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Running Head : Comparison and Contrast Comparison and Contrast of three essays Name School Professor Subject We all know that education is one of the most important things in human life . A person needs to be educated in to have a good future ahead of him . However , there are people who are less fortunate when it comes to education because they cannot afford to come to school . Today learning is not a matter of gift to share but a wealth for some because they use education to gain money and
not the aim of education for people . Because of these scenarios , some people hide their feelings of guilt and pity through text - some of them are Nock , Vetter , and Mitchell
Nock 's perception of education in his article entitle The Disadvantages of Being Educated ' is opposite from the dictation of the society that education will lead to a better future . For Nock , education will lead to dissatisfaction of man . If a man is educated , he will search for more and would not be contented in what he has . He will continue to ask for more even if he has a good status in the society he will seek for more fame and richness . Therefore , he would rather not be educated and live a simple and normal life rather than having a well-educated mind but not contented with everything
Vetter 's perception of writing on the other hand in his article entitle Bonehead Writing ' is odd . He used to observe people who want to learn how to write a good text , letter , or even a good paragraph because he perceived that writing is innate and not something that can be learn for it is very hard especially for less fortunate and uneducated people Once a person survived in a writing class , it is like surviving its life in the forest . For him , whether you take minutes , hours , or days of writing , it will still be senseless if you do not have the capability or the gift ' of writing
In the article of Mitchell , he showed the true meaning of hunger - not the hunger of stomach but the hunger of mind . Many of the people in America is illiterate , though it is a first world country , there are still people who are uneducated that are unable to read and write . This kind of situation made him feel uncomfortable because America is known for being the first world country . However , he focused his attention to the problem of educators because they are the one who took place and authority in teaching and educating the people preferably the students
These three authors of the said articles have different attack in their writing but their similarity is their purpose in their essay . All of them want to impose the needs and present situation of education not only in the United States but in the whole world as well . Nock relates his essay to the uneducated or less educated people because his attack is for educated...
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