Essay On Kenya's Education Vs American Education

Culture shock was the first thing that blew my mind when I first arrived in America. Alot of people define culture as a way in which an individual choose lead or live their life, their beliefs, customs, traditions and way of life. Being that Kenyan and America are two different countries from different continents, they might be differences in cultures and customs. This cultures present may not only distinguish them from each other’s, but there are some things in which they share with other cultures. There are some several differences and similarities between Kenyan culture and the American culture. This differences will helps us understand why people act and behave the way they do, thus preventing culture shock. Culture revolves around the high cost of living, family and food.

The greatest country in the world still has problems evenly distributing education to its youth. The articles I have read for this unit have a common theme regarding our education system. The authors illustrate to the reader about the struggles in America concerning how we obtain and education. Oppression, politics, racism, and socioeconomic status are a few examples of what is wrong with our country and its means of delivering a fair education to all Americans.

A few weeks ago, I was walking downtown, when this random came up to me and said “You in school? That’s good, that’s good. Education is important.” From the state of her hair and clothes, and the smell of her breath, I assumed she was homeless. I didn’t really pay much attention to her, because homeless people are so common in downtown Atlanta. I was just hoping that she wasn’t going to ask me for any money! After a while, I started thinking about what the homeless woman had said; “Education is important.” Growing up, I had always been taught that people who lived in the streets had been afforded the same opportunities as I had, but they had simply chosen to ignore them.

“I don’t mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is an education,” said Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist for female education. In today's society, many people don’t realize how grateful they should be for the education they receive. Even the slightest education is much more than people were receiving just three centuries ago, and even more than people in countries besides the United States of America. In specifics, women and African Americans were once unable to pursue any form of education in the United States, along with many other ethnicities.

In Liberia, the schools are very under developed and are still in the process of rebuilding because of the war. Many of the educators were killed during the war because they were forced to fight so there is a limited amount of teachers. Also contributing to the low amount of teachers is their extremely low salary they receive. Instructors of public schools get paid almost nothing because the people that attend there have practically nothing. The other educators that teach at private schools get more because the families are more prosperous and can afford the tuition. Children aren’t required to go to school like they are in the United States. Most girls stay home and help their mothers and are often illiterate. There is a huge “gender gap” and girls are thought to be less than men and don’t need an education. Some children don’t go to school because there is not one near them and roads are not well-built. This resembles the lack of education the girl was getting in the documentary “Poverty in the US: Poor Kids” because she was always moving and wasn’t staying anywhere long enough to attend school. Also in America many children drop out of school at 16 to work or because they don’t have enough money to go to college. In both countries it is more of a challenge for those people that are living in poverty to get a good education but unlike the children in Liberia Americans have to go to school no matter their

They say “If you give a man a fish; he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish; and you feed him for a lifetime.” Education in today’s society is very vital to be successful. Although there are many opinions on how education is valued or the access to such privileges vary. It can be crucial all the same. Both Africa and America have many differences there are many things they have in common starting with education.

Education is a complex thing. There are many things that contribute to its development, one of them being the history of the country or, in Europe's case,

In a nutshell, the population in the United States is more educated than their Kenyan counterparts. There are numerous reasons that could explain the above situation. The education system of the United States is more developed as there are good policies that govern the education sector. The access to education is high because of the numerous numbers of schools that are in place. The teaching personnel is sufficient thus the low teacher to pupil ratio. The same can barely be said about Kenya. This country has a limited number of schools compared to its population. Individuals find it harder to access education primarily due to their scarcity. The transition rates are also quite low and the teaching staff inadequate resulting in a high teacher-pupil

Most people typically use the words “poor and developing” to describe countries located in Africa, but some Sub-Saharan countries are more similar to the United States than what can be seen at a first glance. According to studies performed in 2001, the United States had a 97% educational enrollment rate in secondary schools (Nuwer), whereas South Africa had a 95% educational enrollment rate in secondary schools (Mzamane). Although there are obvious population differences, the educational enrollment rates between the United States and South Africa only have a difference of two percent within their respective populations. While the educational systems in the United States and South Africa have differences, there are noticeable similarities, including

Education is one of the most important things you can have in this world. Some people don’t have it, but those who do, choose how they want to use it. Some countries push their students to various limits, plus they set various standards for their students.While some can be exceedingly low compared to the rest of the world, some can be superbly high compared to the rest. A documentary called 2 Million Minutes spotlights how three country superpowers, USA, India, and China examines how their students prepare for their life thereafter high school. While the USA is doing great things when it comes to education, it is no match correlated to the other two countries.

In Kenya there are many problems occurring effecting people every day. These problems have progressively worsened over time. People are making a stand for human rights but is it necessarily enough to stop people from doing critical things to others. There are three specific human rights violations that should be recognized and handled in Kenya. We should care about Kenya because they have lost the right to own things, police brutality and torture is happening to innocent people. But three violations are not even close to cover all the human rights violations in Kenya. Kenya has progressively got worse about these violations over the years and something that would be great is for someone to make a major stand and stop all of the

Today’s schools have standardized promotion requirements in the hopes that all students will be promoted in fairness. Like most states, Ohio’s criteria for promotion in grade school include a passing grade in English composition, mathematics, science and reading. There are state-mandated benchmarks that must be met in all of these areas. The four levels of grading are: Advanced - student performs at a superior level; Proficient - student has a solid performance; Deficient - student’s performance is lacking; Failing - student’s performance is unsatisfactory. A student must be proficient or better in all areas to qualify for promotion. Also, if a student is not performing in the C-range or better in a majority of

Education is more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. It is one of the most important investments a country can make in its people and its future, and is critical to reducing poverty and inequality. The word “education” has multiple definitions, depending on the source that defines the word. Education thus is an essential

One of the most influential problems that is affecting development in Kenya is the lack of education on the subject of human development and the suffering economy. The introductions of fees for treatment resulted in a sharp spread of STD due to the poor economy and lack of awareness. As a result life expectancy dropped, inflammation of STD can damage the spinal cord and brain and prevent your nerve cells from working the way that they should. Neurological complications may result not only from damage caused by the virus itself, but also from other side effects of HIV and AIDS, such as cancers that are associated with these diseases. Not only this, but as a result of the poor economy and access to food, brain development in the womb is affected and as well as lactating women won't be able to provide for their children suffering from lack of nutrition. The goal of our organization is to jumpstart the economy in the poorer parts of the nation in order to create long term stable jobs to allow people to afford food, education, and treatment.

During that time education in Africa, Kenyan included was stratified on racial lines in matters of system structure, curricula and resources. For example, the Europeans system had an upper hand resource, its curriculum was based on British traditions, Arabs and Asians system came second. Africans prepared youths to work on Europeans farms.