1)Positive Connotation:
The state of getting and or becoming "educated" therefore giving you the chance to succeed in life.
At it's most
basic level, in the US, graduating from high
school, or getting a General Equivalent Diploma. (Hey, if you
don't have a diploma, eventually
even Micky D's won't want you anymore if more qualified applicants show up. And if you can't read, write, or do
basic artithmetic, you can't do a lot of things.)
However, in the United States, most "educated"
people have been to a two or four year college and have some form of degree, thus making them elgible for at least slightly better jobs.
For this reason, many adults tell their
kids to stay in
school and get a good education, so they can be sucessful in life.
2)Negative connotation:
A system run by the state that screws you over, where you learn nothing of importance and must take tons of standardized tests while enduring a dumbed-down curriculum, the main focus being to keep the children just educated enough that they can grow up, take jobs, and become cogs in the wheels of the system, in what is inevitably an "assembly line" approach. In
short, the Man's way of stifiling young creativity and brainwashing the youth of the nation.
1) "The reason I know the meaning of the word 'connotation' is because I go to
school and get myself an education."
2) "Kids in the US often hate the education system, and feel it stifles their individuality and creativity. However, in third world nations, many kids would love the chance to go to
school, even if it's crappy and state-run, because they're stuck working all
day without minimum wage."
