How do we educate ourselves? For most, education is an arduous journey through school; starting with simple stories of mischievous rabbits exchanging mortadella sandwiches. As we grow up, we move on to more and more intellectual pursuits, until the depression of the ancient kings. When we graduate we will be ready for a life as a “productive member of society.” You might find yourself wondering where the transition from ignorant to educated occurred. Most people will tell you it will come when you graduate from high school, some will argue it won't happen until you become a parent, others will say it will never happen. David Foster Wallace and Mike Rose believe that being educated is not a matter of how well you were educated, but how you grow as a person. Mike Rose's life experiences illustrate this perfectly. Mike Rose grew up in a family that didn't value education. His mother dropped out of school in the seventh grade, and he never understood whether his father had made it past the second grade. However, he considers his parents to be perfectly educated. They did not resume their education in the s...