Here we go

Here we go

When I first started Started school I did not understand the purpose of my education. I saw it as another thing I was forced to do. All children are forced to go to school and I think that because we have no choice our childhood image of education ends up blurry. Generally when people are forced to do something against their will they develops a lack of motivation for the activity. I think this explains why many kids in elementary schools have decided that school is a waste of time an that they don't enjoy it. Since children are required to attend school up until age 16 in the u.s Many kids don't realize how lucky they are to be participating in a free education. Young people in other parts if the earth have to pay thousands of dollars if they want to become educated. These people pay do their education because they understand how much it can positively benefit their lives. I wish I had learned earlier that education is the most important tool for survival.
In earl shorris' article entitled "In the hands of the restless poor" he explains that rich people have been educated by the humanities and the poor people in his class weren't. shorris believes that's with education in the humanities the student in his class will begin yo understand that learning is their best tool for survival,not guns or knives.the prelude pose surrounded by the need for survival. Over the course of humans history many new practices of medicine have been developed. It is essential that people be educated in how to stop bleeding from a wound or how to give someone the Heimlich maneuver. If for whatever reason humans need to gather food in the wilderness it is important to know which food is okay to eat and which is poisonous. Many people who are not educated develops obesity because they don't care about the information they might have heard about the risk of eating unhealthy items like fast food and products containing high fructose corn syrup.
Shorris believes that education is essential...

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