Education Is The Most Essential Tool

Likewise, high school does not teach students the critical life skills in which needed to use for the rest of their lives. For example, graduates are expected to know how to manage money, negotiate, and how to communicate effectively. However, the problem is they were never taught these direct skills. Instead, they had been taught how to memorize information that would be needed for a one time test. Additionally, when these graduates reach the workforce and are expected to

There seems to be no perfect answer to the question, “What is the purpose of education?” Every expert and activist probably has a different answer. Martin Luther King said the purpose of education is to, “…enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life (King, 1947).” Eleanor Roosevelt argued that the purpose of education is good citizenship (Roosevelt, 1930). Others, like Newman (2006), posit that education is a much broader idea. It is the “entire process by which a culture transmits itself across a generation” (Newman, 2006). In trying to form my own idea of the purpose of education, I tried to look at all of these ideas

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

The Purpose of Education has been a very widely talked about subject within parents and students, but what really is the answer to this much asked question? I believe the purpose of education is to get useful personality traits through your experiences in school and to be morally ethical. In the article, “The Goal of Education is Becoming” , the author, Marc Prensky talks about his beliefs in education for our young children, “The real goal of education, and of school, is becoming—becoming a ‘good’ person and becoming a more capable person than when you started” (Prensky 3). The author clearly describes that the new generation has to “become” a better person than how they started and find who they really are. Additionally, the students can

There is an unambiguous flaw in today’s education system when high school seniors graduate without the common knowledge to perform necessary adult tasks. Schools need to place a higher priority on teaching life skills than on teaching useless facts. Budget cuts have taken the most beneficial information out of the school’s itinerary. When essential life lessons are left out of teacher handbooks, students are left to self teach the preeminent information that could have been taught otherwise. This results in young adults relying on trial and error; hopeful not to make a huge mistake while making potentially life altering decisions.

I feel that the goal of education is to open up a world of possibilities for learners. The purpose of education is to show someone that they have the ability to do and be whomever they want to. Education is simply there for bettering oneself and one’s world.

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 believe the purpose of education is to give students the necessary skills to reach one’s full potential. In “The Achievement of Desire” by Richard Rodriguez, the author tells how his involvement with education caused him to become disconnected from his family. Because there were no minority studies, the author had to adapt to a Western European point of view which caused him to become isolated from his family, while also disconnecting him from his culture; however today with the emergence of multicultural perspectives, minorities are able to understand their culture and create deeper connections with their communities.

The goals of education are controversial and not many people can agree on what they are. A commonly shared opinion of the “purpose of education is to prepare students for the “real world” to “succeed””. Children are constantly being prepared for the workforce and what will

Although many students feel that they are not being taught practical life skills, they have actually been learning them all of their life. For example, one of the main things a student is taught how to do is how to learn; how to manage information, how apply that information being taught, critical thinking, and if they don’t know something, how to seek out that information. Students also receive

Growing up I’ve always believed that everyone has a purpose to become something great in life. We are not only here by choice, but we are here for a reason. Many of us want to become doctors, nurses, lawyers, social workers, teachers, actors, and even musicians. There is so much to accomplish in life, but we forget the long road and hard work that comes along with it. At some point in time, we all are going to need to be educated. In order to stay healthy we have to eat right. It is just like education, in order to gain more knowledge and understanding we have to be educated. Coming from a family that strongly believes that education comes first, I now see for myself that in order for me to become prosperous in the career I someday plan to

We are taught only the necessities that are required to be able to pass numberless standardized tests. As a result of this, many students go on to live ignorant of basic life skills. Many adults assume that students know these things, when in reality they have absolutely no clue. They fail to realize that while these capabilities may be second-nature to them, students don't intuitively know these skills. Things such as communication, logic and thought process, money management, home repair, car repair, credit, cooking, gun safety, job-hunting, healthcare, self-defense, first aid, time management, and law should be taught in schools but aren't. "Though high school" . . . "[is] excellent in teaching many valuable skills, our current academic curriculum doesn’t teach many aspects necessary to succeeding and thriving in life in general, such as financial responsibilities and investments, how to think logically–retaining information and not merely temporarily memorizing information, and how to apply such abilities to real-world scenarios which are bound to occur" (20 Life Skills Not Taught In School). Due to this, many college students who are on their own trying to figure out how to manage their money end up penniless, eating Noodles in a Cup for nearly every

Education is a very important part of society. I feel that it should teach children how to function in a society, and learn the basics they will need to expand on for the rest of their life. I feel that it is used to teach moral, and ethical standards of living. The schools are used to help the children learn to function in life, and achieve the goals of their choosing. Education is important because without it I firmly believe that society would be a very savage institution. With the things that we teach in today’s schools we give the power to know the basics such as reading, writing, and math but we also give them the ability to function in a society. As a teacher I hope to set my student of fire. I want to see them come alive with a desire to want everything that is out there for them. I want to be able to make a difference in just one person’s life. If I can do this I would feel I have done what I am supposed to do. I want my students to know the world is theirs to take and do with it whatever they may choose.

Education is a key element that directs one's life to success. By having knowledge one holds the power to make goals a reality. Teachers are responsible to help goals, such as, learning to read become a reality. It is the responsibility of the teacher to give the students the best quality of education in order for the students to be able to have a positive experience as well success in life. I feel students should be given the opportunity to learn the facts, the truth, not just parts of it. I feel as an educator one needs to give the students the opportunity to

I believe education is one of the most important tools a person can have in life. Every child deserves to receive the best education possible.  It has always been my passion to help each child discover their individual God given gifts and talents and to reach their full potential.