Vernelle Bodrick
May 12, 2011
The Importance of Education in Today’s World
“A mind is a terrible thing to waste”. How you ever seen education as being important in today’s society? In my eyes, I see education as being very important in today’s society because education open your vision on how many people see life. Education is not just for young people, it is for people that are willing to learn and be taught.
I am a 45 year old mother that has three daughters. I never had the opportunity to finish my college education because I had to be a mother first. I always told myself that when I was able and focus again that I will go back to school to purse my education further. Education means many things to me such as self-growth, family growth, and financial growth.
However, when attending school at 45 year of age, I’m growing as a person. I see that I’m much more open to new and different things and that I am making much better grades now, than when I was in college the first time. When attending an online school I have to be dedicated and focus. Education to me is not just self-growth but also family growth. When I see my daughters attending school and doing something positive with their lives not only make me proud of them, but also gives me the drive and ambitious that I need to make it through. My daughters are what keep me on the right track. When I feel like giving up, I turn and look at them and see the same things that I am going through is what they have to face every day. I know that we are a strong family and any struggle that we have to go through is worth it.
Therefore, education is not only allowing you to grow as an individual or family, but also help you to grow financially. When having an education it gives you many opportunities to earn a good paying job without having to worrying about living from paycheck to paycheck. Many jobs want people