Education has always been essential to every modern adult. Although different people always have different opinions about the purpose of education, hardly anyone denys the fact that it is important to each of us and will last all through our lives.
First, education is quite a large concept. Going to school or attending the lecture is simply one kind of education. In fact, we receive education through a vast variety of ways. When we colaborate with our partner; we learn some skills from him; when we watch our parents preparing the dinner, we get to know how to cook; even when we make a mistake, we began to understand that we shouldn't act in that way next time  this is also education. To some extent, it is too difficult to sustain a lifestyle which is not built around some form of education. In order to lead a modern life, we have to and are receiving education everyday, the only difference is form of education.
Besides, lifelong education is a necessary or basic requirement of modern life. As techonology advances, our knowledge, opinions will soon get out of date if we stop learning. For example, ten years ago, programmers produced excellent softwares using "Pasca" (a certain computer language), yet nowadays, they have to use "C++" to continue their work. In this case, they will have to continue their education to master the new language. What's more, we people may also have different interests at different stages of lives. For instance, a young man may interest in football so he lead some books about how to play football, but when he is in the sixties, he may become interest in gardening, then he chooses to attend some classes teaching gardening.
So, we can easily see that education is no longer something to secure a luxury life. It is both a and basic requirement of the modern society. Everyone receives lifelong education either actively or passively.
