Chapter Six Of America 's Teachers

Everyone has an equal right to an education (Warnock, 1975), what each individual chooses to do with their education is up to them. Education should be liberating, having the capacity to involve students in the pure joy of learning and increasing their capacity to think. Why get educated if education does not serve any instrumental purpose (Marples, 2010). Society would suffer without individuals trained in the required skills to undertake work that maintains humanity. The most obvious function of

Malcolm X once said “education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today”. From adolescence to adulthood almost every person is put through schooling. As one gets older in age, the education they obtain becomes more rigorous in order to stretch their minds far beyond two plus two or what color the sky is. The strategies of critically thinking and being able to analyze/decipher information in front is them is reinforced routinely in the educational system. With this being said, the purpose of education is to aid in enhancing one’s qualification, socialisation, and subjectification skills within the society regardless of how or where one’s education was obtained.

The purpose of education is to provide all children with the tools to reach their fullest potential. Realistically educational systems have failed (and have been set up this way) to exclude various groups based upon race, gender, orientation and social class. This is the history that education is trying to deal with, and overcome (Roland, 2009).

I support Gene Carter’s purpose of education, who took from Dewey that “…school is to transfer knowledge and prepare young people to participate in America’s democratic society.” This country works best when everyone is contributing to society. Education is needed to provide the necessary skills to effectively help others in the work force, in the home, and in daily interactions. Schooling also helps people to build relationships with others that will be important throughout life. School is our first experience with other people our age and it forces us to connect with them.

Throughout America’s history parents, educators, and government officials have been debating what changes must be implemented for American children to receive every opportunity possible to gain an education that will prepare them for the future. However, these cries for reform are so demanding that many times the reforms created to please the people are pushed through so fast that consequences are never

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believes that a person’s attitude and personality add on to intelligence to form the true meaning of an “educated” person. Many people have a false impression about the true purpose of education. Educated people tend to believe that they are superior to those who are uneducated because of their knowledge. I agree with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. because I also believe educated people do take advantage of those who have less knowledge.

Education is thought to be an easy major at times because my friends see me making fun activities or playing with materials for a science lesson. However, I have pushed myself so hard this entire year through all of my methods classes. The first thing the documentary talked about was that teaching is not an "easy" job. It is extremely difficult at times because teachers are constantly making decisions through the day about their lesson plans, students, and more. Teachers are constantly moving around, planning, grading, and more every day to prepare for their students.

I believe education is to help and mold a child's creative mind that would eventually help them become strong leaders in life based off the foundation they learn in school.

As a developed nation, the United States owes its success to the education system that has evolved with our nation. While at times conflict consumes our nation, tragedy occurs, and hardships arise we can rest assured that our elected officials and citizens are making intelligent decisions that uphold our values, rights, and liberty. These leaders have been elected to operate our democratic society which is propelled forward by education. Education serves as the single most important factor of our society’s framework.

The education system of the United States has a very long and often times contradictory history. What began in colonial Massachusetts as a chain of disconnected schoolhouses meant to teach young boys about religious matters and save their souls from Satan has evolved into a sprawling, nationwide system of schools whose purpose is to educate every child in America. From elementary schools to middle schools, from high schools to colleges, from public schools to private schools, charter schools and magnet schools, every institution takes the minds of America’s youth and molds them into the adults of America’s future. But what and how to teach the country’s children has been a source of great debate from the very beginning.

The major goal behind school education or any educational experiences is to prepare students for further learning and more effective functioning in their lives. “One of the most important strengths of a country…is its educational systems…provided that the educational system will be directed towards moral, intellectual, aesthetic and spiritual growth.”(Cho, & Trent, 2005, p.9)

Education is a major aspect of an American childhood. Students are first introduced to the education system at the age of five and are typically required to continue education until eighteen. After high school graduation we are granted the choice to continue our education at a university or a vocational school, or dive in full force in the workforce. Education aids students to determine how they will define success in their life. Though the hierarchy of the education system does not want to admit it, but today’s education does not give each an equal opportunity for each student to succeed. I believe the purpose of education should be to provide content that is applicable to the real world because, this would create a more enlightened community as well as allowing equal opportunity to all students.

It is my opinion that the overall purpose of education is to impart knowledge and to help develop the powers of reasoning and judgment within society. Education is vital to everyone because through education, individuals not only acquire knowledge of former principles, but individuals learn to develop new ideas and concepts. An education is valuable because it provides an opportunity to learn more about the past, the present, and it helps to contemplate thoughts of the future. Also, an education is important because it provides an opportunity for us to understand each other, the world around us, and it helps us to develop so that we might be able to function adequately in our world. Through education, we learn to communicate with the world, formulate ideas, and interpret.

Education should be seen as a tool to develop our brains, to have strong knowledge that we can apply it in situations by ourselves. In the article, “The Purpose of Education” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says, “we are propone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half-truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose.” This is basically meaning that education seem not to enable people to have their own perspectives and be capable of reasoning without falling into influences. We are living in a society where education is nothing more but a system of instructions. This article also says that “We must remember that intelligence in not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.” This is basically saying that character is fundamental in education since character is composed of mental and moral qualities.

Every now and then I think about my education from kindergarten through senior year of high school and I wonder where I would be and who I would be without it. I have realized that those thirteen years of my life were essential to my development as an individual, for they have shaped me into the person I am today.