Schooling andEducation

It is commonlybelieved in the United States that school is where people go to getan education. Nevertheless,it has been said that today children interrupt theireducation to

go to school.Thedistinction between schooling and education implied by this remark isimportant.Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling.

Education knows nobounds. It can take place anywhere,whether in the shower or in the job,whetherin a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes

place in schools andthe whole universe of informal learning.The agents of education can range froma revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio,from a

child to adistinguished scientist.

Whereas schoolinghas a certain predictability,education quite often produces surprises.A chanceconversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is

known of otherreligions.People are engaged in education from infancy on.Education,then,is avery broad,inclusive term. It is a lifelong process,a process that starts long

before the start ofschool,and one that should be an integral part of one's entirelife.Schooling,on the other hand,is a specific,formalized process,whose generalpattern varies

little from onesetting to the next.

Throughout acountry,children arrive at school at approximately the same time,take assignedseats,are taught by an adult,use similar textbooks,do homework,take exams,and

so on.The slices ofreality that are to be learned,whether they are the alphabet or anunderstanding of the workings of government,have usually been limited by theboundaries

of the subject beingtaught. For example,high school students know that they are not likely to findout in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities

or what the newestfilmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surroundingthe formalized process of schooling.It's unlikely tofind out the truth about political problems of communities in high schoolclasses.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned