In Secrets of a Buccaneer Scholar , Bach states, “Education is important. School is not. I didn’t need school. Neither do you” (page 1). After Bach gave his speech about his perspective of the true meaning of education, one of the teachers referred to his message as “dangerous”. Bach quickly dismissed his statement because he agreed that it may be dangerous, but more so for teachers than the students. It would give the student reasons to challenge their teachers and feel less trapped in institutionalized forms of education. The teacher said that the students “weren’t as smart” as Bach and would likely return to the streets if they took such a route. Bach’s message was not that school is stupid so  just drop out.. he more so emphasized the importance of learning and acknowledged that school wasn’t the only way to do so. Many successful people have chosen alternative routes. Kanye West , for example gave a speech on his decision to drop out of college. Much like Bach, he proved that schooling wasn’t the only way to succeed. However, their views oppose in the sense that Kanye believes in exhausting all of your options before leaving school where as Bach didn’t care for institutionalized education and just knew that school was not for him. It is evident by the text that Kanye does not encourage dropping out of school in the way that Bach does. Kanye encourages people to take advantage of their opportunities, whereas Bach encourages them to make their own opportunities.
Bach refers to himself as a “buccaneer”. I am confused by his usage of this word, which is commonly used as a synonym for pirates. More specifically, (according to Wikipedia), buccaneers were the pirates who attacked Spanish shipping in the Caribbean Sea during the 17th century. Why Bach views himself as one is still not evident to me. Maybe due to the level of “danger” in his ideology?