The Importance Of Education

The immediate problem found in the United State’s educational system is one of unavoidable occurrence. As a world leader, our nation’s educational values must meet or succeed our counterparts. However, in these endeavors to meet such high expectations, many of our nation’s high school students find themselves feeling overwhelmed and fatigued from the pressures of school. Many have argued for later start times, healthier school lunches, and even an elimination of homework in order to counteract these feelings. However, we must not change our current educational system, not when so many of our young generation are going on to succeed in ways unimaginable. Undoubtedly, prepared by said education. But the problem

I believe school is exceedingly important. In Mark Mathabane’s story Kaffir Boy it states, “I want you to go to school, because I believe that an education is the key you need to open up a new world and a new life for yourself, a world and life different from that of either your father’s or mine,” (78). This quotation is important to me because, I believe an education is key and you can change your whole life by having an education. An education will help you learn necessary skills for life. Such as, learning to build relationships. Building relationships is significant for any job. Many businesses will get referrals from happy customers that they have developed a relationship with.

The way you grow up directly affects how successful you are in the future. Many parents can’t provide as much to their children to give them the necessities they need for school, medical care, and even the basic needs. When it comes down to it, the way a kid is taken care of shapes who they are as a person and their development in this world.

Parents put their children through the educational system with the hope that their education will lead to real world success. Many skills and lessons are taught and learned in the average 12-year education that children are required to undergo. Although schools teach many subjects such as math, science, and English; many would criticize that they do not adequately prepare students for real life. Some, if not most, classes that are required during grade school teach useless life lessons that are not transferable to the real world. These classes are tested and graded by a system that is not visible in real life. All throughout a student’s education, teachers who may not care about the students, train them to pick a degree and get a job, without offering more creative life plans. This letter is being written to inform you, the school board, of the flaws in the public school’s curriculum and ways to improve them.

As a student, I went through a day to day debate always questioning if education was something that I truly needed. When I was younger, I always enjoyed bonding with other students and learning new things, mainly because when you’re a child, you never have to worry about anything serious, so I honestly loved going to school. But, as I got older I realized that I was going to school every day, and getting good grades, but I didn’t know why I was doing it. I was no longer that young child who loved going to school, I turned into a student who began to dread the mere thought of stepping foot into a school. I was no longer a student full of curiosity and drive, I became the confused one. Throughout my earlier years of high school, I began to lose interest in my education, due to the fact that I believed that everything I was learning wouldn’t help to prepare me for what I was planning to do with my life. I never found most things worthy of my time because I felt as if they wouldn't prepare me for the outside world.

I was driving to an art performance on a Friday night with my eight-year-old daughter strapped in the backseat, and we were talking about where I was going once she was dropped off at her friend’s house. I explained to her that there had been several hurricanes that left the island of Puerto Rico in need of resources and help, and that the money raised at the event that night was going to will help aid the effort. She proceeded to ask questions about the topic: “Where was the island? What did the hurricanes do? Were people hurt?” She had numerous other follow-up questions about the country and its link to ours. Our conversation led me to question what I knew about Puerto Rico as I stumbled to give the place a label for her. Was it a

Education is a goal-oriented process during which people acquire knowledge and skills. It gives them an opportunity to obtain some desirable results from such knowledge assimilation in the future. Education increases the chances of a person to having a successful career and a secure life. According to Freeman Hrabowski in his article “Colleges Prepare People for Life,” “Yes, colleges prepare people for jobs, but more critically, they prepare people for life” (260). Some people could argue that there are a lot of wealthy or even rich people who do not have higher education. It is true. However, experts with the necessary knowledge are coming to the forefront nowadays, and it is very difficult to get this knowledge without education.

This world is filled with different types of people, some who believe education is gained through one way, a series of standardized tests or even ___. However, there are some people who base education off of an individual’s own natural mind. The growth of a child is necessary no matter which way they gain their knowledge. As a society, we must accept the tender plants of youth and any weeds along the way. Knowing that each person has different flaws and different strengths, if that is cultivated instead of being weeded out, it can be more beneficial for a society as whole because it brings in the versatility needed for a society to function properly.

There are many reasons, that in today’s age, people should be educated. Young people need to realize that being educated could change the state of the nation that he/she lives in. In countries where education is limited,such as Africa and Ethiopia, people are living in ungodly conditions. Nonetheless, the United States gives everybody the opportunity to learn and the poverty line has been getting better throughout the years. This is all because people were able to get jobs with their education, furthermore creating a stronger, stable economy.

A stable education is vital for kids and young adults. It’s especially important for younger children. Learning and being taught properly helps to form their brains at an early age and helps insure a lifelong learning opportunity. Fortunately, the U.S has a very stable education system going, but unfortunately, that’s not the case for some new world countries. Some countries aren’t as lucky and developed, and cannot get a correct education system established. Some areas targeted in this goal include, sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, indigenous people, refugee children, and poor children in rural areas. According to the “United Nations”, the amount of children attending school has greatly increased, but most of them do not acquire basic

Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” While they are indeed wise words, what does it mean to be educated? What can be classified as a proper education? Some say college is where people go for a “real” education. College is an educational institution meant to further prepare a student for the real world, real jobs, and real life. Instead of the basics taught in elementary, middle and high school, college is meant to be more specialized. Because students have the liberty to pick and choose their own classes it’s easier to cater to their needs, thus allowing each and every student the chance to work towards their future profession. But is what is currently being taught at

Education is a very important tool you need to live a successful life, Those students who actually take advantage of the education given to them are usually the ones with the most success. The students who don’t take advantage of the education given to them are the ones working a minimum wage 9-5 job. With some students, the education they’re receiving isn’t enough, nowadays most students worry about their elective classes, sports, and after-school activities more than their common core classes. Which are Math, English, Science, and History. In order to increase student success at school all around Anaheim, students should spend more time in their common core classes, rather than spending the same amount of time in their elective classes.

John Dewey once said, “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” I never thought education was extremely significant when I was in elementary. But, I was sure lucky to be able to get educated, some of us never realized how fortunate we are. Quality education is quite difficult to find, maybe even education itself is hard to discover to certain people. It’s also hard to find quality teachers/staff and schools. I realized that problem many times.

'Sometimes, the most important part of life is just showing up.' This old cliché is also true about getting an education: once students have been accepted to an institution, they need to 'show up' to their classes, and continue to show up throughout their academic lives at the institution. However, when students drop out of school, they usually do so by the end of their first year. This is true of transfers as well as new freshman. Often, the source of attrition is a poor match between the abilities and attributes of the student and the support offered by the university. Students lack the necessary academic and social preparation to thrive within the university community (Lau 2003).

Education has been my biggest opportunity in my life. Learning new information will make the