I would like to speak briefly on the topic of education. I'll draw the picture and the conclusion is yours to decide. When you take away education you fail a community. You can't combat poverty with government assistance or any welfare program. Only with education can one free oneself from the grip and perpetuity of poverty. Closing schools on the basis of saving money is ludicrous to say the least and it speaks to the imprudent planning involved. How can there be no funds allocated to the institutions which undoubtedly will shape our future generation, society and communities? The first of budgets cuts started with the education if our kids. Kids are becoming to familiar and comfortable with the thought of a future unavoidable of despair.
Closing schools rob the kids of hope. Especially when they see prisons being funded in its place. They know as well as you and I that no education means limited opportunity. The only difference is, as adults we know the significance. Is it possible that closing schools arouses antagonism? Does it not provoke a mental attitude among the inner city communities that they are predestined to be failures. Furthermore these kids accept this conclusion and end up on an inevitable path toward welfare and crime. Very few make it out and the ratio isn't worthy of displaying. We have to put the brakes on this cycle of economical and societal despair.
To think that because kids attend school they receive the same education and are equipped with the same tools as others isn't just a naive way of thinking; it is disrespectful in the highest regard. For example, two athletes enter a marathon, but one runner has the proper training and the other is running purely on impulse. I make that statement because I attended De La Salle HS and then Marion Abramson HS. I can ensure you that what I learned in one year at De La Salle was far superior to the latter.
Due to the graduation requirements I was only liable to take one class during my senior year. It's fair to say I truncated my high school education for two years and picked up to barely make it across the stage for graduation. In hindsight, without a doubt, if I would have stay at the aforementioned I would have taken a different path in life. As silly as this may sound I'm glad I didn't. I would be here not stressing the importance of education.
I know firsthand what a limited vocabulary will do a a young man's self esteem and confidence in a room full of his peers engaged in his brief as he painfully stumbles and stammers to the conclusion. Full of broken sentences, poor subject verb agreement and run on sentences that could be mistaken for a paragraphs. Dedication to education is imperative, as immigrants make there way to America they bring with them a hunger for a education that is only parallel and legitimately compared to the hunger of fame and praise that Americans posses.
Stricter guidelines and regulations for kids who neglect school is not only needed but vital. If we need to implement school buses for schools with low attendance and a monitor to ensure kids are boarding the buses, a roll call present at every stop, why not? Make it happen! How about we add a stimulus package and incentives and or bonuses for current and new teachers. I think a loan repayment system as the military does would also be suffice.
Education should be viewed on the same scale as the war. If we win the war but because of declining education we can't advance the country. The war was all for not and a slap in the face to those who served. I'm not that naive to believe that everyone will be doctors, lawyers and six figure salary compensated workers. I can ensure you if the possibility is there it adds incentive. Instinctually when humans are in situations where they know they are afforded equal footing, stress is replaced with confidence.
There is no coincidence Americans ranks near the bottom in education and that due to immigration we are able to supplement the workforce with those who are hungry for education. Putting in the handwork has been replaced with get rich quick schemes and an attitude for having monetary value sooner than later. Higher education is becoming increasingly harder to acquire due to cost of tuition and the recent double in interest rates from 3.4 to 6.8. Spending money to make money has never been a realer quote. I'm not convinced education at an Ivy League school or prestigious university is any different from and HBCU. Reason being many of those graduates run our government. Enough said. I urge anyone reading this to study what you love. But if you are attending college for healthier compensation it's best you do your research before hand to avoid getting a degree that won't benefit you. Don't forsake reading and being educated outside your field of study, especially when it comes to politics: american and international. Educate yourself in the laws in your state and the amendments. Ignorance is never an excuse, and there is significant danger and delusion associated with allowing others to think for you.
