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The Importance Of Education

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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.
The bell rang, we walked into the classroom. My class noticed that our teacher, Mrs. Barragan, was gone. Instead, we saw this man in his late 20s with red hair. He was our sub. We all sat down in our assigned seats and listened to our substitute.
He greeted us lazily, …show more content…

If you’re cool with me, I’ll be cool to you. If you respect me, I will respect you. If you make problems for me, I’ll be happy to make problems for you.”
Some students giggled and followed along to what he said. Mr. Montoya told us to get the assignment and start to work on it. Some of the class was going off-topic and started to get loud and talkative.
“Quiet down!” Mr. Montoya told us.
We became silent for a few seconds. A few minutes later, we started to get noisy and chatty again. Mr. Montoya told us the same thing, to quiet down. But we always ended up becoming noisy again. For the 3rd time, he explained to us how lucky we were.
“You guys should be glad you’re actually getting educated!” Mr. Montoya lectured, “There are people out there who don’t even have food, water, or education! You should be really joyful you’re sitting here with enough food and electricity.”
Mr. Montoya continued to lecture us and then stopped, “Hope you guys learned your lesson.” The bell rang and we were dismissed. What a day!
To conclude, I was able to realize how education is really important and how it decides our future. There are students in my class who haven’t noticed it yet. Education is very important in our lives, it decides our future. Our education is very important unless you want to work at a fast food restaurant, which is not the best choice. People who want to achieve high like becoming a doctor, dentist, or lawyer will need to

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