"Man always kills the thing he loves, and so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness. Some say we had to. Be that as it may, I am glad I shall never be young with out wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" "I once knew and educated lady, banded by Phi Beta Kappa, who told me she had never heard or seen the geese that twice a year proclaim the revolving seasons to her well-insulated roof. Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers."

For this essay, you need to write 1.5 pages. The goal is to link the two quotes to both education and the disappearing wilderness. Think about the articles you read a couple of weeks ago, and try create an essay that explores the different levels of Costa's thinking​