Malcolm's View On Education Analysis
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In modern society, would you say a person who has received formal education considered more smarter than a person who has not? Clearly, everyone’s opinion on education might differ, however, a person who doesn’t go to school doesn’t necessarily mean he/she is no way near smarter as a student who has gone to school. Education in its simplest meaning, is learning, and everyone learns, whether consciously or subconsciously. One isn’t inevitably required to have formal education to learn because they can learn on their own or by their social surroundings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley, illustrates that formal education isn’t needed for one to become, of what society considers smart. Malcolm’s relation to education demonstrates