Do you value the nonacademic education you are receiving?

Yes, i believe i do value my nonacademic education - or the nonacademic education i have received since i began school at the Gingerbread pre - school. i value my academic education as well - but that kind of education, for the most part, is just annoying. with that kind of education i certainly have to work and apply myself. i definitely value my academic education, but on a more surface level. on a level where my primary concern is "succeeding" in the real world - getting a good job and making a lot of money. i value my nonacademic education much more. and up until now, i havent even really thought about the "nonacademic" education i have consistently received throughout my school years. such as in the media unit we just studied - we were asked to think and observe the world around us. it wasnt so much academic, but more where we became less ignorant and discovered a lot more insight within ourself about the outside world. like mann said, from an early age i have been conditioned through school systems to have morals similar to ones in religion. dont steal. be nice to one another. do your best in school. etc. all of those are conditioned in me. i think the part i like most about school isnt the academic work - i love art and photography and sometimes math - but not because they are academics, but because it requires me to think and interpret and see different perspectives. it allows me to, as Maggie Dooley said, "find my purpose," or what i like. i have learned i like discussions in class- expressing opinions, developing  opinions. i have learned that i HATE writing papers - therefore, i know i wont become a journalist or anything of the sort. so yes, i do value my nonacademic education much more than the actual academic part of it.