Analysis Response to Baker's Essay

In the essay, "School vs. Education", Russell Baker explores the idea that children start learning the aspects of life at an early age and that the formal education process is for "telling testers what they want to hear." I somewhat agree with Baker; I do agree that children learn things at an early age from the people around them. I disagree with the way Baker views formal education. In my opinion, formal education is a twelve year process that develops essential life skills that a child will use forever. A child can't learn to read and write from the environment around them, there as to be some scholastic development.