"Nonacademic Education"

I value the “nonacademic” education I receive for several reasons. First off, knowing how to exercise and how to have a balanced diet are valuable “nonacademic” things to know. Knowing how to exercise helps you stay healthy, keeps you from gaining weight, and helps you live longer. If you learn the proper techniques and routines to keep your body and heart in shape, then it will help decrease the risk of having health problems when you are older. If you do not learn these techniques, your arteries could get clogged and you could have high blood pressure which might decrease your life expectancy. Also, you should learn how to maintain a balanced diet so you get all the vitamins and minerals your body needs to function properly and stay healthy. Learning the correct ways to keep your body healthy is a valuable lesson.

Next, you should be informed about politics and the government which are not necessarily academic subjects. It is essential to know about what candidates believe in, as this might determine how much taxes you pay or the health care you receive. You also need to take the time to figure out and discover what you believe personally so you can vote for the candidate that best represents your values. If you do not determine which candidate bests supports your ideas, then you could vote for a candidate who might impede your life style and could possibly hurt the economy and country. It is important to have the same political ideals.

Nonacademic education has just as much merit as academic education. Book learning, however, is a fundamental prerequisite, as it gives you the fundamental tools to understand and analyze how best to try to succeed in life.