Essay #189 "The Importance of Higher Education" 25.07.18 In our world, higher education has become not only an option, but rather a life necessity, which can drastically affect people’s futures. However, some people are able to achieve their goals in life without any education at all, thus, many people start to think that a higher education is useless. In my opinion, this is not true, and every person needs a higher education, which will have a very positive effect on their personal and working lives. The first thing, is that the level of education is a major aspect which is considered in a job interview, thus it is highly important for people’s careers. Despite the fact that many jobs are not complicated and with a little training anyone could manage it, education is very important as it creates the basis for future development. In all job interviews I have done, the first question was about education and, basically, it could be the only question, as others are less relevant. Another purpose of education is to develop people into well-educated and open-minded members of society. It helps to adopt the main ideas of living in a community and with education people get the ability to improve and enhance it. For example, living in a developed society with higher educational standards makes people’s lives easier, while living in a community where people barely have school education can impede the progress of society and, therefore, badly affect an individuals’ life. Lastly, all these examples about people being successful without any education are true, but also these situations are very rare. Thus, we cannot build the strategy of our lives just on these examples. People who have achieved their goals without any education are either enormously talented or very lucky. That is why people should not count on that and should ensure their future by hard work and getting a good education.