How do I write this essay on education definition properly?

Here is a part of a cheeky essay I wrote for Brown. I'm not sure if I'm going in the right track, so I need more opinions!

Prompt:French novelist Anatole France wrote: "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." What don't you know?

Have you ever seen a picture of Anatole France? He has a beard. An odd looking beard. I don't know why he had that beard. I presume it must have been a fad during his time. Either that or he practiced ostracism.
I don't know the answer to life. I don't know why people yell over international phone calls. I don't know how to play the guitar solo in Stairway to Heaven. Yet. I don't know how to spot a black hole in space, but neither do scientists. Overall, I don't know many things.
I know English. And a bit of Spanish. And Hindi and Marathi and Tamil. I could tell you the total number of languages I know but I don't know how to count more than seven. Which reminds me of a joke. Why is eleven scared of seven? Because seven comes after six. Get it? No? Okay. I also know Java code, if that counts as a language. I don't know Swedish, although I'd like to learn that. I don't know what Alaska is like; I've never been there. I don't know why my splel check isn't working. I can't remember where I got my guitar from. Does this answer the question? I don't know. So I'm not going to stop.
Why does the company Apple have that logo? If the apple's bitten, doesn't that insinuate that the company is selling used electronics? And what does Ronald McDonald look like without his make up on? Why does Nickelback keep making the same songs every year?

Guys I really need help! Please respond quickly. This has to go out to Brown in a day.

Don't use sentence fragments in this kind of essay; we don't want them to think you don't know the proper way:

He has a beard -- an odd looking beard. I don't know why he had that kind of beard, and I don't know the answer to many of life's other questions, either. I presume it must have been a fad during his time. Either that or he practiced ostracism.
I don't know the answer to life.

I like the questions! However, the whole essay needs to change. You need to write it in a way that shows that you understand the concept of "thinking you know when you don't," and being able to become aware of what you don't know.

This is just a list -- an interesting one, though. But it will be better if you respond to that quote. They obviously cannot expect you to tell what you don't know, because you don't know it, so respond to the quote.