Higher Education the Key to Life?

Oh, I like what Darryll Suliman Amoako's message says so much in "Why I Hate School But Love Education." It makes you feel good, a great big inspirational piece of cake that you can sink your teeth into. He truly sends a subtle challenge to more than just higher education. He challenges the system, the society, game of life, whatever you call it. Darryll says the common conception of success is that "education is the key." He challenges the typical belief of there being only one type of education for a sustainable life; to pay the life-sucking tuitions and be graded like your a number yourself.

However, the sour taste of reality unfortunately seems to follow some inspirational sweets. I couldn't help but look at some of my classmates answers to this writing challenge to answer the video. A rather common answer was that some of the big names he drops are 'exceptions' to the system, saying it like it's a bitter sigh. It is a heavy sigh, because the system rules of getting a higher education for success truly does feel like the "necessary evil," as my classmate Eric puts it. But then you get the inspirational speakers, like they're on the curb of the highway of life, pointing to a path opposite of the road shouting, "Defy the system, stick it to the man! Try this way!" Then when looking in, that path looks scarier than going west off the yellow brick road.

Suli makes a lot of thought-provoking points, and I do like his piece! The best message I see in the video is that there's more to education than what you hear in the classroom. Absolutely. But the implied message of going against the path of higher education and creating a bare road out of nothing, makes me cringe. I'd rather work through higher education and put my own spin on things from the inside. I want to take what higher education gives me, put my name out there in the University atmosphere, and build myself from my learning. Will I ignore education outside of school? Of course not. I want to be a Renaissance man with my education, and take in sources from all corners of my life.