250-350 WORD RESPONSE

“An uneducated individual was an untrustworthy custodian of rights and liberties, but a properly schooled individual would recognize the bonds of obligation and principle that stabilize society and preserve freedom”. -Tyak

The question I am going to answer with this quote is, Who is uneducated? What does it mean to be uneducated? What does it mean to be educated?

When reading the Tyak piece, I was under the impression that immigrants and people who were not American citizens were the people who were uneducated. In this sense, being uneducated meant that you did not know how to live like a proper American. You were not assimilated into the culture. Uneducated people could not be trusted because the values and morals had not been instilled into them.
An educated person went to school and learned about what it was like to be a good citizen. They followed the laws, values, and morals, which they were taught in school. Being educated basically meant that you learned and understood the rights that the government had given to them. Being educated did not only mean that you can memorize names, titles, and places, it meant that you were able to present yourself in society with the same views as everyone else.
Today, I think we still follow the same principle to a degree. A lot of people are looked down upon if they have not gone to school. I don’t think that it should be this way. If a person can make it in life without going to school then good for them. We shouldn’t sit here and frown upon people who don’t obtain degrees. People know how to act and what rights and liberties they have even if they don’t go to school. People are educated without even going to school.