The purpose of getting an education?

What is the purpose of getting an education?

I know we need an education to get a good job, but I just wonder if there is more to it...

It helps you better understand the world, and function better in it. Also, with a wider range of knowledge, comes a wider variety of interests which you can enjoy. i.e., If you know some history about the ancient world, you may be fascinated by it and want to visit the ruins or ancient structures.

It helps colleges and universities expand their donor-base
Teacher for 20 years
Uhhh i dont no.
Its as much an impediment as it is a necessity. There are a lot of practical day to day living things that are not taught in schools. Wouldnt it be great if everyone who graduated from high school could balance a checkbook or figure out their taxes or learn how you buy and sell a car and those thing? Instead, time is wasted on distorted viewpoints of history and other non-essentials. Basically, it is how we learn to comform to someones view of what we should be like and what we should know. Its a pretty anemic education, if you ask me. Does anyone ever learn anything about themselves? Probably not too often.
You might find out interesting things, it's good to know what others have created, because if you don't like it then you can create something bette or improve, and it's good to know other people's opinions about things because then you can agree or disagree. In order to label something useless you have to understand it.

But P.M. is also right.
there any many people that have had it lucky enough to find their niche in this world with only having minimal college but in the end they all wish they had gone back to school at some point. Personally I hate school, its too rigid to me, but im finishing up just to have at least something to fall back on.