School is a Tool

Everything in life is a tool. School is a tool we can use to get a good job out of college. School can be a tool to make connections. School can be used to train children to become mindless factory workers doing what they’re told because that’s what school was really for.

Money is a tool to exchange with for goods and services. Experiences can be a tool for further learning. Social media can be a tool to grow our brands. A linchpin is a unique tool that fulfills a specific purpose.

Some tools are inherited. Some are given to us by others and we’re told that it’s important, but they don’t tell us what it’s for. The same tool can be useful and at the same time useless in the wrong hands.

“a man is only as good as his tools” — Emmert Wolf