Thesis Statement For Universal Education

I believe education is one of the most important parts of our lives. Education sets the foundation for everything else we do in our lives. Without an education, it is nearly impossible to get gainful employment of any kind. But an education is not just something you get from taking notes, reading chapters, and passing tests. It is true that these are major parts of receiving an education, but they are not the only parts. I believe that education is something that you should constantly build on throughout life. In order for a person to do this education needs to be enjoyable for them. This is why I want to be an educator.

Since President Obama socialized health care many small businesses went out of business or had to reduce their number of employees because they could not afford to provide health care to their employees. “Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations are reducing small business (20 to 99 workers) pay by at least $22.6 billion annually. In addition, ACA regulations and rising premiums have reduced employment by more than 350,000 jobs nationwide, with five states losing more than 20,000 jobs” (Gitis, 2014). If America furthers their socialization they could hurt people by money inflaming and tax elevation. Socializing education by making college free for citizens may cause taxes to raise through the roof. This would limit sources of income for colleges and limit the tax dollars to be their major source of income. “Socialism seeks to eliminate "injustice" by transferring rights and responsibilities from individuals and families to the State” (Student Action, 2010). Socialism in this sense actually contradicts it self, because our liberties are taken away. With socialism brings no voice in what our government or state does, they do as they please and will not care for citizens input. Socialism in school would also oppose parental rights in education. People need to remember what the basis of socialism is, government and state controlled country. If the government or state controls the school’s, parents have no say

TEACHER ROLES: I believe that the teacher of elementary students has many roles. I will sometimes be a facilitator-guide, sometimes a supportive, nurturing mother-like figure, and sometimes a sage who imparts knowledge. I will encourage my students to become more self-aware and self-managing. I believe that elementary school teachers must focus significant classroom time on the acquisition of social and community skills such as mutual respect, cooperation, friendship-building skills, and kindness.

In the society of the year 2000, people “hold the period of youth sacred to education” (pg. 43). This bears some similarity to our own society, which has laws in place that require children to attend school and prohibit child labor. There are also laws in effect that protect workers’ health and safety. Moreover, similarly to Bellamy’s socialist vision, effective parents and teachers of today try to identify and build on children’s aptitudes, and people are (usually) able to choose their occupations.

Every person has his or her idea of what education should be. One wants to be educated or go to universities so he or she could have a higher degree. Some other person wants to get education just to fulfill one's self. Many people get college education thinking that they can make more money. Education is not about money; it is a lifetime process that enables one to satisfy one's inner self. It makes a person feel good for who they are inside.

In socialist country like Cuba, Education is free for everyone regardless of age, religion, gender and race. In these countries, most facilities which highly serve the public are owned by the government. Just to make it free and available for the public. Some of the examples among social service organizations are Educational and health institutions. “The happiest country is the one which has best educated his sons, both in the instruction of thought and the direction of their feeling”.

As a teacher, my philosophy of education focuses on the individual child and their educational needs. I would like my students to feel comfortable, develop their communication skills, and build positive character traits. Along with encouraging the children to grow in a positive way, I will treat children equally for grading along with providing them with the skills they need in order to achieve the most they can academically.

A teacher once told me that it is not his job to teach a bunch of facts; it is his job to teach people to think and actually use their minds. Too often in education, the focus of classrooms is on the material being taught, instead of the students. In my personal experience I have found that students are not challenged to think nearly enough. They are told information and expected to regurgitate it back to the teacher. Is this truly the goal of education? I certainly hope not. Education is about teaching children to think, create ideas, and become individuals. This idea, along with a love for children, is the driving force in my decision to become a teacher.

DiLorenzo asks an important question; Is socialism really the best way to organize schools? Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers in 1996 said “It’s time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody’s role is spelled out in advance and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity.” Such a school system, he concluded, “more resembles the communist economy than our own market economy.” And it will continue to do so until the government’s monopoly on education is broken”. Just like how minimum wage hurts the poor unskilled worker, government run socialized schools hurt the poor as well. DiLorenzo is clearly not in favor of the government run schools because of the brainwashing and money wasting that goes on

In the US we are offered education as a right, but with a cost to it. Countries like Norway, Finland, and Sweden cover the education of their citizens every step of the way. I am an enormous advocate of Equal Opportunity! In the United States, a college education should be free to all for these reasons: everyone can benefit, a workable policy has been proposed, and our country could benefit. Sen. Bernie Sanders pulled the attention of many young voters with their plans of getting rid of college tuition. The advantages of free third-level education are endless.

The current worldview toward education in American culture has seemingly bottlenecked as to the understanding and significance concerning being educated. The vast majority of citizens believe education is solely based on the level or degrees achieved; however, this mentality is capable of hampering employers from reaching their full potential in many different professions. In my opinion the populace in America would find a consensus that education is an essential component in achieving a comfortable life. This begs the question, is a conventional education an absolute necessity in life? We will endeavor toward discovery of this question in an attempt to come to a resolution by evaluating, comparing and contrasting life experiences with formal education.

Across the United States there is inequality sprinkled throughout the schools where children cannot get the same education as the ones with money. By allowing economic stature to affect education, it limits children all over to not excel to their true potential. They receive raggedy textbooks, subpar teachers, and rundown learning facilities. “In every society, the highly educated are those first and most likely to hold individualistic ideals. The specific choices young people make in the transition to adulthood are therefore responsive to both structural and ideological forces, both of which are associated with education” (Thompson, Bernhardt 2010). Well in Sweden schools operate as an open market and the right for guardians to choose any school for

After graduating from a small and private elementary school I started my middle school in a greater or larger community. The first year of the middle school began with revolt and student activism all over the school during the post-revolution events. I witnessed of confrontation, opposition, and discussion in the school’s hallways. Several clashes occurred between the students who were in support of the traditional, religious curricula implemented by the new government, and students who believed in a secular education. There was a fair amount of chaos. All these events affected my educational path; it caused me to read more about different beliefs and ideas. In the early ages of my life, I was introduced to different religions and ideologist from Communism, Marxism to class conflict/class warfare. These are the consequences of the

Education is inevitable. It is all around us because we can learn from virtually anything. When you are cooking, dancing, talking or any other activity you have actually had to learn several things to be able to do them. In the educational perspective, I am a pragmatist and I tend to follow after Dewey's footsteps. The concept of Pragmatism is one that developed in the 20th century. My philosophy is based on the idea that learning should involve real-life situations. Learning becomes more concrete to a student when they apply it to real-life situations, as where learning things that do not connect to them has more of an abstract sense. Personally, I would have to agree with Dewey when he said, "I

In order for a society to function, individuals must be productive members of that society. This is accomplished through education. The philosophy of education is determined by society. As society changes so does the concept of education.