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Directions: Consider carefully the following excerpt and the assignment below it. Then plan and write an essay that explains your ideas as persuasively as possible. Keep in mind that the support you provide--both reasons and examples--will help make your view convincing to the reader.. `' M) o- i2 ?. u X! _( [
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While most people believe education is essential to life, debate has raged for centuries over what should be taught and why. Educational theorist Paulo Freire has stated that "Education either functions as an instrument...to...bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women...to participate in the transformation of their world." John Adams, the second president of the United States, categorized education differently when he wrote, "There are two types of education...One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live." And humanitarian Helen Keller said, "The highest aim of education is tolerance."
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. Y( ^- `/ a) {" J, aAssignment: What, in your opinion, is the purpose of education?In an essay, support your position by discussing an example (or examples) from literature, the arts, science and technology, history, current events, or your own experience or observation.