Education : The Importance Of Education

Education is not defined by knowledge, but rather by how one uses it to improve. As stated by Angela Lee Duckworth, “In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. It was grit.” This is an effective statement because we think that a person’s success is defined by their college degree, but people have never thought beyond the fact that someone without a college degree is more educated than someone who had graduated from college. People who learned from observations and make creation from scratch were more likely to make a difference even when they do not have a high school and/or college degrees. Those who went to school and earned A’s for their schoolworks would be less likely to make a difference because their passion is to get good grades rather than learning new ideas. The motivation to be smarter

Education has always been extremely important to me, especially since I am only the second one out of my parents and three sisters to graduate from high school. I have had several obstacles in my way to face, but these hardships make me very determined that I will get my college degree. I am the first in my family to go to college. I come from a family where education was not as important like it is to others. My father is my biggest inspiration. He was less fortunate of being able to finish school. He had a very difficult childhood and had to pick up adult responsibilities at an earlier age in life. He was only able to finish up to the eighth grade. He was the oldest in his family of four other siblings. His dad got very sick and was not able to work and provide for the family like he needed too. This led my dad having to drop out of school at eighth grade to go home to help with other siblings, help his mom with house chores, and work to help with paying bills. My dad can barely read and write, this made it very difficult for him to get good paying jobs. He learned how to be a mechanic working on vehicles, because there is very little to read and write to figure out how to fix a vehicle. He is very good at being a mechanic. This was his career all through out his life and still is to this day working long hard hours. Seeing my dad work so hard all my life inspired me to get a good education. It was difficult as a child to see my dad struggle so much. Our parents could not

Throughout my life I have been a person who has always favored competition. Furthermore, I have always realized that education is of utmost importance within my life. I believe that education is a key factor within the path of success towards my future career and traveling has always been a necessity within my life. Moreover, I have always valued the significance and purpose of family. I also believe that being physically and mentally healthy will help me become a better individual. The four-way attention chart is a method of emphasizing one’s overall plan by stating the importance of different domains, “work”, “family”, “community”, and “self”, and the focus of time and energy spent on those domains. At the current time, I think that it is safe to say that my future career and personal goals are aligned with my four-way attention chart to a certain extent.

The quality of an individual’s life can be defined by many different qualities, one topic that seems to be brought up the most is education. Education can affect an individual’s life in numerous ways.

The primary goal for schooling, from early child learning to graduating college, is to build a well educated and socially acceptable generation for tomorrow’s America. The crucial development of these young children hangs on the shoulders of teachers, parents, and themselves. Most people believe that attaining a proper school based education is what allows children and young adults to grow into responsible and successful men and woman fit to run this nation. However, there are a few key factors that are of high importance when attempting to achieve a useful education.

Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”  This quote provides a positive definition of the functions of an education. True education isn’t defined by the ability to remember words and numbers; it's defined by the ability to think, with character - and I completely agree. This has been the goal of the American people for a long time. Even when coming from a foundation of poverty, many people have been able to rise up from rags and become filled with riches because of an education. But many haven’t been so lucky. For some, a lack of education is a barrier of success. Due to poverty, those who are in the lower-class aren’t always provided with the motivation or the means to succeed academically. Not only that, but in some cases, education isn’t of enough importance for those who don’t have the same opportunities as those who have an educational privilege. In some cases, being raised in a low-income area could be an exposure to a considerably “bad” education, due to low funding and reduced resources for an education. Although having an education provides more opportunities for success and an end to   ignorance, it is often blocked by poverty, poor academic success, and poor teaching; poor teaching can have negative influence to a person's' education.

In America, citizens have the right to obtain an education that will withstand the test of time. This education that is given to us at no cost for twelve years of our lives is a gift like no other. Our school systems employ professionals to teach each individual student what they must know to be successful in life. I have been particularly blessed to make it through my primary education with the fondest of memories. I had the opportunity to start school in pre-kindergarten, continue to Junior High, and now I am experiencing college while being a senior in high-school. Sadly, it is common that many students will not have an experience like mine. In a short essay called An Indian Father’s Plea a Native American father, Robert Lake-Thom, reveals the hardships that are faced by students that do not fit the mold.

