"The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me"

Education is a means to save ones life because without education you can not advance you life and life skills.Without education you cannot advance skills you have or gather new skills to improve you life. With education you can expand your horizon and find out what you really enjoy in life. Without education people in bad situation wouldn't know how to better themselves and others.
Alexie is attempting to save the lives of the children he works with by trying to provide them with an education so they can learn to help themselves. By teaching the children or at least trying to teach them he give the kids the choice to improve the lives they live. But he cannot help all of the children because some have given up on themselves because society says no matter what they will fail. He only does what he can and hopes to get through to them.
Alexie saved his own life through education. he taught himself to read and furthered his education through reading . By reading everything he could he educated himself enough enough to prove everyone one and make something of himself.