Education
Education is one of the most important tools
that a society possesses. The right
implementation of this tool is one of the
greatest ways of assuring the quality
of life within a society. The ability
to better ourselves, is one of the
strongest inherit abilities of the human
race. Without the consistent
development of the human race, life would be
nothing more than survival. At its
most basic level of definition, education
is nothing more than the teaching of
ideas. The early stages of schooling
instill more attitude and social skills
than knowledge. The younger stages of
a person's life are usually the most
definable years of their lives. For this
reason many rudimentary skills are
taught. As the age and skill level of the
student increases, more education is
based upon the interest of the student.
For society to progress and excel every
generation must learn just a little
more. Education has its downfalls. Students
are only taught what society sees
fit to teach them. This ideology has an
astound effect when used as
controlling propaganda. If a society doesn't want
students to learn about a
certain period of history, then it is not taught.
Children might hear
stories or tales from elders, but the majority is left in
ignorance. In the
United States, education is a tool to succeed in life. The
quality of
education that a student receives depends upon many issues. One of
the
biggest differences in education is between public and private schools. In
a
society that values money, such as ours, the rich are given a better
background
in education than most people. For the general public, students
are taught the
same material, and excel at different rates than other
students. The people that
don't grasp the material usually fall behind and
become the working class within
our society. Those that excel become the
backbone of our society, fueling our
economy and developing ideas within our
world. The difference in education is
not only is not only the skill that is
provided, but also the attitude. I read a
quote once that stated, "Invention
is 1% inspiration and 99%
perspiration." The skills that are learned are
definitely important, but
the determination and attitude learned is
priceless. The communists came up with
the idea of equality for everyone.
Every person gets the same schooling and
education. This concept cannot
possibly work. Every person is different, and
some people lack the ability to
work in a technical field. Everyone has a place
in society, and some people
will work hard physically all of their lives. Not
everyone can be number 1.
Inequalities definitely exist in education. The rich
seem to get richer, and
the poor seem to become poorer. A society consists of
different classes of
people, and each class is essential to the survival of all.
The gap
between the rich and the poor can never be eliminated, but by educating
our
people maybe it can become
smaller.