The Importance Of Education In Education

     It has been said many times that children are our future. That is a scary thought considering our lack of investment as a people in that future, for without a solid base of education now the bright future we hope for may never come to fruition. This Paper will look at the current state of the Public Education System of the Sate of California. It will focus on the breakdown of the current system looking specifically at the following issues: Lack of Funding for the System, Lack of Qualified Teaching Personnel, and issues caused by

I think that there are many things that we in America can do to fix our education system but to go over two generalized topics we must reevaluate our teachers and how we work our system in general. These two are the most important factors besides the students , and teachers directly affect those so I’m going to start there.

"The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see." -Alexandra K. Trenfor. Honestly, at this point in life I feel like our public education system has been designed to fail students. Teachers don't have the power to teach children lesson on life anymore. We have to teach children to copy-and-paste and learn to regurgitate answers to pass a standardized test that doesn't even properly display how much a child as excelled. Children are going to be illiterate if they're not taught properly. They'll never be able to know how to deal with real world problems or survive financially with how the education system is right now.

It was the last week of my senior year in high school and my peers and I were on an emotional roller-coaster. Eager to receive well wishes and encouragement from the teachers I had spent the past four years with, I toted my yearbook from classroom to classroom requesting signatures from those in the building I had the highest of regards for. I approached my advanced placement physics instructor and handed him my yearbook, proudly reminding him that I was headed to Emory University, which was something relatively unheard of for students at my school. When he was done writing, I read the words “Young black girl at Emory. Please no babies” and had an immediate visceral reaction. Overflowing with emotions that I could not clearly articulate, I walked away, promising myself that I would do everything in my power to bury those words and prove to him, and others alike, that I would not grow to be the stereotype they viewed me as. I regard this moment as one of the most pivotal in my educational career because it was an important driving force in my decision to become an educator and continues to remind me of the immediate need for positive Black educators and role models for students of color. I am committed to being an educator in urban schools because I recognize a system that is failing students of color, worsened by the existing gaps in resources that continue to do them a disservice, within a system that should work to level the playing field for all. My goals as an educator

In our country’s education system, one can still see the effects history had on its shaping. People that cannot afford a private education are not getting a strong enough education to help them continue on in life. Henrietta Lacks was a woman who had only a few years of primary level education because she had to quit to help on her farm for money. Because she had very little of an education, she had no knowledge of what was happening to her when she would go to the doctor. The doctors took advantage of this and took her cells without her knowing. Henrietta was not able to obtain a quality education due to the fact that her family was poor and needed her help on the farm. Poverty directly correlates with education in that impoverished people do not get equal opportunities in schooling nor are they raised and influenced the same outside of school.

Memorize, test, forget, and repeat are standard procedures for many students. With this structure, students do not have the opportunity to truly learn and process the information they are taught. Students cannot develop interests in varied subjects, which leads to there only being limited options for them in the future. The education system takes the focus off of the students’ futures and puts it on required courses and test scores. As a result, students are not given the opportunity to grow as people and develop interests in subjects other than math and reading. Schools only focus on a required curriculum, which diminishes students’ curiosity and does not allow them to explore subjects that they are interested in; therefore, schools do not produce well-rounded, educated citizens.

Education today is filled with teachers showing students how to do something the “correct way.” Students are forced to memorize something and to do things a certain way. If they were to do something different, they would be considered as wrong. Students today are fixed on the idea that “I must take the shortcut in life. I have to argue the subject with the most evidence and that I should try to make my life easier.” However, not all teachers and students are like this. Some teachers teach their students to be open with their opinions and that they can argue whatever they want to argue. Those are the types of teachers, we need more of in today’s education system. The system of education in America today is not the greatest. According to Pearson the United States was ranked 17 in 2012 and then moved up 3 ranks. Although it’s a good point that shows America’s education is getting better, it does not show what truly happens in the system of schools. Education is not a foul beast that must be slain, rather more of a problem that can be fixed. Although the school system may be in a bad state at the moment, it is important to remember that education can always be changed.

Society has defined a single method that will potentially enable people to land a high paying job they may enjoy. This method consists of students going to a university straight out of high school. Ken Robinson has essentially claimed that the “misconception of education in high schools have taken a turn towards a mechanical process instead of a human system.” (Robinson) In this case, it provides the opportunity for a more diverse system that incorporates a broad and flexible curriculum. High schools must turn creativity in a standardization instead of an option. This would allow people to awaken their personal creativity skills and apply them to jobs and everyday life once out of school. This will benefit high schools because the dropout rate may decrease since students are developing skills through creative work being done. The Neoliberal Arts claimed that education is changing and it’s not for the better, “College is seldom about thinking and learning anymore.” (Neoliberal) This may be because career focus is based on money over learning, which some colleges strive more towards. The Neoliberal Arts article also mentioned STEM education and whether or not it is following its responsibilities. It seems this particular education is only focusing on the Technology/Engineering aspect and not the Math/Science. This can be related to the 60% dropout rating that Ken Robinson’s TED TALK stated since math and science classroom may not be emphasized as much as it needs to be.

