There were many parallels between the excerpt from  The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the other passages we’ve read through out the semester. Malcolm X’s journey to education began upon his increasing fascination with the Nation Of Islam and its founder Elijah Muhammad . While incarcerated, X began to read dictionaries and self educate. He found enlightenment through books, and his  newfound knowledge on the brutality of Americas history sparked his career as a an activist. If Malcolm X was to give a speech on education and its importance, I believe it would be similar to that of Bach’s in A Buccaneers Scholar; aggressive and persuasive. They both found their passions outside of formal education and had no interest in educational institutions. Malcolm states that “[he] certainly wasn’t seeking any degree, the way college confers a status symbol upon its symbols”. They both achieved their goals through their thirst for knowledge …and (having knowledge of Malcolm X’s “by any means necessary” civil rights movement) they both seem dogmatic.