According to the Oxford English Dictionary one of the definitions of the word 'education' is: 'The systematic instruction, schooling or training given to the young in preparation for the work of life; by extension, similar instruction or training obtained in adult age. Also, the whole course of scholastic instruction which a person has received. Often with limiting words denoting the nature of the predominant subject of the instruction or kind of life it prepares, as classical, legal, medical, technical, commercial, art education.' Although this is an accurate description of what an actual education may be, there is a great deal more to the process of becoming educated than the actual instruction and schooling one may receive.

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Take another definition provided for 'education' in the Oxford English Dictionary: 'The process of 'bringing up' (young persons); the manner in which a person has been 'brought up' with reference to social situation, kind of manners and habits acquired, calling or employment prepared for, etc.' This definition seems to make more sense. High school and college are not absolutely necessary in becoming educated. The skills acquired while being 'brought up' can often prove much more useful in real life than can twenty years of gaining knowledge in a high school or college situation.

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