Education

Is there a way to structure our educational systems to provide students with a broad and practical knowledge base, which allows them to have an individualistic approach to success in life and occupation? I have a feeling the answer is yes, but results show that our current system is failing to supply such life tools to our youth.

In Ain't No Makin' It, Jay MacLeod presents striking information that clearly shows the shortcomings of public education. His analysis represents the unfair circumstances that many of the youth in the United States face. Our schools train bright-eyed kids to embrace the labor force in the form of low-income jobs. These schools, which instill short sighted desires and take away from the imaginations of our children have become the norm.

For the youth to thrive we must be trained and brought up in a mindset of success. We have to be aware that all our hard work may or may not pay off, yet still be willing to put forth the effort to move forward. Education cannot dictate class. Having class must be a more important variable than the monetary class of an individual. Our society needs to be shaped around global values rather than global influence.

If we are able to change, or rather develop how we see potential in the individual I feel we will grow strength in numbers. We must find where each persons goodness fits into the whole of the puzzle. The hard part is recognizing the distinct decency of the individual.