The Importance Of Education

The United States is considered by many to be a world leader who excels in every arena. In education, however, the U.S. has fallen behind other countries in Europe and Asia, such as China, Korea, and Finland. These countries outperform the United States when it comes to education. In order for the United States to continue to compete in the world economy it has to improve its system of education to compete in changing times. The United States education system is inferior to many foreign countries education system based on how U.S. students score on tests compared to students in foreign countries.

I started my research by looking at articles about America’s education system. I used the keywords “American education system,” “American education spending,” and “Global education rankings.” An article from the CBS News explained that the United States ranked first in spending per student. However, an article from the Guardian showed that we were only 14th in education. This was intriguing because it raised questions of efficiency in our system and what other nations were doing better.

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.

I was fortunate enough to come live in the United States when I was eleven months old. I still go back and visit my birth place El Salvador. The number one thing that catches my eye when I’m over there is the difference in education. Here in the United States, we are lucky enough to have the opportunity to go to school and learn and eventually get a career, because not everyone has that. This is why I believe education shouldn’t be taken advantage of.

Education plays a very significant role in the American way of life. Education is the basis of the workforce for many countries, and especially the United States. The vast majority of jobs require a certain amount of education. Education is a necessity in everyday lives. Skills that are learned in school, such as reading, writing, and simple calculations, are skills that most people use everyday. Now that researchers are finding that not all students learn the same way, different methods of education are being developed every year. The implementation education of students should be personalized, not universal. No two people learn in the same way. A one-size-fits-all education is being adapted as the national education standard, and that should not be acceptable.

In present day, one always associates access to an education as one of the greatest opportunities available. Children are taught from a young age to strive for academic success and become a professional in any field. Through hard work and dedication, anyone will be able to overcome adversity and create a better future for themselves. The ultimate goal is to become independent and demonstrate the time and effort one put into bettering themselves, all while simultaneously aiding and becoming an important part of society. Everyone learns that education is one of the most powerful attributes of a person, unfortunately, the ability in being able to achieve an education is not an equal opportunity. Stemming from the divisive implementation of colonialism, social hierarchy and discrimination have always maintained suppressed groups at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. Education was nearly impossible for individuals who had to worry about what they would eat for dinner or who were directly targeted by the law. Challenges were present depending on the color of your skin, what your sex was, and what type of society you lived in. Colonialism left a legacy on this world, and its remnants continue to haunt individuals who were suppressed by the system. Nonetheless, struggle makes victory sweeter, and the fight for an education -and a future- is the greatest battle one can partake in.

Education is an investment. This is the reason we see many people acquire education and become successful. Life is not bed of roses, and some people are unable to get their desired education. This may be due to various reasons such as not having enough money, or taking care of their families and loved ones. However, there are some people who fights with life to achieve their goals and return to college to fulfil it. According the article, “Colleges Embrace Older Students, Part-timers”, Sandra Block discusses that commute daily to college and family dependencies are also major obstacle for non-traditional students beside paying for tuition. Those who lives in remote areas it becomes very difficult to travel college daily. Moreover, people who are married they need to spend time with their spouse and children. Block suggests some solutions to overcome these problems, which includes creating more online interactive courses, opening satellite locations, evening classes and offering scholarships can aid the part-timers to fulfil their dreams. Even though there are several ways to counter the problems of non-traditional students but I suggest creating more online interactive courses will aid them to achieve their dreams.

People all around the world are deprived of an education. Whether it is due to lack of resources, money, race, religious belief, or anything of that nature. Clearly, the UN states in their Human Rights document, that no person should be kept from an education because of race, gender, religious belief, or anything of the sorts. So why have people in lesser developed countries all over the world, been denied the privilege of education? Education is an essential part of human life, without it, the world would be filled with stupid people. With a world full of stupid people, the earth would be destroyed so fast, that no one could save it.

Education remains the root of all the change my family has gone through. My parent’s decision to leave their beloved country of Colombia, and immigrate to the United States of America, stemmed from their fear of losing our education. Everything that altered the cultural sustainability of my family connects to our view on the importance of education.

In different cultures and civilizations around the world, education isn’t always mandatory. Some cultures even frown upon education deeming it useless. According to the “Time for School” documentary, some children in impoverished countries will go to extreme circumstances to obtain an education. Children who do not acquire an education in impoverished countries almost always stay in the same social class they are born into, leading to a life of poverty.

Finland, South Korea, and Singapore have built very strong educational systems since the late 1970s when America was at the top as an educational leader. Finland that once was at the bottom of the educational latter is now ranking at the top on PISA assessments in math, science, and reading. Over 50% of finish adults have completed a higher education program and the government covers 98% of the costs for these adults to go to college. Finland seems to of found a way of giving all students an equal education and providing a smaller gap between students test scores on standardized testing. This even takes into account students that are emigrating from other areas in many of these areas do not speak the language in Finland. Also the students are still being able to be reached and achieving great strides according to standardized tests. Finland is only going up as far as educational goals go and test scores. Despite the number of immigrants that have been recently coming to the area. Finland attributes a lot of their success to highly educated teachers, which the government pays for their education. Finland also educates their teachers in a thinking curriculum for all their students. School systems also give teachers the opportunity to teach what they need to teach, they are not worried about tangible evidence to show the public. Most of the tests that the students go through are to evaluate higher order thinking and performance skills. This is the opposite direction

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.

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

Education is constantly viewed as the key to success in our world. From birth to adolescence we are cultured and familiarized about education as being the key to success. Two significant areas to education are reading and writing. Even today things that involve education of the individuals, was comparable to those in the past when it comes to reading and writing. Everyone must look at one’s previous experiences to understand how they are like the past. I overcame those difficulties by attaining a parent and teacher assistance, reading multiple books and writing in my notebook. When I received a spelling test from my teacher, I had to ask the teacher why I got one word incorrect; and the teacher had told me that I had written sex instead of