The Importance Of Education In Education

Many people believe in today's society the “Education system” has failed us for many reasons. It has not only failed the students and their families but also, the teachers. Generally we have been taught that the secret to a successful life is to get outstanding grades. Slowly over the years however, many discovered this to be completely false. Education goes beyond just the classroom, sadly many teachers and students forget the real meaning behind education. We all have been letting a system of letters dictate our lives. We are all to blame for the education system failing or not giving its full potential. This causes students to give their bare minimum of effort. Poor education is causing students and America to lag behind other countries around the world.

I used to work with children with IDD, doing in home school building. I think that children with learning disabilities can be mainstreamed with standard classes and should not be at certain times of their schooling process. I feel it is a great idea to have separate classes and allow the child with a IDD additional consideration, such as due date modifications and extra time on test. I feel it is important to give children growing up what they need in order succeed in the world, and giving that child extra time to grasp and learn information can work out for the best. I strongly feel, the only time that children with a learning disability should be mainstreamed with a standard class, if they are showing tremendous progress in remedial classes and displays that they can uphold the same responsibilities as the other children in the standard class. It is not a smart thing to just mainstream these two types of classes together, because it runs the risk of creating other issues in their lives and academic failures, it needs to be a smooth transition from one type of learning to the next.

Ever since we were born we have received to some extent a subtle form of education. We slowly learn practical and technical skills that develop as we become functioning members of society. Without the presence of intellectual, moral, and social instruction people would be lost. With no hand to guide us through the dark we could remain there, ignorant and oblivious to anything and everything around us. If education is the key to a more intellectual and competitive society then why is it being attacked. Louisiana particularly has taken some heavy hits to their education programs yet state officials cry out for better results. This steady decline has driven a wedge between ideal and realistic education. If the instructors are only providing at best realistic education then what happens when that isn’t good enough or when the people we trust to guide us fail. This directly contradicts the root meaning of education; educere which means to lead out. If our instructors or teacher fail to guide us to a more elevated state of mind then what are we left with?

56% which averages out about to 42,168,580 people of the world's population that are bilingual know the language English, however, out of that percentage, only 15% of them spoke English as their first language (Nemeth, 2017). Most of those people didn’t learn a language at the younger age when it’s a lot more simple as your brain was still developing. However, still today they don’t have bilingual in your average younger aged classroom when it can be used as a learning tool. One of the solutions that can help fix this is to start teaching the most common languages at the younger age. To do this though you would have to also add in the requirement of having teachers at the younger group level be bilingual. This can take time though, so in the meantime to put things in motion signs and materials can start to be used to help introduce different languages to children. Another is that lots of countries today are becoming more advanced in the language department at the younger age and eventually United States citizens are going to fall behind. There is the reasons that dispute this, as with the changing of the curriculum, you also need to have parents on board with it as well. The reason they might be is that of the price for certain things. Mostly today children that have a type of language lesson in their life have parents that are either paying for a more expensive school or videos and tools to use at home. Meaning adding it to everyday life does run into the possibility of

The association between birth spacing and formal education in the context of age at marriage is complex. The length of time a girl remains in formal school reduces her time spent in marriage during her reproductive life, and in turn shortens her window of childbearing years. Furthermore, by forcefully removing girls from school at an early age they are unable to receive the proper information and knowledge involving sexual and reproductive rights and health (Myers & Harvey 2011; Jain & Kurz 2007). Often under pressure from her husband, family, and society to prove her fertility, girls tend to have more frequent, poorly spaced births when married young compared to their adult married counterparts (Nour 2006). Benga et al. (2013) found that in rural communities in southern Ethiopia short birth intervals were almost twice as likely for mothers who had no formal education compared to their educated counterparts. Similarly a different study in Ethiopia by Hailu and Gulte (2016) found that women who had no formal education were three times more likely to experience short birth intervals when compared to their educated counterparts. This is in line with a study from northern Iran that found the length of birth interval significantly increased when women have a higher level of education (Hajian-Tilaki et al 2009). The length of inter-birth intervals studied in Tanzania was related to the maternal level of educational attainment such that as the level of education increase,

“ Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” ( Einstein). Grading students based on subjects that they struggle in is like judging a fish based on its ability to climb a tree: completely unfair. The American school system has turned a blind eye to the millions of different personalities and talents that a student body has to offer. Since the establishment of the American high school, students have been forced to be scheduled in courses that they are not only struggling in, but are also forced to take classes that they find entirely uninteresting. The American high school has failed many students who are not academically inclined, and in order to establish success for everyone, the education system must be reconstructed to include hands on experiences and functional skill instruction.

