In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr paper, “The Purpose of Education”, he addresses the common misconceptions people have about college education, or just education in that matter. Therefore, he views education as the ability to further one’s mind than for social, economic, or political advantages.
One example that he makes is that most people think education is supposed to equip them with the ability to have a higher advantage over others, which is a problem I see as well with society. People who have bachelor’s degrees and so on feel they are in some ways more superior. However, there is some truth to that statement, an individual who furthered himself has more intellectual advantages than an individual who stopped once they got their high school