Education is more than just learning new things, or rather is not learning new things. What most kids today would agree on is that education is the measure of how much one can memorize, rather than a measure of intelligence. Despite the animosity teenagers and children alike today have for education, society still deems it important. Why is this? Is it because I would not be able to get a decent, well-paying job without an education? Perhaps. But that is precisely the reason kids (including myself) don’t particularly find education to be appealing or fun. Don’t get me wrong, education is important. Society should know their history, how to read, write and speak well, and be capable in mathematics. Though education, particularly college education, appeal is completely subjective, most adolescents today would agree that education should be tailored to what they want to learn while keeping intact what they need to learn. For example, in my own college experience I learned about ancient civilizations and their diets. This is something I had no care or passion for. I wasted time in both college and high school learning things that I wouldn’t need in regular day to day life that could have been spent learning about computer sciences (my passion in life). Finally, a change that should be implemented in the education system is survival tactics and defense training. The world will forever be turmoil, chaos, and war; in short, a constant fight. So, children today should know how to survive and defend themselves.