How does education play a role in the preservation of culture?  First of all, if children were not passed information, how can cultural information carry on?  Books can hold and maintain the information but there are personal family traditions that are carried on by children being educated about their family values.  Can tradition get altered while being passed down through different generations?  Of course, things can get altered but how else are children to be expected to carry on culture unless they are educated about it? 

Education offers insight to the past, present, and future.  Such information is very important for preserving culture.  Understanding the past, allows us to appreciate and value the present.  In the same way, understanding the present allows us to accept what lies ahead in the future.