02 Schooling1 and Education
It is commonly believed in United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered2 grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished3 scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy4 on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that there not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
1 schooling
n.教育；正規(guī)學(xué)校教育
參考例句：
A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子獲得學(xué)校教育的機(jī)會因地區(qū)不同而大相徑庭。
Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天賦差的孩子需要特殊的教育。
2 revered
v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的過去式和過去分詞 )
參考例句：
A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的慣例，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成了這代人嘲弄的對象了。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中國人將谷物奉為上天的恩賜。 來自辭典例句
3 distinguished
adj.卓越的，杰出的，的
參考例句：
Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其長長的鼻子顯示出與其他動物的不同。
A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴會是為了向貴賓們致敬而舉行的。
4 infancy
n.嬰兒期；幼年期；初期
參考例句：
He came to England in his infancy.他幼年時(shí)期來到英國。
Their research is only in its infancy.他們的研究處于初級階段。
It is commonly believed in United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered2 grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished3 scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy4 on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that there not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
1 schooling
n.教育；正規(guī)學(xué)校教育
參考例句：
A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子獲得學(xué)校教育的機(jī)會因地區(qū)不同而大相徑庭。
Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天賦差的孩子需要特殊的教育。
2 revered
v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的過去式和過去分詞 )
參考例句：
A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的慣例，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成了這代人嘲弄的對象了。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中國人將谷物奉為上天的恩賜。 來自辭典例句
3 distinguished
adj.卓越的，杰出的，的
參考例句：
Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其長長的鼻子顯示出與其他動物的不同。
A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴會是為了向貴賓們致敬而舉行的。
4 infancy
n.嬰兒期；幼年期；初期
參考例句：
He came to England in his infancy.他幼年時(shí)期來到英國。
Their research is only in its infancy.他們的研究處于初級階段。