What is a Good Education?
Education literally means the things a person learns by being taught. So, the definition of a good education would be the things a person learns by being taught well. But what exactly does that mean? No one has ever told you that, right. To me a good education is basically achieved when a person has a general to specific knowledge of the things that have happened in the world, things that could happen in the future of the world, how to communicate with others, and how to live safely in the world today.
In order to live in this day and age, a person needs to know what has happened to people or places before their time. This is basically learned in a history class. If the person is well educated in history, they should know
major events that have happened in the US as well as other parts of the world.
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United StatesSome examples of "major events" would be the signing of the US Constitution, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, space exploration and any other important events in the world. If a person does not know basic
things like this then they have no place in society. People do not necessarily have to know the exact day that a war started or ended or who signed the Constitution and when they signed it, they simply need to feel comfortable in a conversation about the Constitution or any other historical event. People also need to have a general idea of the history of English. This is taught in any English course. People should know a little about Beowulf, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, and The Canterbury Tales.
These are just a few examples of popular works in literature. If people have a...