Joliet Central High School

Joliet, Illinois

Teacher: Michael Reilly

 

Education Is The Root Of All Things To Come

by Stephanie Gower

Grade 11

 

           

In order to improve the life in our community today, we must improve the education among our children. I feel that education is the root of all things to come.  If you do not have an education, then you have no life. But, in order to earn a career in our society, you must have a college education.  It is possible to live off of a High School education at this time, but that can not assure you that the job offers a good salary.

 

Our personal responsibility is to make sure that our children are in school, so that they can get an education. If our children do not go to school, then they are not guaranteed to be able to get a job when they get older. This is especially true today, because of how technology is growing. In order to get almost any kind of job, you must know how to operate a computer and many other things. This tells you right here that you need a college education.

 

Sure, there may be some problems that may cause a child not to go to school, but there should be ways around that problem.  For example, a parent may not be able to afford for their child to go to school. So, that should be the point where a parent should be able to receive financial aid. Some parents do receive financial aid, but most of the time it is not used, for the intentional meaning. That is where the government needs to come in and do something for the child.

 

Or, there may be some other reasons why a child may not go to school. For example, they may be abused at home, they may be abused at school, or even, they are in the middle of a parents divorce and is in the middle of the custody battle. No matter what the problem, it should be the job of the parent to try and solve the problem. Whether it requires moving your child to another home, school, or even city. The parent needs to try and solve the problem so that the child can earn an education.

 

I guess that what I am trying to say is that if our children get an education, that may cut down the population of the poor people. I mean, if you think about it, the only reason that there is homeless people, is because they made a few wrong decisions. I think that the first wrong decision was not to get an education. The next decision was to give up on themselves.  The last decision was to give up on life and to give up on second chances.

 

I feel that if a person gives up on getting an education, they really do not care how they live. If a person does not care how the live, they do not care if they hurt themselves or their family. If they give  up on themselves, they must not appreciate how they have lived their life.  I also feel that if a person gives up on everything, then they have given up on believing in God. I also think that if a person gives up on life and second chances, that they do not believe in themselves and second chances.          

 

I guess that what I am trying to say is that the people who are poor or homeless, really do not have an education. If people knew how important their education is, that might stop a major percentage of the population of homeless an/or poor people. If a major percentage of people were not homeless or poor, then there may not have to be as many government funded organizations. Which means that less money will be spent on people who made some very dumb decisions, and then schools could get funds to help pay for parents who can not afford for their children to go to school.

 

In conclusion, to improve life in communities, we must have our children earn an education.  If education is carried out by all the children now and to come, then the number of children who go to school may increase. If the number of children who go to school increases, then there may be less homeless and/or poor people. But, in order for their to be less homeless and poor people, the children must carry out their education, and go to college. So, if your child carries out their education, that may insure an improvement in our communities today, and in the future.

 

 

QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

 

1: How does society invest in marriage in the USA and in Manus?

 

Society invests in marriages in the USA by assuming greater prestige. (Their stock goes up.)  Society invests in marriages in Manus by the groom’s side paying the bride’s side in dogs’ teeth and later, the bride’s side pays back the groom’s side in pigs and oil.

 

2: Interview 10 married people. State the length and number of each one’s marriages and a line or two of advice from each on how to maintain a long, happy relationship.

 

1: 5 years: 2 marriages I think people who are married should make sure that they share the same interests.

 

2: 7 years: 1 marriage    I think that married couples should be of the same religion.

 

3: 16 years: 2 marriages I think that a couple should agree before hand if they do or do not want children.

 

4: 1 year: 2 marriages    I think that married couples should like their in-laws.

 

5: 7 years:1 marriage I think that married couples should agree of disagree to have pets.

 

6: 5 years: 1 marriage    I think that a married couple should be  able to afford to live the way that is fit for a family.

 

7: 16 years: 1 marriage  I think that a married couple should like  each other.

 

8: 1 year: 2 marriages    I think that a married couple should not  work together.

 

9: 12 years: 2 marriages I think that married couples should not want to change each other.

 

10: 14 years: 1 marriage I think couples should give their marriage time to work out.     

 

3: According to Richard Eckersley, what should our collective goal be?

 

Our collective goal should be to dematerialize society without reducing the quality of life.

 

4: Write a worthy goal for your local community.

 

A worthy goal for my community would be to try and get as many homeless and poor people off the streets, as possible.

 

5: Comment on the excerpts from “Tomorrow's Child”.

 

I think that if a child would be able to carry around a doll that reminds then of their mother,m they would think that their friends  mother were a doll too.  It’s not ethnical.

 

6: How does the fact the USA is a democracy make lawyers particularly helpful, according to Kathleen Sullivan?  How does our

diversity, wealth and size make lawyers particularly helpful?

 

The fact that the USA is a democracy makes lawyers particularly helpful, because they [lawyers] create a public responsibility and accountability that would not happen in communistic areas. Our diversity, wealth, and size is a classic standard decentralized kind of  response consisted with the American Democracy.

 

7: Ms. Sullivan claims bad practices are changed either by regulations or punitive damages.  Which do you prefer and why?  Can you think of

an alternative?

 

I think that regulations are bad practices, because if they are used correctly, then it may save people and the company lots of money. No, I can not think of an alternative.

 

8: Briefly describe three ways society would benefit from the coming retirement of baby boomers, according to the required reading.

 

The baby boomers will be able to start more businesses and hire retirees, which may cut the number or unemployment rates.  Plus, they will be able to hire highly competitive workers.

 

9: Evaluate the likelihood of President Clinton’s anti-poverty program making a real impact.  Give at least three reasons to the required reading.

 

It is very likely that:

 

            1: 25 percent tax credit,

            2: Public debt guarantees,

            3: More aid for community Development Financial Institutions.

 

10: Name three things Truett Cathy and Tom Lewis have in common.

 

            1: Both help children without parents,

            2: Both are retired,

            3: Both love children and have used their home to help children.