the example of having long line at grocery store checkout. That stereotype represents how people 's ways of thinking can be altered either positively or negatively about their echo daily life. Consequently, …show more content…
Like this Wallace 's example, students from Kenyon Commencement may have various default settings for their future. However, Wallace suggests to make the right choices and think very positively so that way, they can be release from having the horrify stress and undesired daily routine. To evaluate of David Foster Wallace 's argument, it seems very logical. Like two young fishes, the human 's important matters can sometimes be neglected accidently. Moreover, in reality everyone has the same experience as Wallace 's grocery checkout line in some points. But, not every person thinks as Wallace states about individual default setting. In reality, his argument is very true that if a person chooses to think positively, he can release from all those awful views; however, if he chooses the negative way of thinking, he can end up having the stressful and full of fatigue. Thereupon, to be considered as an educated person, he or she should learn how to think, make a right decision of individual default setting, and not just for better
First of all, he talks about a older and two younger fishes. The older fish asked "how is the water?", and later those young fishes looked an answer for "what the hell is water?" This example shows that people sometimes do not really take notice of what exists around them, like those two young fishes which do not know what is the actual meaning of water. According to Wallace 's logic, education is not only completed with knowledge; however, it is fulfilled with learning how to think. Another stereotype he mentions during "Kenyon Commencement Speech" is about two men who have the different point of view on religion. In this story, two men have different opinions on what they view about god. Wallace analyzed that the exact same experience can mean two completely different things to different people. Therefore, the individual choice makes that person 's belief. According to his examples, the way a person view on his work after he received his degree is just his choice. After working the full time jobs with recycle daily schedule, a person will nauseate of his unchanged routine. Additionally, David Foster Wallace illustrates the example of having long line at grocery store checkout. That stereotype represents how people 's ways of thinking can be altered either positively or negatively about their echo daily life. Consequently, …show more content…
Like this Wallace 's example, students from Kenyon Commencement may have various default settings for their future. However, Wallace suggests to make the right choices and think very positively so that way, they can be release from having the horrify stress and undesired daily routine. To evaluate of David Foster Wallace 's argument, it seems very logical. Like two young fishes, the human 's important matters can sometimes be neglected accidently. Moreover, in reality everyone has the same experience as Wallace 's grocery checkout line in some points. But, not every person thinks as Wallace states about individual default setting. In reality, his argument is very true that if a person chooses to think positively, he can release from all those awful views; however, if he chooses the negative way of thinking, he can end up having the stressful and full of fatigue. Thereupon, to be considered as an educated person, he or she should learn how to think, make a right decision of individual default setting, and not just for better