What Is The Difference Between Jim And Antonia's Life Lessons

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Jim and Antonia both learned an abundance through their adventures but one learned a lot more through

education than the other. In the story, both Antonia and Jim both went down two different paths. Jim went down a path

of education and Antonia learned more from her life lessons. When Jim turned 13 he realized he should be attending

school. “ I was now thirteen they thought I ought to be going to school”. When Jim noticed he needed to go to school

he started going right away. Soon after high school, he decided to do college requirement work in the summer so he

can enter freshman year of University. After university Jim decided to go to law school and he learned to become an

attorney. “TWO years after I left Lincoln I completed

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