Education is what prepares you to what part of society you become. In Horace Mann’s “Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education” written in 1848, he tells of the importance of education, and the changes that need to happen in his era. Mann says that education “beyond all other devices of human origin is the great equalizer of the conditions of men—the balance wheel of the social machinery.” In education today, Jean Anyon shows how of education does not give equal opportunities for the reasons why to get an education, “By means of early education, these embryos of talent may be quickened, which will solve the difficult problems of political and economical law; and by them, too, the genius may be kindled which will blaze forth in the Poets of Humanity” (Mann). Ken Robinson shows the problems within The United States of America’s education system’s “No Child Left Behind” act. Modern American educational systems have not been as equalizers to all children citizens giving no equal opportunity, and no changes are planning to improve the education that leaves children behind.

Children in underprivileged areas like Afghanistan, Brazil, and Kenya battled drawbacks daily only to achieve a basic education. Many are unaware of the circumstances in which poverty affects children. Few circumstantial factors kept mass numbers of children in these destitute areas from getting the crucial knowledge needed to obtain schooling and better lives. Children could not receive an education due to family complications. Children also could not obtain education on account of psychological and environmental obstacles. In contrast, a few students overcame their shortcomings and, as a result of the environments they lived in, pursued education for a life better than their ancestors.

When it comes to the students needs, one must address socio economic status and workload. The United States of America is a developed country that advocates and encourages education for its entire people. As a matter of fact, it is getting much more difficult for people who do not have a GED or high school diploma to get a good paying job. Here are some reasons why: one, society encourages diversity, but does not follow up. According to the article “The Role of Student–Teacher Ratio in Parents’ Perceptions of Schools’ Engagement Efforts”, “Students from ethnic and racial minority backgrounds tend to have less educated parents, come from lower SES” (Rodriguez, 2014). The question is not how this impacts schools but what can we do to help these students be less affected. Some people did not have the privilege to go to school or to continue to school, therefore it may not be as important for their children to be educated, or they cannot help their children completely to receive a good education. There is encouragement for schools to be more diverse, but the reality is, not enough is done too help minority students. It is known that parents with a higher socio economic status, can be more capable when interacting with schools and having an impact. Wealthier people tend to have the upper hand, but why? It should not be this way and society should be united so that it

Most people agree that the value of education is indisputable. Education is important to everyone because it leads everyone to a better future and a better life. Education helps people have more knowledge and to improve their thinking. Education is as important as this because education gives people the knowledge and skills they require and need. Education is just like a weapon that anyone can have because if you have education nothing will stop you from what you want to do or change. Furthermore, the people that studies and graduates have the highest paycheck comparing to these people that do not study. I intend to discuss the significance of education and summarize if a student should or should not attend college after high school and how it affects their future. I will reflect on how the significance of education will affect my future after high school. I plan to go to college after high school and get educated.

Education is an ultra-important aspect of our country’s success; it has been from the beginnings of our nation. We live in an ever-changing society on a global level, and the quality of education we need to survive and thrive in the world today is growing every day. Our nation has always been a part of education growth, but we deserve the proper education system in order to stay caught up with other education systems in our world today; why shouldn’t the United States be at the top of global education and growth? Education will always be a pressing issue for our nation, and we need to tackle this obstacle in a practical way.

Can teachers read students work out loud and talk about students grades                                             without their permission

Imagine not understanding the world we are living in, and having a job without an education, so you can provide for your family. Education significantly impacts everyone in this world. “As of 2012, 31 million primary-school pupils worldwide dropped out of school. An additional 32 million repeated a grade.”Education is a human right, it provides security, and gives us knowledge of the world around us, however, some people may think that education is not important.

Education, a necessity for many people to become successful later in life. When the option for education is taken away from a person, it is more difficult to progress in a career. Many people that aren’t allowed to go to school are not executing their full potential and no one would ever know if that person would have amounted to greatness that our country needed. There are many reasons that people are not allowed to go to school, it is commonly because of sex, race or where someone’s from. That’s is why, “The only way we can fight back is to excel” an article by D. Russakoff has multiple testimonies from Dreamers that can no longer do things they were once able to do. The only way I feel like I can relate to this is where I grew up and how much harder for people to get an education.