The United States’ education system prioritizes subjects such as science, technology, engineering, and math because the world is becoming increasingly technological, which means that a much greater portion of the future job market will be in STEM related areas. From a government standpoint, placing greater focus on STEM subjects in schools makes sense because it will translate into greater economic prosperity later on, but the sole aim of education should not be bolstering the economy. Instead, the aim should be raising mentally-sound individuals with multifaceted intellect. To achieve this, the early education system should regard all fields with equal weight. Unfortunately, STEM subjects have been provided more resources at the expense of other non-STEM subjects, with the arts taking the biggest hit. This is especially problematic, because the arts are unlike any other non-STEM related fields which are taught during early education; only in the arts are students given a chance to express themselves.

Teachers are overloaded and overwhelmed with the daily, weekly, monthly, and annual progress monitoring requirements placed upon them by their departments of education and schools alike. With the constant forms and reports necessary to document their efforts and effectiveness, many are on the verge of burn out and disillusionment with the dream of truly being educators. Reaching out to a coworker who is worn and tattered by the regularly increasing demands for greater performance and one more mandatory curricular addition is an act of mercy and love. This is love for our fellow man and love for the futures of the youngsters placed within that teachers’ realm of authority.

Education is a diverse subject that is crucial working part in our society machine. We can thank our education system for what our world looks like today. Without education all our advances in technology, medicine, and critical thinking wouldn't be possible. Our teachers of the past, present, and future were and are some of the most important people to have walk this earth. They have touched the lives of many, and will continue to shape the minds of tomorrow. Yet, as well as our education system has done, their are still many issues that we must address as a whole. Issues such as Bilingual education and the hiring of unqualified teachers plague our education system.

Education is a basic human right (“Primary and Secondary Education”). It is crucial for alleviating poverty, creating equality between different genders and races, improving health, maintaining peace, producing stability (Primary and Secondary Education). Every single person has the right and the responsibility to be educated so our world can grow and become more successful. The skills and knowledge learned in the classroom are not only helpful for counting and reading, but also in personal growth, people skills, and common sense. Education is crucial for a country's economy and poverty rate. In developed and developing nations, education has many differences in attendance, quality of teaching, content of curriculum, and post-primary education.

Throughout my school experience, I had a problem called IEP. It is a program that will help me succeed in school, which shows that I have a learning disability that I think is not entirely true. I think the word IEP has a different meaning. In reality, I never really wanted to be an IEP student. Because I knew there was a different meaning to what they always told me. The way I realize this is the way I have been treated in the type of accommodation I receive and they are all great and all but they make me feel less of a student more like a student in need and I really do not want to feel that way.

The report also recommended that nurses ought to be highly educated and well trained. This would require the improvement of the education system that they have to go through (Donelan, Buerhaus, DesRoches & Burke, 2010). In order to ensure high quality healthcare, the education system should be improved to enable nurses to acquire more competencies such as leadership, collaboration, teamwork, evidence based practice, system improvement, health policy and research among others. There should be opportunities for smooth progression from diplomas through degrees, masters to PhD in congruence with the principle of lifelong learning.

Diversely, compulsory schools adopt a mission statement as their firm principle. The statements always emphasize a high-standard philosophy of supporting students’ success “needed for career and citizenship” (Wagner & Dintersmith, 44). But if you took a step back and took a long look, reality would hit you hard. Every aspect of schools pose the development of control. The strongest element of control beyond even the superintendents of every school lies within state scheduled learning, and it starts with the homogenized contents of a state curriculum along with its corresponding standardized tests. The contents exclude genuine exploration on “topical issues” from any discussions, causing the lesson to “lack rigor” (Wagner & Dintersmith, 121). Students are therefore not retaining any relevant information needed to “fill the young ...with knowledge and awaken their intelligence” (Gatto). As Tony and Dintersmith agree, students need to excel criterion of development in a variety of ways, but the methods that are used to measure such understanding leave students disengaged from their learning experiences. However, if this issue was seen as a true concern in school, the next step would be to find what “clearly identifiable aims and objectives with regard to our own day-to-day activities” are morally valued to “defend the right of any educational institute to exist” (Mannion, 143).