“Be the change you want to see in the world. » (Ghandi), “The only time you should look down on someone is when you help them up.” (Jesse Jackson), “A life lived for others is the only life worth living.” » (Albert Einstein). What do all these people have in common, strictly speaking? on the one hand, education. Ghandi was educated from a young age in a public school environment; Jesse Jackson attended Sterling High School and was notably a very accomplished student; Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, specializing as a professor of physics and mathematics, and graduated. All of these people, like many others, believed that they should live their lives for others. Education is a privilege; too many people, especially in this country, see it as a right, even an obligation. In American society today, most people must obtain a college degree to pursue a reasonable career; as a result, the vast majority of today's young people are expected to attend college in one form or another. The decision made today is not about not going to college, but about what kind of college and for how long. This social paradigm causes people to view education as having less value and, therefore, ignore the responsibilities that completing their education entails. Contrary to the social illusion of collaboration that presents itself before the eyes of today's young people, not everyone has the same educational opportunities as us. TO DO. In fact, only one in four Americans today has a college degree; this only represents 25%. An even smaller percentage of the world's population has been so lucky. Only 1% of people on the planet have earned a college degree. When a student graduates, they become...... middle of paper ...... and learn to work with their fellow instrumentalists in order to achieve harmony both socially and musically. Each student pushes each other to do their best, because an ensemble is only as good as each sound it makes. As a music teacher, I hope to use my education in this field to touch the lives of my students so that they can also learn to value and fully utilize their education. In conclusion, I believe that the responsibilities of an educated person are to value and use their education in the best way they deem appropriate in order to benefit the world, their lives and the lives of others around them. We are all born with the potential to achieve great things; it is through education that we acquire the tools necessary to exploit our full potential; However, it is always our choice to seize the opportunity that presents itself in our lives.