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Step 1 of the TELL assignment: What do you believe is the purpose of a college education? What does it mean to be educated? What experiences have you had with education that led you to this belief? I believe the purpose of a college education is to be knowledgable. I don't think it's to get a job or get a degree. It could mean that to another person, but I think it's just to learn. Learning is key to education and knowledge. I could be sitting in class listening to a professor babble on things I'll never need after I graduate. I don't consider that a part of college education. It's what you make it.

To be educated means so many different things. You can be educated in math, science, english but you can also be educated in street smarts or one specific skill. I've made the mistake of calling people uneducated, but I should change my wording. Some people can be ignorant, but everyone is educated in at least one aspect. I'm not good at working on cars, but I can create newspaper pages and projects like it's my job. My friend's dad didn't graduate college, but he can build a house better than well known contractors. Education is different for everyone.

It's just metting different people and having an open mind. If I were close-minded, I would think everyone who didnt graduate high school or college was uneducated. They didn't apply themselves so they clearly aren't educated. No. I don't know them. I don't know what they know. They could be smarter than me for all I know. Being educated in one area while someone esle is educated in another doesn't mean one is more educated than the other.