James Marcus Bach dismissed the teacher’s comment of being “dangerous” because he wasn’t the dangerous one, the teacher was. Bach is not in favor of “traditional” education; he states that, “Education is important. School is not. I didn’t need school. Neither do you” (1). Bach believes in education and learning, just not through the means of school.  The most important thing about education to him is learning who you are and that cannot be achieve from traditional education. An individual should learn everything they want to learn, and should learn it in their own manner. If you can learn calculus from reading a book, physics from hands-on activity in your garage, or even history from watching documentary. Do it. That is a valuable education, and it is probably better than anything that you could ever get from a school. In school, “schoolism” is practiced (5). There is no you in that. The student is forced to go to school studying topics that were predetermined by the school, only to get a number that does not mean anything. There is no self-exploration or discovery in that, just another cookie cutter forcing its shape upon a student.

Similar to Bach, Kanye West is also a successful drop out; however, his view on education is different. Kanye 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’” (1). While he did not achieve higher education himself, he approves and promotes college. Despite the contrast in views higher education and schooling, Bach and West share a common ground; that should teach more relevant courses. Bach didn’t attend school or do the work because it did not interest him. Bach wanted to do calculus, not basic high school math. So he skipped school to learn calculus. He feed his own interest, not the schools. Kanye West went to school not for math but for gym, lunch, and arts (1). In his days, ball was the hit thing, now music is prominent. Kanye believes that there should be a curriculum focused on music production, and schools should “get with the time (1). Bach and West promote learning but it should be interesting or relevant to you. Students should educate themselves in something they have a passion for.