The Informal Education topples the Formal Education

Gandhi's view of an education is not the outlook we have in our western civilization. We are taught that the formal education is what is most important for us to grow in society. For Gandhi, his reading of the vegetarian books taught him the value of his food and benefited him. I think Gandhi benefited in his opinion when it was not taught in the classroom. When developing his theory on living a simpler life, he had come from a sort of prosperous family but he did not get the "finance" education we are taught today in school. I admire that Gandhi stuck with whatever he vowed to do even though he had many temptations from peers that he chose to hang out with. Gandhi was a mediocre student but he was a good learner. What he learned, he applied. Gandhi truly appreciated his culture and stuck with the teachings and values of culture. He did try to branch out by eating meat(vowed to mother to never eat it), he tried to be a English gentleman and realized that was not for him. For him learning is trial and error, he realized what made his education for personal growth.