Education has always been a cornerstone of American society. However, the current educational system of the US as many issues. First, most public schools hardly teach many important subjects such as personal finance, entrepreneurship, and coding (Gerber). Furthermore, many schools are required to teach students about pointless material such as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Qin Shihuangdi, and Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Second, in subjects such math and science, America lags behind most developed countries due to many teachers teaching a subject based off a particular standardized test such as the End of Course/Grade assessment (Chou). Therefore, the issues of low test scores in comparison to other developed nations and teaching students the wrong material in the American educational system need to be addressed.

The modern school system is established in such way that it only ensures that there is too much teaching but not enough learning but the school system cannot be blamed for this problem because this is how it has been for many years altogether (Friedline et al, 23). Luckily there are various classes that the kids can take up after the school that are fun and

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.

Everyone in this world has a different behavior, this difference in behavior can be explained because of their experiences through life. One of the most dramatic impacts towards the development of a person’s behavior is the way they were educated as a child.This is where the topic of is physical punishment the correct form of educating children or not?The opposing sides state that children should not be educated by physical means such as spanking because it affects the child’s mentally also, children who are educated by spanking tend to be more aggressive and parents sometimes just use spanking as their own personal stress reliever. People that have to refer to physical punishment to get their points across are just taking the lazy way of parenting.

George Washington stated, “The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail” (Educational Quotes from our Founding Fathers, Tilus). Most schools have an education mission statement that usually talk about a goal of preparing students for a mix of lifeline success, citizenship, college, and careers. Although many schools have great education, as a whole, schools are failing to teach kids character by failing to teach morality. Instead, the American education system bases the education off standardized testing. There must be a revolution in education from moral relativism to Judeo-Christian values in order for the next generation to receive the full benefit of education.

Education seems to be the only socially acceptable way to lower the world’s endlessly growing population. Other methods, such as financial incentives, have been debated but without any real seriousness to come up with working programs that won’t take advantage of people. Although it is important to see that these methods as opportunities to educate are becoming harder to come by. Education is only obtainable in places where there is some level of affluence and an established governmental foundation proficient of enforcing such a program. Ironically, the regions that are meant to be targeted are usually in a state that is inaccessible, impoverished, and economically fragile. So, since education is limited, and can only reach so far, other methods must be taken into consideration. An individual example of this would be to tax families that have more than two children. A business example would be to receive incentives such as tax cuts for installing solar panels on buildings.

Letter 8, question 2: Why should an educator know the concrete world where their students live? Why does Freire use the expressive term “concrete” when describing the environment where students live?

I was born and raised in a developing country in Africa where there are limited opportunities for education, particularly for women. Although my country is plagued by a variety of fatal diseases and parasites, most notably malaria, treatment facilities lack basic medical supplies and skilled healthcare providers. Due to poverty, most people have limited access to life-saving care, especially those in rural areas who don’t even have medical access. This shortage of resources and proficient personnel render the population vulnerable to infectious diseases.

Philosophers dating back to Socrates have grappled with what is critical thinking, Socrates questioned the importance of looking for evidence by close examination and reasoning. Basic concepts of analysing making assumptions and its implications of what is said and what is done. St Thomas Aquinas a theologian during the Middle Ages in the Sumna Theologica wrote about heightening awareness and the power of reasoning that we have a need for reasoned thought that knowledge was given by God. In the 17th and 18th Century brought about revolution thinking and thinkers like Sir Isaac Newton which enforced earlier thinkers of gathering evidence for sound reasoning thought.