In his book Secrets of Buccaneer, James Marcus Bash conveys his ideas about education and school. In the book, Bash tells the students “Education is important. School is not.” The teacher believed that Bash’s speech was “dangerous” however, Bash dismisses her comment with an astonishing explanation of his own. According to Bash, just because a person doesn’t go to school, doesn’t mean that that person won’t get his or her education. Bash left high school because he felt that it wasn’t helping him. Although he wasn’t in school, he took another approach in education. Bash learned software engineering on his own and landed a job at Apple. Bash believes that schools brainwash students with the ideology of “schoolism” which is the belief that schooling is the necessary and exclusive way to get a good education. He disputes that idea and uses himself as an example of how school is not needed to become successful. The teacher argues that feeding the students ideas about leaving school made her job even worse. However, Bach’s point wasn’t to tell students to leave school. His point was for them have more options rather than fewer. Bach wants students to understand that school isn’t the only option and students can educate themselves and learn outside of school.

In comparison to Bach’s response, Kanye West has a different approach about education. West says “It is true you can be successful without college, but this is a hard world, a real world, and you want every advantage you can have”(Moss). According to West, many people are successful without going to college, however, it is very difficult to get back on track without school. West’ response is more realistic than Bach’s response. Although West is a college dropout, he encourages that students stay in school and work hard. He believes taking all the opportunities and creating ideas is an ideal way to achieve your goals. In the article West says “I would suggest people to do all that you can” (Moss). West takes a lot of pride in that phrase because he worked hard all his life even as a dropout, and he encourages students to do the same.

Although both Bach and West have different ideas about school, both believe that working hard is necessary to become successful. Both West and Bach had passions that motivated them to work hard. For Bach it was software engineering, and for West it was rap. It was their eager drive to succeed that kept them on track even after dropping out of school.