Lifelong learning

the question is, what does lifelong learning mean to me?

clearly, lifelong learning is important. it is essential in an advanced society to learn throughout ones life or one will become a boring 'ol bump on a log.

i believe that most people in the u.s. are actively learning throughout their lives. are they reading shakespeare and writing the great american novel? probably not. but they are reading magazines, online newspapers, blogs and much more. they are learning.