By Staff Writer | Last Updated August 4, 2015
Education has both intellectual and economic value. Education encourages imagination, creativity and interest in knowledge. It also gives students more opportunities for high-paying jobs and offers better economic security.
Education is an essential part of intellectual freedom, and one of its main values is improving how students view, exist in and participate in the world. Because education is a social event for most people, it encourages sharing of ideas and experiences among students, which helps students become better members of the community by teaching morals, ethics and community responsibility. Without education, for example, students would be unable to understand the benefits of volunteering.
In addition, education helps encourage students to educate themselves and seek out information. It provides students with the opportunity to learn about many different things, including art, sports, math, literature and history, so that the students are able to discover what interests them. This gives them the basic building blocks needed to succeed in life later on through a career and further education.
Education comes in many forms, including trade apprenticeships and formal post-secondary education. Both of these give the students the ability to improve their socioeconomic standing by giving them the tools and skills necessary to get better jobs. Better jobs usually mean more money, which lets the student lead a better quality of life.
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