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As I mentioned in a previous post, my family moved to Chile when I was fifteen years old. While I had the opportunity to go to an international school with students from many different cultures, I also had the opportunity to associate with many teenagers my own age outside of school. I formed great friendships and learned a lot from my peers. After a few months of associating with these new friends, I discovered that two of them did not know how to read. At first, this was very difficult for me to understand. How could these girls be nearly fifteen and not know how to read? I had never thought of reading as a gift, or a privilege, but I suddenly became aware of how much was available to me in regards to education. The fact that I had taken for granted not just going to school, but being able to read became more apparent than ever. Soon afterwards I worked with one of the girls to help her learn how to read. We spent a couple of nights a week for months focusing on reading. In working with her, I watched how doors opened simply with the gift of literacy. Education provides the pathway to being who we want to be; knowledge really is power. Often students ask me “Why do I have to learn this? Why do I have to do this? I’m not going to ever use this again.” Now you may not need to know the chemical composition of hydrochloric acid if you are going to into interior design, but you do need to learn how to work hard, be resourceful, problem solve, make inferences, etc. In addition, becoming well-rounded citizens of society is our responsibility. Education allows us to communicate with mutual understanding. Education allows us to better understand each other as individuals. Education allows us to build, think, and create. Although high school may seem petty, it provides the spring board to study and pursue the many different avenues that are available. And while English may not be your favorite subject it is part of the process. In light of the devastation that has happened in Haiti, many of us have become more aware of how blessed we are to have our basic needs met. I suggest that we also take into account the blessing that is education. Not that I can guarantee any U.S. History student that they will ever have to know what the Treaty of Paris is past graduation, but I do know that education opens the doors of opportunity. In short, education matters. Please log in to post a comment. To view past blogs written by our staff, please visit Random Thoughts. |
| Last Updated on Thursday, 04 February 2010 13:49 |
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