Schooling and Education
[size=3][color=#29384e][font=Times New Roman]It is commonly believed in United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.[/font][/color][/size][size=3][color=#29384e][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=#29384e][font=宋体] [/font][font=Times New Roman]Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] whether in the shower or in the job[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] then[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] is a very broad[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] inclusive term. It is a lifelong process[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] a process that starts long before the start of school[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] and one that should be an integral part of one[/font][font=宋体]‘[/font][font=Times New Roman]s entire life.[/font][/color][/size]
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[color=#29384e][font=宋体][size=10.5pt] [/size][/font][size=10.5pt]Schooling[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] on the other hand[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] is a specific[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] formalized process[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] whose general pattern[/size][/color]
[color=#29384e][size=10.5pt][size=10.5pt]varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] children arrive at school at approximately the same time[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] take assigned seats[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] are taught by an adult[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] use similar textbooks[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] do homework[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] take exams[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] high school students know that there not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.[/size][/size][/color]
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