Education

My dad always told me that "school is your job". This is so true. While students don't get paid with money, they get paid with knowledge. Yea, this can sound cheesy but it's true. The knowledge and experiences that a student gains at school, helps mold them into the person who will become our presidents, CEO's, doctors, plumbers, engineers, teachers, lawyers, the list is never ending.

It has been said, and I'll say it again, education is a privilage. Ever think about those in a 3rd world country who have to work 16 hours a day their whole life never knowing what school really is? Shoot, think about those students who live here in the U.S. who need to work and go to school? How do they do it all? Then there are the "slacker" kids who are always complaining about this that and the other. They have nothing to complain about. They are in school to better themselves, and they don't even realize it. I realize that the education system is not perfect by any means. But it sure beats sitting on your ass all day doing nothing.

I don't understand those people who are able to sit and do nothing all day, day in and day out. God has given you this gift of life and so to not use it is in lack of better words dumb. Engaging yourself with other people, environments, and situations makes you grow into a more rounded person. When a student is at school, they encounter all of this and more. A student not only learns the textbook information, or as we're learning in class, the information that allows them to meet the ridiculous testing standards, they learn real life skills, probably without even knowing it.

I know this blog has gone a different direction, I don't really know my point, just random I guess. But to sum my thouhgts up in a general statement...

We only live once, so we need to make it worthwhile! We need to keep ourselves engaged-intellectually, emotionally, and physically, don't take this for granted, like education, help each other out, do our best, and never give up!