The Importance Of Education In Whitman's Suli Breaks Words

“All I’m saying is that if there was a family tree, hard work and education would be related but school would probably be a distant cousin.” (Breaks) Spoken word poetry has become quite the phenomenon within the past few years, and it’s clear why. In Suli Breaks words, he explains the issue that falls within societies understanding of education. You see, for many people, the concept of learning lies trapped inside the walls of a building that we attend for twelve years, sometimes twenty or more, and that is the end of it. Yet this radical notion is far from the actual truth. In school we learn many things out of textbooks and from instructors that lecture about equations and literary devices, yet most of the time there is a severe lack of

Unfortunately, there are many people in today’s society that believe the only way to learn is to sit in a desk and have someone spell out the lesson and what you are supposed to learn from it. However, in order for us to get the most out of the short time we have on this earth, that simply is not the case. There will never be a moment when we cannot learn something new. You may be watching the sunset and it will dawn on you that sometimes endings are beautiful, or while making cookies you may understand just how much you love someone. While standing at the edge of the world, you can come to learn that sometimes the most valuable aspects of life cannot be bought, or even captured. There should never be a day where our lives go by and we are able to lay our head down at night and think to ourselves that we are satisfied with what we know. Whitman supports this belief full heartedly and it is present in his “Song #46” as he composes, “And I said to my spirit When we become the enfolders of those orbs, and the pleasure and knowledge of every thing in them, shall we be fill’d and satisfied then? And my spirit said No, we but level that lift to pass and continue beyond.” Whitman points out that in life there will be no contemptment. If contemptment ever becomes the case, then it is vital for you to take actions into your own hand to chase after the rest of life you have yet to see. Travel the world to learn what you could not learn in your homeland. With this adventure, you surely shall never be satisfied. Whitman also writes in “Song #46”, “Shoulder your duds dear son, and I will mine, and let us hasten forth, wonderful cities and free nations we shall fetch as we go.” To add onto Whitman’s thoughts of never confining the walls of education to simply the