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    necessities they need for school, medical care, and even the basic needs. When it comes down to it, the way a kid is taken care of shapes who they are as a person and their development in this world. An important aspect to take into consideration is education, which is a critical part of a bright future. Families in poverty are unable to send their children to school with lunches or school supplies. In fact, 51% of the students enrolled in U.S. public schools qualified for free or reduced lunch. These

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    “lost at sea” or “sink or swim” experience”.(http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/05/16/kappan_ingersoll.h31.html). Veteran teachers consistently promulgated to me early in my career that I needed to earn my stripes to acquire credibility in the education profession. Morosely, those words pushed me towards isolation rather than collaboration. Wong states, “ New teachers want more than a job. They want to experience success. They want to contribute to a group. They want to make a difference. The best

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    where education has become an important role in many of our lives.Everyone talks about the importance of getting an education and how being well educated opens the door for many opportunities. For as long as I can remember I have always been told by my friends and family to take advantage of the education I get to not take it for granted as many wish they would have the opportunity to go to school. Both my parents grew up in guatemala where they completed some of their high school education they came

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    It was the last week of my senior year in high school and my peers and I were on an emotional roller-coaster. Eager to receive well wishes and encouragement from the teachers I had spent the past four years with, I toted my yearbook from classroom to classroom requesting signatures from those in the building I had the highest of regards for. I approached my advanced placement physics instructor and handed him my yearbook, proudly reminding him that I was headed to Emory University, which was something

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    Education has always been extremely important to me, especially since I am only the second one out of my parents and three sisters to graduate from high school. I have had several obstacles in my way to face, but these hardships make me very determined that I will get my college degree. I am the first in my family to go to college. I come from a family where education was not as important like it is to others. My father is my biggest inspiration. He was less fortunate of being able to finish school

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    Why school? Throughout life, we always tend to wonder whether or not having an education is beneficial and can end up leading to a life of success. As students, we always search for the deliverance that will help us to answer this question. When we are young, we view school as a place to meet new people and a place that we go to have fun. But once we grow out of this stage, we wonder what the true reasoning behind education actually is. We as students tend to outgrow the day to day lifestyle of forcing

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    Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”  This quote provides a positive definition of the functions of an education. True education isn’t defined by the ability to remember words and numbers; it's defined by the ability to think, with character - and I completely agree. This has been the goal of the American people for a long time. Even when coming from

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    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

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    Importance of Education: Nation cannot achieve glory without education. Education is the backbone of any nation. In modern era nation who proved themselves have done lot in education. In simple words nations cannot survive without getting education. Importance of education cannot not denied by anyone in this world. For example in recent era if we see Europe they have done miracles in the field of science and technology only because of education. Today man has reached to moon and talking to step

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    around the nation are provided with better education opportunities. And ensure that education is available, accessible, acceptable and adaptable as stated in the 4a framework. In 2005 the world missed the first target agreed within the framework for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by that year. (ANON, 2017) With this plan of action, we can turn that around. In order to make education available, there must first be schools available

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