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This schooling occurs close to three quarters of the course of the year, for twelve years and maybe even more. He calls this routine “deadly,” and the schools in which this is occurring are “forced confinement” and “virtual factories of childishness.” Children are told when they are going to do something, they receive a schedule made for them and must go to them at the assigned time, usually at the sound of the bell. The schools themselves “all too often resemble prisons.” This abrupt truth makes people realize that getting an education would be difficult to do, considering the teachers closely resemble the boring and controlled environment, the students must learn in. These factories where children are “shaped and fashioned” into a product of society’s “specifications.” This negative tone and views really allows the reader to see that school environments are not beneficial to everyone and can be quite negative.

As the anti-apartheid struggle ramped up in South Africa in the 1980s, the Kagiso Trust was formed as a NGO to support the struggle against apartheid and to distribute funds from the European Union and other donors. This was to provide the uplifting and empowerment of disadvantaged communities in South Africa through various development initiatives. At this stage, the core focus of the Kagiso Trust was on “building partnerships and collaborations to strengthen the implementation capacity of people and organisations in development”[1]. Following South Africa’s transition into democracy in 1994, the Kagiso Trust refocused its goals and efforts on education [1], which is considered a critical component in the eradication of inequality.

As the bell rings, all the students jump up and race towards the school exit, looking towards the rest of the weekend doing whatever they want to do. A lot of students despise school, saying that it is torture sitting in a classroom writing on paper. The problem is, American education is broken. But how? We have to look at how the past American education worked, how the system is broken, and how we fix it.

The human mind is perhaps the greatest object on the earth, animate or inanimate, but without the proper training, the mind is a relatively useless tool. Through the development of formal education systems, humans as a whole have tried to ensure the training of all minds so as to continue prosperity for the world. Most of the time, though, education systems do not realize the harm they are doing to developing minds and the subsequent negative consequences. Among the largest of these inadequate education systems is the American primary schooling system. The American education system is in fact failing; it continues to deplete children of their natural creativity and thirst for knowledge while preaching conformity, which in turn creates an

At the start of 2016’s new school year, approximately 60.4 million children will attend public elementary and secondary schools in America (National Centre for Education Statistics, 26 July 2007. Web). With so many children going through compulsory education every year, it is important to ask questions about the purpose, structure and success of the education system, so people can be made aware of areas that may need improvement. John Gatto is a teacher and author in America who argues that the education system here is not designed to educate its students like most people assume, but instead, to keep them in line and maintain the current social hierarchy. He begins his article, ‘Against School’, by recounting his time as a school teacher in Manhattan, explaining that the students and teachers always seem to be bored. He asserts that boredom is a symptom of childishness and that the reason students act this way is because schools are designed to prevent children from maturing and growing up. Schools do this to make sure students grow into predictable and easy to manipulate adults. It is clear from the amount of supporting evidence John Gatto is correct; the school system exists to create a conformist obedient population and it does so by reducing creativity, over medicating children, and dividing students in order to maintain class hierarchy.

This is usually due to the lack of a strong school system, poor funding, or the unlucky chance that a person is born into difficult socioeconomic standards. Whatever the reason, it is safe to conclude that many children of affluent backgrounds do not need, or do not appreciate in a sense, the education that children of less-fortunate families need and want. Jonathan Kozol has brought upon this paradox throughout his life, especially when talking with these students of need, who understand and explicitly state the situation they are in. As one of the students puts it, “It isn’t a question of what students want. It’s what the school may have available” (Kozol 206). While students like Mireya know what they want to do in life, the school they attend restricts pursuing these aspirations and instead confines them to practical but unrelated elective classes. Deprived of the proper education because of the school she attends, Mireya is aware of the tension between wanting to feel liberated but being confined to her situation at hand. In this sense, it is clear to see that the students deserve more than they

Maternal mortality, prostitution, and economic empowerment become global struggles due to lack of education and financial ability of both the country itself and individuals living in these countries. Families are following a pattern by neglecting to dedicate time, attention, and money to their children’s education. These people are living in the moment and do not

In “Investing in Education”, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn illustrate how having the power of education can help overcome poverty, inequality and economic development. It’s begins with the story of a young girl the met when they were newly married, Dai Manju, in China. The family lived in a one room wooden shack, with no running water or electricity, plus they share the space with a large pig. Dai Manju is an excellent student, but she was forced to drop out of sixth grade, because her parents didn’t see any reason for girls to get an education if they going to spend their time “hoeing fields and darning socks” (Kristof and WuDunn, 167). However, Dai Manju life changed drastically when Kristof wrote an article for the New York Times about her story.

