Chapter Six

"There is a striking correlation between a country's level of human capital and it's economic well-being. At the same time, there is a striking lack of correlation between natural resources and standard of living." This one sentence helps depict exactly what is going wrong in our world. The first part of the quote seems positive, people who are educated will succeed and do great things. But then you also have to take a step back and look at the people (or countries for that matter), who are not as fortunate. Some countries get lucky with where they are located and land on natural resources that make the people in power extremely rich, but for the common people this wealth means nothing. This is what makes education so important, once attained, your education and things which have been learned cannot be taken away. This sense of ownership is what makes education so necessary.