Education in Society

In today’s society education is taken differently by different people, their definition mainly comes from who you are in the society they live in. There are some people who will argue over what an education is. People think differently on the topic of education depending on who you are in society.
Education is the act of acquiring general knowledge, developing reasoning and judgment, and preparing intellectually for life. Education is the degree of or kind of schooling, it is the product that is produced by instruction or training on a certain or many different things.
There are people who will tell you the only way to get an education is at school. After mentioning school education the argument of home school, public school, and privet school and which one is better comes into play. Each is students getting an education, the same things are being taught, sometimes at different speeds and levels, but in the end, the students come out being taught the same things just differently. That is one of the things about education today, there are many forms of it, and that’s just formal education too, everyone has their own view on it.
Speaking about people’s views on education, people see getting one differently, and depending on that persons attitude on an education, can change a student’s attitude on getting an education or how they are going to take theirs.
I would now like to take this in a different direction; read the case study and ponder on the questions to follow.
Valerie grew up in a good home with good parents. Her parents are well educated and have supported her in everything she has done. Valerie loved school and holds her education very high in her life and knows everything that it will help her with in this life in everything she does. It’s a new school year and her American History teacher just doesn’t care about teaching or about the class, he is only interested in how his football team is doing. He doesn’t spend much time teaching and believes that all the students don’t care about learning so why bother. Valerie soon starts losing interest in the class and starts debating if she should go to class or not. Why?
The attitude of her teacher makes her start to feel the same about not caring about the class or learning the information. She loves school, but because of the way her teacher views teaching and if students want to learn, she just doesn’t care.
Now think if she didn’t have parents who cared about her education, parents who thought that education wasn’t important at all? Or parents who pushed her to hard to get one? Both of those can affect how a student takes education into their life. They are there because they have to be, not enjoying and not taking much in, just there because they are being forced to. Maybe she wouldn’t even be in school. If there was no support then what she has to go off of, with no motivation from the family, she might not have much motivation herself.
Let’s try another one:
Christina HATES school, she thinks it’s just a waste of time. All she is ever told at home is she is too dumb and to just drop out of school, it’s not that important. All of her friends don’t hold education in a good view. They all believe it is useless and that they will never use any of it in their lives. Christina starts taking a class from Mrs. Wilcox and her enthusiasm for the students and for the subject inspires Christina. It becomes her favorite class and looks forward to going every day. She has a good grade in the class, and also her other grades start going up too.
Why do Christina’s grades in all her classes start improving? Can a teacher’s positive attitude and having faith in confidence in their students really change the attitudes and interest in their students? If a parent or teacher cares about the student and their education the student will reflect that in their views as well. If they don’t care the student won’t care as well.
That is just the way America is today. You see in more and more schools how students think about school, they love it, they hate it, or they just really don’t care. It really does reflect the way their home life is or the way their teachers are. It is crazy to think about what America world be like if every parent supported their child in getting an education and was educated themselves, and how teachers teach and their views on education.
I hated school at one point. I felt too much pressure on me from home, and I had teachers that just didn’t care. That followed me from my freshman year of high school till I got out to Brigham Young University-Idaho. That’s when I had teachers that cared about teaching, and loved teaching and cared about how all of their students were doing.
Everyone views education differently, and has a different impact on how education is in society. Until you dig in and look closely you will have your own thoughts on how education is. I believe that every parent should really look at their child’s school and see how they are teaching, running classes, and educating their children. An interest in Education is the best way to bring education into great and positive views into society, but first everyone needs to see how it really is, everyone needs to see education in the process.


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