Proud To Be Poor Education is to me freedom, the key to respect, and living a life the way it is meant to be lived. I am not rich nor middle class, but a simple person with big dreams and high hopes of a better tomorrow. I am not ashamed to claim that I am a poor student in a college English class craving and needing education. I am proud to say I’m poor because being this way I have learned things that the higher class will never know. I enjoy waking up at five in the morning every day because I know school is on my schedule. Education can change the way we live. It rewards us by expanding our minds, so we can make a change in the way we low income people live. I encourage children and adults to educate themselves. Consequently, ending poverty, and enriching our mind with education. I know the struggle between poverty and education it is a choice one must make I’ve chosen education, and it is the best choice I have ever made. Earl Shorris is a writer, who uncovers the problems of poverty, and the lack of interest for education. He proves to the reader that anyone can better themselves. Through education, goal setting, and he reminds the lower class to never let personal background become an obstacle. Shorris claims, “Numerous forces- hunger, isolation, illness, landlord, police, abuse, neighbors, drugs, criminals, and racism, among others- exert themselves on the poor at all times and enclose them, making up a ‘surround of force’ from which, it seems, they cannot
Shorris wanted to explore on poverty in America and write a book based on opinions on what keeps people poor. Therefore, as results of varied conversations with special people in prison, Shorris came to support the prisoner, Viniece Walker’s, argument that destitute students are those most in need of a liberal education. Viniece introduced
Some people might like education, others might dread it and really don’t see a reason to continue learning about it. Today, for teachers and professors it’s easy to them to tell how the education they teach is effective for an individual student. As we know, education is being taught at school, home, and a little of both. For America today, most children attend preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle school, high school, and college. Depending on the pupil's career choice, it can take up to 20 or more years completing their schooling system, Usually, during the middle and or high school years in America, professors teach you valid things pupils will be using in life.
"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today" (Richardson 382). One of the most amazing things people have dreamt to obtain is the “American Dream”. It is so profound in all the things it can symbolize. It is freedom, justice, but most of all, it is a hope for a better way of life. The immigrants who made the long and dangerous voyage to America wanted their children to have experiences that they never got to experience, one of those things being to have an education. Education has been so important and cherished for many years now. Without it, usually meant a mediocre job was imminent. Without it, people will not be using their full potential. Without it, the American Dream is not
My interest in education was sparked after reading an article "America's broken bootstraps" by George F. Will. The article and my classes led me to learn more about justice and inequality in the United States and discovering the role education plays in perpetuating the system.
The struggles I’ve had to see my parents face because they were never able to have the education they would have liked to have for themselves, as well as Booker T. Washington’s struggles and triumph make me value education more. So although you might not see education doing something for you in the long run trust me we all need it and without it you will never have the chance to see all the opportunities that are out there in store for each
When people learn that an education can give oneself freedom, power, and knowledge oneself can conquer any problem that comes its way. It is oneself responsibility to take advantage of its free education that I and everyone is given here in the United States. It seems people that are restricted from receiving an education are the ones that are determined to do whatever it takes to get an education so oneself can improve one’s life.
Education is any person’s key to success. Without education, individuals can’t reach their fullest
As a young child, I learned that education would be beneficial to not only myself but also all humankind. Growing up in a Northeast Florida housing project my father and mother did the best they could to raise nine children. My father worked seven days a week in the service industry as a waiter and bartender while my mother worked as a domestic employee in the homes of more affluent people in the south. My father had an eleventh grade education and my mother had not passed the tenth grade before she bore her first child. Neither parent completed high school but they had dreams of their children far exceeding their educational accomplishments. I was child eight of the nine and I knew early on that I did not want to live
This is usually due to the lack of a strong school system, poor funding, or the unlucky chance that a person is born into difficult socioeconomic standards. Whatever the reason, it is safe to conclude that many children of affluent backgrounds do not need, or do not appreciate in a sense, the education that children of less-fortunate families need and want. Jonathan Kozol has brought upon this paradox throughout his life, especially when talking with these students of need, who understand and explicitly state the situation they are in. As one of the students puts it, “It isn’t a question of what students want. It’s what the school may have available” (Kozol 206). While students like Mireya know what they want to do in life, the school they attend restricts pursuing these aspirations and instead confines them to practical but unrelated elective classes. Deprived of the proper education because of the school she attends, Mireya is aware of the tension between wanting to feel liberated but being confined to her situation at hand. In this sense, it is clear to see that the students deserve more than they
It is important that people have the opportunity for an education, which will allow him or her to earn a living for themselves and for their families. Most people, given the chance, will work hard to help their families. With a good education, one can learn skills that will be the most powerful tools that he or she can have to rise out of poverty. There are ways in which one can attend school, such as with grants or loans. With the lack of education, one’s job opportunity will be limited. Most employers want their employees to have an education. People in poverty do not always have the chance to go to school or even to finish school. They are needed to work for the family by getting low paid jobs that will keep them in the poverty which they are living
Education is necessary for progression into the future for a society as a whole. My administrative belief is that education has to have equal opportunities for all; educating society with relevant, meaningful standards to enhance students personally and academic prosperity on a global scale. Understanding students’ needs and their complexity of development will magnify the successes within each of us resulting in an educated society.
Many people see education as a privilege, however I see it as an opportunity. As an African American male I make it my mission to continue the work of those black men and women who worked tirelessly to make sure that have the option to obtain higher education. I realize that I stand on the shoulder of those men and women. Hearing and understanding their stories of doing whatever it took to make sure that they were educated – knowing that education brought them dignity and respect that no one could take away from them; helped me understand that education is the key that unlocks doors. Education will allow me to be a change agent in the world and fight against social injustices and on behave of those who are unable to speak for themselves. Education
Therefore every kid, no matter their financial status deserves an education. Nowadays there are still plenty of kids around the world who are forbidden to go to school because of their
I believe that education extends far beyond the classroom walls, and involves many more people than students and teachers. People should be learning wherever they go, and should continue learning long after they’ve graduated from high school or college. Education isn’t something that can be quantified with tests or report cards, but is instead something that people carry with them. It’s a survival pack for life, and some people are better equipped in certain areas than in others. People with a solid education are prepared for nearly anything, as they will be able to provide for their own physical, emotional, and aesthetic needs.
Many people in society abuse the opportunity of receiving a free education and don’t give a damn about earning a diploma. For instance, some folks like me come from a low-income community, see it as an opportunity of change & a life with positive vibes. Viewing the world crying for a free education inspired me to finish high school and decided to continue-on my education to help the world receive a free an education. Achieving this milestone wouldn’t be possible without my family perseverance & love, my educators for pushing me when I had no faith in me, and last of all my community.