Education - The Ongoing Process

John Dewey once said, "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." I am now in love with this quote; I do not think there could be a better explanation of education. Since I was young, I have always been taught that what I was learning, I was learning in preparation for the next step of life. I believed what my teachers told me and did my best so that I could do better in the future. Since my views of the education system have deepened, and in turn, changed, I believe that education is an ongoing process. We are always learning, and just because I will no longer be a college student as of May 2011, does not mean that I will no longer be a student in life. The students that I will have in the future will teach me much more than I could have learned in college and probably more than I will teach them. While I am teaching, I will be preparing my students for the next step in life, but they will constantly be emerged in education, whether, they will believe it or not.