The Irony Of Education

Why is it that in North America we (as a society) seem to take education for granted? In other countries students will take any opportunity they can get to improve themselves. In our society, educators sometimes have to take extreme measures to perform their function.

Through out North America people take so many things for granted. North American's have a very different life style than any other country in the world. Although we still have jobs, and bills so many things are different here and yet we take them for granted every single day.

In places such as Africa, a child getting the chance to have an education is an amazing and very honored thing. A chance such as this would never be passed up and the child would do anything to be able to attend school. In North America the circumstances are extremely different. We are given the right to an education, this means that it is free up until post secondary. As well often times we are given transportation, and all the necessary things that we need to have a succesful time in the classes "we choose". A child in Africa would walk up to 4 miles to school, often times with no pencil and no breakfast. A child living in poverty has more ambition than almost all North American students.

I think that this happens for many reasons. A North American student is given everything that they need and this is the key problem. We are given EVERYTHING, but everything isn't enough for most people. So the fact that our education is free, and our parents are buying us pencils and driving us feels like second nature. There is no thanks or appreciation. Children are becomining more an more spoiled and their education is what is effected. It is not rare for a North American student to skip a class, if not more. And this is never going to stop happening, because they do not get punished, and if they do there is always something for them. A child living in poverty fights for things every single day. Whether it be food, school, or potentially their own life. I think that as North Americans we need to learn to be appreciative for the things we have. Instead of winning about the things we don't have because what we have is alot more than so many other people.