Sara Smolinsky was excited about and greatly valued the education she was receiving in college. I believe that in today's world many people see education differently. Often times young people take education is often taken for granted and see it as a "chore" that they are forced to do in order to better there future. Education is merely a means to an end for numerous individuals.
Many do not have the "hunger for knowledge" that Sara displayed numerous times in the novel. They go to class not out of the drive to learn, but because they "have to". That excitement Sara had when she was learning a topic is often non-existent in many of the students of today. Since young people are not as driven to have an education, they will therefore give it a lesser value.
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I agree. We view education as a chore because we take it for granted and we are forced into it to a certain extent. However, people in less fortunate socio-economic situations probably look forward to their education, since education in the US is often viewed as a major facet of the American Dream (the old "if we work hard and get an education, we can be rich and successful" mentality). But, because of the rise of the middle class in the US, fewer and fewer people see education this way, and this is mainly what has made it become taken for granted today.
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