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My Education Is Important And Important Aspects Of Education

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My education remains important to me because it the key component of my successful future as an individual. The experiences I have been through, from elementary school to high school, have opened my eyes to the different types of education different schools have to offer. The schools that I have been to have required me to go through change that takes time. I have always been considerate of class because the schools that I have been to include students from all social classes. I keep this in mind when I try to connect with other students. I try to make myself more approachable and productive with them, because there are certain conflicts that may make it difficult to successfully communicate with them. This has also interfered with my actual education as well, because I need to be considerate of my teachers as well. Class within education brings in many factors that put us within a group of individuals that may have a different experience with education compared to other of different classes. I attended Paramus Catholic high school, and the change from elementary school was very dramatic. This high school had about 1500 students when I joined, so making new friends was quite difficult. I was told that everyone at my school was friendly, but I didn’t believe it. I saw students from all different towns and all different social classes. I needed to make friends who I could relate to, because there were simply too many students in my school to become companions with. My first approach was to find other students of the same race as me, Filipino. The first two friends I made in high school were both Filipino, and it was easy to converse with them. After talking to them for a few days, I learned that one of them was in the working class, and the other was very wealthy. I assumed that becoming friends with them was only easy because we could connect through our backgrounds, and the idea of class division still frightened me. Afraid of making new friends, I took on the challenges of high school on my own, with no help from any of my classmates. I felt that I could be independent, especially after my parents told me to put school before friends. As a result, I stayed up late at night trying to learn all the material

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