Analysis Of The Article 'Schooling In Not Education' By Dr. Adler

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In his article “Schooling in Not Education” Dr. Adler argues that our education system fails to prepare students for continued learning. I found his article very interested and I agree with his idea that education is ongoing process. I always think about some courses that I already took during my academic journey, some of these classes I still remember most of its topics and others I totally forget everything about it even though I got good grades in it. I noticed something about a class I took 4 years ago that I still remember most of its topics, and that’s because its teacher was so passion about it and that’s made also so passion about it. I spent a lot of time studying, reading, and doing some research about that class because my teacher

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