Imagine never getting the opportunities in life because you're a girl. Sadly that is the reality for girls in third world countries such as Ghana. Impoverished girls in Ghana don't get to go to school, and thus will never be educated, achieve their full potential, obtain a career, and escape the cycle of poverty. Windermere Create Change is part of the Create Change Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping these girls by sponsoring them to go to school. As a club, we have meetings about once a month in 312. We talk about the issue, and raise money through fundraising and

The fortunate children who manage to get an education use the advantage to help their family, some even helping those who weren’t lucky enough to afford education. Manju, the daughter of a woman who strives to be a slumlord, is the only college-going girl in Annawabi and between balancing her home life and school life, she teaches children in the comfort of her own hut. “For many of these children, Manju’s little school was no bridge. It was all the education they would get (Boo 66.)” Boo often mentions the rare, well-educated residents on Annawabi, although most only have an eighth grade education.

Barack Obama once said “The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.” This message is not only relevant in the United States. In fact, it has even stronger meaning in Africa. In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 28 million girls are out of school (Camfed). It is important to raise awareness of the lack of education for girls in Africa because educated women are healthier, educated women can raise a country’s gross domestic product, and educated women can advocate for themselves.

Ensuring education for children is the building blocks for a country’s development and progress into the future. Nelson Mandela and John Wood both realized this when they found their passion for helping others less fortunate and the nation of South Africa. As Mandela says “No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.” (Inspirational Quotes), children being a big part of this. Children can bring a brighter future, John Wood explains “I recall Nelson Mandela’s advice that those who wanted to help South Africa should focus on helping the new nation’s children to gain an education.” (John Wood). Mandela dedicated his life to helping others from helping to abolish apartheid to ensuring education for the children of South Africa.

Many people in Malawi don’t have much money. A lot of families have issues sending their children to school because of this. The kind fund help families and schools in Malawi with these issues. Malawi is among the smallest countries in Africa, and the poorest country in the world. The kind project, sponsored by unicef and MSNBC, have collaborated to develop and improve the education in Malawi. This essay will explore how the kind project started, why they chose Malawi and the impact it has had on the country.

Education comes with social benefits as well which can improve the situation of the poor, such as lower fertility and improved health care of children ("Poverty and Education"). "Poor people are often unable to obtain access to an adequate education, and without an adequate education people are often constrained to a life of poverty." - Servaas Van Der Berg. The absolutely poor in developing countries have low education levels. Some may not even have access to primary education or may not have completed their primary education, not realizing that it is important to reduce poverty. Education is often poorly measured, and the impacts do not always show up as statistically significant in cross- country growth regressions (Levine & Renelt, 1992). Africa’s education crisis makes media headlines and analysis by the Brookings Center for Universal Education (CUE) explains why this needs to change. Progress towards universal primary education has come to a halt and learning levels of children who are in school are poor as well. Using a Learning Barometer, CUE estimates that 61 million African children will reach adolescence lacking even the most basic literacy and numeracy skills, this will deprive a whole generation of opportunities to develop and escape poverty ("Poverty, Education, & Opportunity").

As a result of poverty and marginalization, more than 72 million children around the world remain unschooled. Sub-Saharan Africa is the most affected area with over 32 million children of primary school age remaining uneducated. Central and Eastern Asia, as well as the Pacific, are also severely affected by this problem with more than 27 million uneducated children. In addition, these regions must also resolve continuing problems of educational poverty (a child in education for less than 4 years) and extreme educational poverty (a child in education for less than 2 years) (Omwami & Keller, 2010).