Education: The key to the future Education is one of the most important things in the world today. You cannot get very far in life if you do not go to college. During the time when James was growing up, education was almost as important as it is today. Ruth knew this, she as a child was worked very hard and suffocated by the strict rules of family and religion as a girl. She knew …showed first 75 words of 956 total…

…showed last 75 words of 956 total…James to all the other moms for a while. (Chapter 18) Ruth thought very Highly of education. So highly, that she put twelve children threw high school and college and they all got degrees. She is one of the strongest people I have ever read about, I don’t know where she got the strength to put that many kids threw college. I admire her strength, and wish I could be that strong of a person.