Spayde points out different point of views as to what educatin is and what
it should be. The key to his message
is that the amount of education that we accomplish is not all learned at
some ivy-league university but in the road
of life. Our life experiences are the ones that finally shape out
character as well as our ego and finally builds us
into who we are. 
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One of the key points that he makes is that an education is nothing more
than a "training for competitiveness" in
this life. Meaning that we become competitives in our fields such as
Mathematics, Medicine, Sciences, etc. but
not in our life. 
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Another, one of his main points is the clear distinction of those that are
well educated and those that are not. He
correctly emphasizes that when we talk about an educated person we are
also discussing social classes. It is not
too difficult to realize that the members of the Upper and Middle class
are the ones that are educated compared to
the working class. Most working class citizens have at most a training
from which they earn their income. The
connection is also made at the fact that schools are simply the begining
of a persons real education. 
David Orr stated that we are focusing too much energy on what he called
fast knowledge such as computers, etc.
and not enough time on the things that makes us happy and allow our lifes
to expand. In additon, Elizabeth
Sutton Lawrence states that education comes directly from first-hand
experiences. She uses Socrates as an
example where he challenged his elders on the streets, casual diners,
public festivals, etc. not at some ivy-league
school. 
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Spayde is stating that there are different ways of becoming an educated
person and much of it has to do with our
exposure to real life events. Their is no single way of getting and
education.