Higher education is defined as “education beyond the secondary level or education provided by a college or university” (Merriam-Webster). That may be the textbook definition of higher education, but is college the only place where a student can get a form of higher education? Education can come from people, an environment, background, etc. If someone breaks his or her leg by jumping off a bed, he or she learns to be more careful when jumping around next time. Higher education is a kind knowledge that you can gain from utilizing your personal surroundings and experiences.
Since I was a child, I have had a passion for swimming. I started learning how to swim at the age of nine. With a few years of training, I was swimming like a fish. My parents …show more content…
In his essay, “Learning to Read”, Douglass writes about how he learned to read in an untraditional classroom. Douglass states, “The plan which I adopted, and the one by which I was most successful, was that of making friends of all the little white boys whom I met in the street. As many of these I could, I converted into teachers” (Douglass 27). When his master’s wife would not teach him how to read, Douglass turned to the kids on his street. The kids possessed the ability to read. Douglass used those kids as teachers. He used his surroundings for personal enrichment. He gained the knowledge to read but more than that he learned commitment and hope. He had commitment when learning how to read. He could have easily given up because slaves did not need an education, but, personally, he felt that learning to read would give him the hope he needed to feel free, and maybe one day …show more content…
In the essay, “Shakespeare’s Sister”, by Virginia Woolf, the author writes about a woman who has the passion and talent to write like Shakespeare but is not accepted by the community because she is a woman. In the quote, “But she was not sent to school. She had no chance of learning grammar and logic, let alone of reading Horace and Virgil…. Or mind the stew and not moon about books and papers” (Woolf 51), the girl’s parents want her to settle down and get married but she wanted to further her career as a write. The girl demonstrated rebellion and devotion to the love of writing. Even though she knows that women are not accepted as writers, she still wanted to spread her writing to her surroundings. Because she did not have it easy as a writer, she learned the hard way what it means to be dedicated to your passion. She, also, learned rebellion when she did not listen to her parents. She could not have learned what it really means to be devoted and rebellious in school. Colleges and universities provide students the skills they need to get a higher paying job. They do not provide a “higher education”. You can only learn higher education through personal surroundings. Frederick Douglass learned how to read and gained commitment and hope. The girl in Virginia Woolf’s essay learned devotion and rebellion. I learned not to give up and perseverance. These are skills that college
Since I was a child, I have had a passion for swimming. I started learning how to swim at the age of nine. With a few years of training, I was swimming like a fish. My parents …show more content…
In his essay, “Learning to Read”, Douglass writes about how he learned to read in an untraditional classroom. Douglass states, “The plan which I adopted, and the one by which I was most successful, was that of making friends of all the little white boys whom I met in the street. As many of these I could, I converted into teachers” (Douglass 27). When his master’s wife would not teach him how to read, Douglass turned to the kids on his street. The kids possessed the ability to read. Douglass used those kids as teachers. He used his surroundings for personal enrichment. He gained the knowledge to read but more than that he learned commitment and hope. He had commitment when learning how to read. He could have easily given up because slaves did not need an education, but, personally, he felt that learning to read would give him the hope he needed to feel free, and maybe one day …show more content…
In the essay, “Shakespeare’s Sister”, by Virginia Woolf, the author writes about a woman who has the passion and talent to write like Shakespeare but is not accepted by the community because she is a woman. In the quote, “But she was not sent to school. She had no chance of learning grammar and logic, let alone of reading Horace and Virgil…. Or mind the stew and not moon about books and papers” (Woolf 51), the girl’s parents want her to settle down and get married but she wanted to further her career as a write. The girl demonstrated rebellion and devotion to the love of writing. Even though she knows that women are not accepted as writers, she still wanted to spread her writing to her surroundings. Because she did not have it easy as a writer, she learned the hard way what it means to be dedicated to your passion. She, also, learned rebellion when she did not listen to her parents. She could not have learned what it really means to be devoted and rebellious in school. Colleges and universities provide students the skills they need to get a higher paying job. They do not provide a “higher education”. You can only learn higher education through personal surroundings. Frederick Douglass learned how to read and gained commitment and hope. The girl in Virginia Woolf’s essay learned devotion and rebellion. I learned not to give up and perseverance. These are skills that college