The Importance of Attending College In the article "Learning Behind Bars" by Malcolm X, he says that it was because of his letters that he happened to stumble upon starting to gain some kind of homemade education. He became frustrated for not being able to express his feelings, especially to Mr. Elija Muhammad. Malcolm X says that nowadays when people hear or read something that he had said; people think that his education is far beyond the eight grade. He began his education in the Charlestown Prison. In his slow, painstaking ragged handwriting; he copied the dictionary's page as much as he can and then he start reading what he wrote over and over to himself. According to him "dictionary is like a miniature encyclopedia". His word-base had broadened, for the first time he could read and understand what the book was saying. Reading had changed his life. He says that prison enabled him to study far more intensively that he would have if his life had gone dirrerently and he had attended some college. Malcolm X says that one of the biggest troubles with colleges is there are too many distractions and that reading is the road to education. Malcolm X is incorrect in his assertion because the total college experience is the best way to gain an education. College is an environment filled with various types of people from an array of different cultural, economic, political, and religious backgrounds. One of the biggest benefits of being immersed within such a community is that you’re often forced to learn how to interact with people.While you are at college, professors will require group projects, you might join a musical group, a campus club, attend sporting events, hang out in the dorm room, or get involved in a romance. All of these situations are helping you learn social etiquette. By being in this constantly interactive environment, you will develop the tools