I agree with Jenny when she stated that Descartes both supports and challenges Bach’s belief that school doesn’t designate our future. Bach dropped out of college and strongly believed that we do not need to be confined into an institutionalized setting in order to be knowledgeable and successful in life. All throughout his life, Descartes loved learning and was “ardently desirous of instruction” (Descartes 2). However he completely changed his mind one day and stated that he “had advanced no farther in all my attempts at learning” (Descartes 3). Therefore Descartes and Bach are similar in that they believe there are alternative methods of learning besides at school.

However, their approach to this conclusion differs and this is where Descartes challenges Bach’s belief. Bach dropped out and stayed out of school to gain knowledge elsewhere. Descartes on the other hand,  continued to stay in school despite his earlier doubts and still firmly believed that it was essential. Therefore I agree with Jenny when she stated that Descartes still had hope in the effect of his studies towards his learning but Bach only found enrolling in school any longer to be a waste of his time. Bach left to pursue his passion and learn computer programming.