The Worth of Education
The Worth of EducationScholarship Essay
A few days ago, as I was eating lunch with friends, I entered a heated debate a bout the worth of education. “I should not have to learn algebra and calculus because it will have no influence on my life,” my opponent angrily shouted as I tried to defend the usefulness of mathematics. Three days later, I still mul l over the issue, trying to arrive at the origin of the disparity of views betw een my opponent and me. I treasure every bit of knowledge I gain, in or out of school. When someone contends that a particular academic field or realm of inf ormation has no applications, I feel compelled to demonstrate the fallacy of such an argument by citing an example from my life.
As a middle-schooler in Moscow, Russia, I took English for three years. Many of my peers grumbled about having to attend the course, adamant in their belief that...
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