Shaping Me by Megan

Shaping Me by Megan - December 2014 Scholarship Essay

The good thing about education is that it is everywhere. Knowledge can be obtained so easily than it has been in the past, and that means that education does not just have to come from attending a school such as kindergarten through high school, and even onto attending a university. I have come to learn that knowledge is not something that I should rely on others to teach me, and that the best way I can learn something is through my own practices and experiences. Through education, I have come to learn patience, and self reliance. Patience comes from knowledge that cannot be learned over night, and self reliance comes from the times when others could not make me understand, so I had to rely on myself to find ways that I could understand it.

I have also learned that not everyone is cut out for an education, and that others can strive without it. Some of the brightest individuals rely on their own self taught knowledge and creativity to get by, opposed to the people who get an education by attending university to eventually graduate, obtain a job, and make money. Education has taught me that you could have all the money to attend an ivy league school, but that does not mean you are ivy league. It has taught be to be open minded, and to not judge a book by its cover, because people can always surprise you.