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It becomes obvious, therefore, that the middle and privileged classes must not only be concerned with the education of their children but with the education of all our children, to at least a good high school certificate. Interestingly, education should be accepted as a life-long process that never really stops. Every citizen, of whatever age or circumstance, should seek to learn something new and different, delving into books, perusing magazines, reading and listening to the daily news, surfing the Internet, active in social clubs, etc. to improve his or her worth. If our children discern that their parents value and love education, then they, too, will come to love and enjoy learning. It is through the love of learning that we pass on from an early age the mental stimulation so vital to preparing our children for formal schooling. Without that early mental stimulation, children are deprived of an easy passage to academic excellence, and many will forever be left behind.
At the present time, many nursery and basic schools are private institutions operated for profit and, in spite of their best effort, fail to provide the needed mental stimulation to develop and excite young minds. What is urgently required is for at least one trained basic schoolteacher in every one of these institutions, which is not now the case. In addition, through financial hardship, many children of the poor cannot afford and, therefore, are deprived of the mental stimulation in nursery or basic schools and enter primary school mentally inadequate and behind. From a disadvantaged position, the children of the poor struggle continually throughout the system, finally leaving school uncertified and probably no better than when they entered. It is this cycle of ignorance and poverty that we need to break, and education is the surest means to do so.See the full content of this document
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Educating Our Children
A SOUND education is a basic requirement in our competitive, globalised and hostile world. Through education, an individual can properly perform, secure his place, and make the right choices from school graduation to the grave. Enough cannot be said, therefore, that every child ...
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